I was putting together my own incubator, I thought it would be fun to make the thermostat myself too. I hooked up humidity/temperature sensors to a Raspberry Pi and programmed it for some simple temperature and fan control. Now I know most of you will be dubious, and I personally was too. But I've thoroughly tested this incubator all summer. We hatched 3 batches of quail eggs with great success! These birds hatched in about 23 days at 100 degrees and 50% humidity. This is quite different from ball pythons but the temperature control was good. This success wasn't without some mishaps though... Early on in my testing, I accidentally soft boiled one batch of quail eggs. Due to a bad line of code, the temperature went up to about 140 degrees for 3 hours. Whoops. I've since fixed that and it won't happen again. What's extra cool about this thermostat is it posts temperature stats and live footage of the incubator online every 3 seconds so I can constantly check it and not have to worry lol
Here's the current setup. I'm running it for a month or two while I wait for my first ball python clutch
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