Some rocks from my gardening supplies in the shedĪ clean rag that one can damp in distilled water for humidity if/when needed (some use diapers successfully) And after my complete “failure” with a cheap inaccurate hygrometer, I buckled down and bought one that may manage not kill the “life-to-be” by providing false readings.Ī styrofoam cooler or a cardboard box (insulated with cut up styrofoam pieces from old shipping containers) So I opted for a seedlings heat pad and its companion thermostat. Some skilled in electronics rigged from old computer fans for forced air and hooked up a light bulb with a dimmer switch in order keep the temperature steady and humidity at proper level. The reason you may want to turn them in odd numbers of times is because at night, when the interval may be lengthier than the day time as you may want to get some sleep, each side would get approximately the same length as the opposite sides face the nights as days go by. One has to keep the temperature and humidity steadily at certain levels and one has to turn the eggs at least a few times a day (3, 5 or 7, something like that: “real” mother hen turns them up to 52 times daily, one study claimed). So I looked around “Doctor Youtube” and “Professor Google” and found some brave souls who built their own incubators, which look as good or perhaps better than the cheaper ‘bators in the market (cheap means between $100-$300 in the world of ‘bators). After all, it’s not a new “career” I wanted to choose. Obviously, purchasing an incubator that would cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars at this point would be completely foolish. I would have preferred to sit on them if I were a hen.
“You need to keep them in a warm and humid place, turn it three times a day and after 21 days, you may have some chicks,” he added off-handedly. By the way, they are fertile, you may try to hatch them if you wish.” A bright light turned on in my head, almost literally, I could see little chicks breaking out of their shells. While we were parting, Roberto said, “Here are half dozen eggs for you. Earlier this week, I drove a couple of hours to fetch my long expected 7-week-old hens.
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