Back in April my female laid a clutch of 11 eggs that weren't fertile. hopefully next year I will manage to get fertile eggs, for this i looked into making an incubator. i got a 12" l x 12" w x 12"h polystyrene box and ave made an incubator. I have put a habitat thermostat in there with the heat mat at the top so I don't end up cooking the eggs. Is this good enough for eggs or am i going to have to get a proper incubator
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advice on an incubator
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bitsy
Owned by Corns since 1991
That sounds like the sort of home-made incubator that I use. I've just gone for cardboard boxes that I've insulated, so polystyrene should be even more efficient.
I have the heat mat on the floor, raise the egg container a couple of centimeters off it to avoid sudden heat spikes, and put the thermostat probe in the egg container. Works well.
I have the heat mat on the floor, raise the egg container a couple of centimeters off it to avoid sudden heat spikes, and put the thermostat probe in the egg container. Works well.
its only a little heat mate i think its a 150w mat i did do a test run i worked better when I stuck it to the lid of the box outside the box it didn't really heat it up if it did it was taking a very long time. was the results you got good. because by making a home made incubator I'm just wondering if it still works as good.
bitsy
Owned by Corns since 1991
Yep, mine work well. I've never felt that I needed to buy a commercially-made one.
The main concern is making sure that the temp inside the egg container isn't too high. Lower than ideal and the eggs just take longer to hatch. Higher than about 88 and you risk killing the embryos or producing hatchlings with kinks. I aim for about 82-84 degrees to give me wiggle room for accidental heat spikes and my eggs hatch around day 64.
The main concern is making sure that the temp inside the egg container isn't too high. Lower than ideal and the eggs just take longer to hatch. Higher than about 88 and you risk killing the embryos or producing hatchlings with kinks. I aim for about 82-84 degrees to give me wiggle room for accidental heat spikes and my eggs hatch around day 64.