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I'm in the process of putting together a "How To" DVD

on building incubators and how we process our Chickens and lot's more!

When the DVD is finished we will make it available to everybody!

You can buy them 'HERE' from Ebay seller 'SKLIPPER'

In the videos below, I caught a couple little Bobwhites hatching!

Check it out!

We build this one with a 'modified'

water heater thermostat.

'GQF wafer thermostat' bator

Pictured below:

In the video below, I put together a thermostat install update...

I've had several folks inquire about this subject and

I hope that this helps clear up any confusion...

Temps holding or varying between 99 & 102 degrees "Fahrenheit" and holding between 45 to 60% humidity is acceptable to successfully incubate and hatch almost any fertile/viable chicken or game bird hatching eggs.

This 48 qrt. Coleman has the GQF Sportsman (Back-up) Wafer Thermostat.

This thermostat will hold temp with virtually NO variance at all!

Here's a look at the wiring on the 48 qrt. with the GQF Thermostat.

These Cooler/Bators here are bran-new with new parts installed!

These 'Cooler/Bators' are nothing like those cheesy Styrofoam incubators that you get from the feed store! Our incubators have lasted for years and they are easy to service and clean. After each hatch, they can be cleaned with a disinfectant wipe!

We've posted a short "how-to" video on YouTube showing how we build our Incubators... "Cooler/Bators."

Almost all of the birds here on our farm were hatched from our "Home Made" Incubators just like the ones shown here on this page. They work very well... :)

Below is a "crude" wiring diagram along with a Video of how we wire our cooler incubators.

You can "Right Click" on the pic below and select "Save Picture As" and then save it to your P.C.

so that you can print it out later!

Contact us with any and all questions: RushLanePoultry@gmail.com 

Call: 803-572-1925

Street address:

226 Rush Lane

Camden SC, 29020 

New friends in Texas sent in theses pics...

Here's the adjustment that they made...

Check out their 'homemade' turner!

Here's Joseph & Chandra's finished bator!

This series of photos was sent to me from a new friend in Louisiana...

Alton uses a 100 watt bulb as the 'trigger' bulb...

This is his 'water feed' set-up...

Great job!

Here's Dan's version of the build!

And yet another!

They were having temp swing problems... Note the position of the water heater thermostat. It was too far from the bulbs to register the radiant heat! Joseph & Chandra made adjustments to the position of the thermostat; Look at the next photo...

Note that the thermostat is now close enough to the bulb to register the radiant heat from the bulb. The temp swing went from 85 to 125 degrees... to a much more managable 99 to 102 degree swing!

I'm gonna try to get Joseph & Chandra to video the next time they build a turner! That's cool beans there!

That's what you call a Texas designer egg turner there folks! ;)

He then installed a 15 watt bulb as the back-up in case the trigger bulb blows. He's discovered that the 15 watt bulb will hold a steady 97 to 98 degree temp in the 48 quart box! This can save a hatch if the 100 watt trigger bulb blows! Great idea Alton!

Alton also installed a manual over-ride switch in the main line so that he can 'manually' control the cycling duration when he opens the bator to turn the eggs.

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New friends in Texas sent in theses pics...

They were having temp swing problems... Note the position of the water heater thermostat. It was too far from the bulbs to register the radiant heat! Joseph & Chandra made adjustments to the position of the thermostat; Look at the next photo...

 

 

 

 

 

Species	Incubation Period	Do not turn	Temp	Humidity	Humidity
	(days)	after	(F.)¹	(%)	(%)
				(Incubation)	(Lockdown)
Chicken	21	18th day	100	45-55	60
Turkey	28	25th day	99	45-55	60
Duck	28	25th day	100	60-70	70
Muscovy Duck	35-37	31st day	100	60-70	70
Goose	28-34	25th day	99	60-70	70
Guinea	26-28	25th day	100	40-60	60
Pheasant	23-28	21st day	100	40-60	60
Peafowl	28-30	25th day	99	45-60	60
Bobwhite Quail	23-24	20th day	100	45-60	60
Coturnix Quail	17	15th day	100	50-60	60
Button Quail	17-21	14th day	100	50-60	60
Chukar	23-24	20th day	100	45-60	60

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