Rural Gardening: Just another homemade incubator, 1 by maineiac

maineiac wrote:
The window is an old piece of plexiglass, set into a notch with a duct tape hinge. There are vent holes in the bottom and top, that were melted through with a hot nail (wear gloves!), and the humidity is maintained by plugging some of the holes with rubber corks from the hardware store. The screen is hardware cloth that leaves a three inch space between itself and the bottom of the cooler. This allows for proper air and moisture distribution, with the moisture supplied by a tupperware container filled with warm water and a sponge, which creates additional water surface area - evaporation - humidity. You may also notice that the wire has small 1/2" x 1/2" pieces of wood stapled in place for stiffness and also to flatten it so the eggs don't roll around.

This message was edited Feb 18, 2008 11:15 PM