Incubation Question

Well i went to the show and picked up a helix for my incubator so its finally complete. Quick question for those of you using vermiculite and egg crates, Do u guys put holes in your incubation tubs? ansd if not how often do u check on your eggs?

I don't put holes in them. I check the eggs once or twice a week until about the time they start to dimple, and then I check more often. After Day 50, I check at least once a day (if I can restrain myself).

I do not have any holes in the tubs during incubation. I use press and seal with a lid over it. Once they pip I take off the press and seal and the lid has a small hole in each end. I also do not use egg crate, just vermiculite.

I place 4 holes from a solder pen 2 on each long side of my tubs.
I use perilite, light diffuser in a 7qt locking lid tub, no press n seal.
I never need to open the lid from start to finish.
I check on them when I'm curious but there's no need to air out and no worrying about mold from a sealed tub.

I use 6qt. Sterlite tubs with vermiculite and double stacked light diffuser with no holes in the tubs. I open the tubs and give them fresh air weekly. My first year incubating the tubs were opened daily

Originally Posted by Mushead

I use 6qt. Sterlite tubs with vermiculite and double stacked light diffuser with no holes in the tubs. I open the tubs and give them fresh air weekly. My first year incubating the tubs were opened daily

Ok, i will try your method because you have the same setup as i do lol thanks again for your help guys.

Here's the incubator, as you can see i have 11inch flexwatt this time instead of that zoo med heating pad lol this works better i only have a 1degree differences between top and bottom with no fan yeah!!!!! lol

Looking much better then before, you should be ready to go when your eggs hit the ground. Good luck with your season.

Originally Posted by MrBig

Looking much better then before, you should be ready to go when your eggs hit the ground. Good luck with your season.

lol yeah i know big improvement, im ready to rock now. I want to thank you guys for you help because i was ready to buy a nature spirits incubator, not saying that they are bad but this will give me the same results and i only paid for the heat tape and helix so much cheaper.