Homemade incubator for beardie eggs advice/experience

[YummyMummy04]

Hello

I am going to make a incubator for Beardie eggs using the idea in the homemade sticky thread.

I will use a poly box, heat mat attached to the lid with stat to control temperature.

Half fill the polybox with damp vermiculite and placing the egg directly onto the vermiculite (putting small indent into the vermiculite so eggs sit on it.)

Has anyone else used this to incubate their eggs and how did they get on with it. Was it a good success?

Thank you

[cathandtam]

hi,
we have been using polybox incubators for 2 years now.
we have the box on its end so that the lid forms an opening door with a small perspex window so that we can keep an eye on the eggs without opening the incubator too often. the mat is on the bottom and we have dowels across the box to raise the boxes.the stat probe is level with the middle box sort of half way up the incubator.
we put the eggies in damp vermiculite inside cricket or chinese takeaway tubs with the lids on. this helps to keep their humidity high enough.

hope this hepls

[YummyMummy04]

Thank you will have a go at that suggestion

[Nottingham Dragons]

100% hatch rate for me at 29 to 30

[Dynamos Dragons]

I use a poly box with an aqurium heater submerged and have had 4 eggs hatch this weekend, 10 more of that batch to go then 2 lots of 19 behind

[Richyroo]

Originally Posted by Nottingham Dragons

100% hatch rate for me at 29 to 30

Is it true at that temp they hatch quicker?
I heard this 4 weeks after putting the eggs in at 29c and now scared there going to hatch before there ready!!!

How long do yours take to hatch???

[monkfish2uk]

yes that is true, we put ours in incubator at 27.5 -28.5 they seem to come out on time, around 65days, had them at 30 once loads of males and came out 2weeks early!!!

[RawrIsDinosaurForILoveYou]

sorry for doing a slight hijack!
do you actually NEED a thermostat?

[goodwin1234]

Yes you do need a thermostat, to set the air temperature to the temp that the eggs require to hatch.

[nogatsira]

Originally Posted by YummyMummy04

Thank you will have a go at that suggestion

Yup, put them in cricket boxes and do the vermiculite in there with the eggs.
It's easier, cleaner and better for humidity!

Originally Posted by RawrIsDinosaurForILoveYou

sorry for doing a slight hijack!
do you actually NEED a thermostat?

Yeah, when I first tried making my own box I didn't know that either but if you don't have one the temp inside will reach 40+°C in less then 2 hours