Tag: incubator

  • Hovabator Incubator Fridgemate Hack

    A cheap incubator can be turned into something much more accurate and reliable with a simple $50 digital temperature controller.

  • Organic Fruit Fly Control and Hatching Chicks

    We had a fantastic presentation today at the Jamberoo Community Growers meeting, by the people from Organic Crop Protectants. A big part of the talk was on organic fruit fly control, using their “eco-naturalure” male fruit fly trap and attractant/insecticide products. It looks like a great system to keep these frustrating pests down. You simply…

  • Hatching Chicks

    This story has been a bit of a saga. Remember back when I got Molly the leghorn to go broody and slipped some eggs under her? Well, none hatched. I think it was a combination of inexperienced first-time mother and low fertility rate of eggs. She was sitting on 6 eggs: three exploded in the…