incubator for corns

[never25]

hey,
im looking into breeding my corns here in a few months. i read somewhere that the eggs need to have airflow while in incubation. the incubator i was going to get was the hovabator incubator. i was told it was still air, i was just wondering if it mattered and if anyone has succesfully used one of these incubators.
thanks for the help

[SPIDERMAN69]

I built my own incubater from a cheap bedside cabinet.
All you really need is a wooden box "of sorts" preferably one which you can incorporate polystyrene into,a sliding glass front (not unlike a viv)coated internally with the polystyrene.put a ledge around the inside and a mesh shelf on this.(2" MESH" IDEALLY)
A fairly powerful heatmat and a reliable thermostat.
box the eggs in a sandwich tuperware box "holes in the lid "to allow circulation.Vermiculite as a substrate
25-27degrees for most species.
I have had a 97 % sucess rate with this method.

There is always a certain amount of still air (even in the wild this will be a factor )but the good eggs will prevail

I wish you every success

[never25]

thanks a bunch

[gonesnakee]

Doesn't matter what is used/constructed as long as a few requirements are met.
A steady temp within the desired range. Eggs kept at the proper humidity (high). Eggs get some airflow, this can be obtained by opening up the incubator to check them twice weekly. Make sure the egg containers have airholes of course as well. It can be as simple as a styrofoam cooler on a warm shelf in the reptile room. eggs go into smaller rubbermaids with vermicuite & perelite (sp?). The use of egg crate (grating) to keep the eggs up off the wet substrate works wonders too. Mark