Brooder Construction - Is this Adequate?

[Johan S]

Looks great! Is there a glass pane on the front panel, or mesh only? The pics are a bit blurry. You'll need glass to keep the heated air inside. Also, you can take an ice-cream container and half fill it with water. Then make a styrofoam lid that floats on top of the water to completely cover the water. Then cut a hole in the centre of the syrofoam. Leave the incubator on for some hours and measure humidity. You can 'tune' the humidity by enlarging the hole, until you hit a sweat spot. I prefer using a heating matt for snakes underneath the ice-cream container, though. It creates a nice 'heat reservoir' that keeps the incubator warm, reducing the amount of time the heating lamps need to be on. A 25W heating matt can not heat up the incubator sufficiently, so I haven't connected mine to the thermostat. It stays on permanently. It may not be ideal that way in a humid warm environment.

Edit: If adding a glass pane, you'll need some ventilation holes.