• Created on 2/25/11 by camillebug

Camille's Incubator by Camille's Dad      We wanted to get the full experience of raising chickens so hatching eggs to perpetuate the flock seemed like a fun project. I wanted to see if I could come up with a working 'bator without spending any money. I was victorious in my pursuit. The hardest thing to scrounge was the t-stat. I probably spent more time than it was worth getting it as they cost about $8.        I started by cutting a rectangular hole in the lid of the cooler for the window. Notice it is not centered in the lid but shoved over to the right... read more

• Created on 2/9/11 by wilds of pa

~Wilds gqf Clone cabinet Bator~  I built this bator with the intentions of incubating and hatching emu or ostrich eggs, however that never came to be. We use it now for only the final hatch times, day 18 and on depending on species being hatchedIt basically has the sportsman's parts being used, got the heating element and two wafer thermostats with switches from gqf and the fan is a X-large 110 volt computer type(purchased on ebay)  I also wired a light in between the element and thermostats so i know it is working and when the heat is being applied.. I used... read more

• Created on 12/21/10 by TheNewMrsEvans

My 1st Incubation To see the whole making of...start at "my bator" page... So in order to get my temps to stabilize I moved my thermostat and added a heat sink, per the wonderful insight of the BYCers! With the metal back of the thermostat on the wire above the heat source it responds much quicker to changes. Now it went from 95-102 to 98-100...NICE! The baggie wiggler says 98-99. So in went the duck eggs on the 18th...  I made a sheet to keep track of everything during this incubation...PM me if you want the file. Since I only have a few girls, I'm thinking... read more

• Created on 11/8/10 by ArizonaDesertChicks

This is my first time to incubate eggs with an incubator: I recently purchased some ameraucana pullets from a fellow BYC member, Mahonri, and found out that the eggs they were laying that first week were still fertile (he has roosters - I don't). I decided I wanted to hatch these eggs, but didn't want to spend a lot of money for an incubator for just this one batch of eggs and needed something ASAP (this week).   After looking at some really nice homemade incubators other BYC members had made, I decided to make my own. But... I didn't have much time. Since the... read more

• Created on 10/18/10 by Elwood Lightfoot

My Homemade Incubator contest page,  Introducing, MechaChicken- The Iron Hen, My Homemade Incubator, It's my first attempt to build an incubator and an automatic egg turner so here are the photos showing the progression from start to finish, And an update on the first hatch, I am calling it a sucess with 3 eggs hatched I at least know it does work, I had a few bugs that had to be worked out during the hatch that I believe caused the majority of the eggs to fail I will be fixing and changing a few things and posting pic's as I get them done.  Started with this old... read more

• Created on 10/3/10 by t0m

Hack-O-Tronic Incubator After a fox attack I found myself with an empty coop and decided to hatch out a new brood. As a first timer to incubating, I would never have found the information that I needed if it wasn't for BYC! All of your hatching stories and pictures gave me the crazy idea that I could do it myself. This is the story of how I set about it. To match the hen house, the incubator would have to be built from scroungeable trash and stuff lying around the house. Fortunately there are always lots of things lying round the house because I hoard junk and... read more

• Created on 9/9/10 by TrystInn

    The Music to Our Ears Incubator & Brooder    Hubby and I are in the process of building our own incubator, so this page will be updated as we go.   We've had this old, scarred up phonograph cabinet for years. I've been hiding it under table skirts and the like so its done duty as a plant and tv stand in the guestbedroom on and off. I decided if it was staying, it had better find itself a purpose and what better than as an incubator and brooder combo! We'd considered buying an incubator, but given how little storage we have in our small hobby farm home, it... read more

• Created on 9/1/10 by DragunzGirl

My Styrofoam Incubator! Make a home made styrofoam incubator is not so hard at all, reason I made mine was I love to create things and love useing items I made my self. Plus sense I made the incubator my self I know all the parts in it and if something goes bad in there I know what to replace :). Items needed: Water Heather Thermostat Computer fan 12V power supply *charger* Chicken wire Tin Foil Light fixture with cord 25 to 40 Watt bulb Thermometer PlexiglassStyrofoam boxEgg turnerJar Other items: Screws Tape Cutter of some type Scissors   Take your Styrofoam... read more

• Created on 6/29/10 by chicken boy sam

For my 4-H Project, I'm building an incubator. It is called the "Sunny-Side-Up Incubator. It holds one standard chicken egg, and maybe 2 small bantam eggs. It  is painted yellow (Sunny colored!) and did not cost much to make.Supplie's:Plexiglass1/4" thick plywoodYellow paint Sharpie penNight LightHardware Aluminum foilSpongeTools:SawPaint brushDrillWire CutterHot Glue GunFirst, I cut 2 3 1/2" by 3 1/2" plywood. Then, I cut 2 3 1/2" by 1 1/2" plywood and 2 3" by 1 1/2" pieces. Drill a hole into one of the larger pieces big enough to fit the bulb into it. I also cut 4 3... read more

• Created on 6/28/10 by paddock36

My Homemade Chicken Incubator  I decided to make a homemade incubator after reading about different problems that other BYC members had faced with their store bought incubators, and because of the price of them.  So, I gathered the supplies that I thought I would need.  Most of the supplies I already had lying around in the shed or in the house.    List of SuppliesPlastic Rubbermade cooler - free from OcalafreecycleHotwater heater thermostat - $8.99 from LowesLight kit - $5.99 from WalmartComputer fan - free from a friend that works on computers*Hardware cloth - small... read more