My DIY incubator

[Madison1]

Just put 180 eggs in my DIY bator. Holds 240. It's the false back design. I plan on putting a wood cabinet around it that will lift off for easy cleaning or design modifications. Nothing real original here. I want to do ostrich at some point so I built the turner rather than buying the off the shelf 41 egg turners. I used 1/2 conduit and two hole straps for cheap "bearings". So far so good as one $15 turner motor is turning all 180 eggs. It's still a little rough but we will look better when I get the cabinet done. So far the temp is well controlled and the humidity is as well although the digital controler reads dryer than it is I just have to compensate for it.

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[WalnutHill]

Nice looking incubator!

 

[Madison1]

Thanks Walnuthill! I can't wait see how the first hatch goes!

 

[dragasn]

Looks good. What motor did you use?
Walnuthill that's the plastic trays I was talking bout switching to from wood

 

[Madison1]

Hope these links work.
The motor. http://m.ebay.com/orderDetails?itemId=121270822716&txnId=1421394958002

The trays. http://m.ebay.com/orderDetails?itemId=271657149503&txnId=1447108307017

The turner frame before it was finished with insulation installed

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[Madison1]

Let's try that again

The motor. http://m.ebay.com/itm/121270822716

The trays. http://m.ebay.com/itm/271657149503

 

[syndie]

following, I love these diy incubator posts!

 

[dragasn]

Ok thx Madison1 That's the motor I was going to use but they said it wasn't big enough & tried selling $50 one. Go figure lol. Nice set up.

 

[Madison1]

I will say it's impossible to tell if this motor is working hard or not and I worry about it a little. Will probably order another to have on hand or put one motor for each of the two trays.

 

[dragasn]

I thought bout maybe having one on each side of the tray. If can get them synchronized? I haven't ordered it yet so don't know if you can