How Do You Make The Cheapest Home-Made Incubator Possible!?

[Bantam lover132]

My Andalusian Bantam will not brood her eggs, so I need to know how to make the cheapest home-made incubator, can you help?

 

[PD-Riverman]

My Andalusian Bantam will not brood her eggs, so I need to know how to make the cheapest home-made incubator, can you help?

I guess You mean your hen want "set" on the eggs-----brooding is something that is done after they hatch.

There are many cheap to build video's on you tube. How many really work is questionable.

 

[NorthTexasWink]

Search YouTube for homemade styrofoam cooler egg incubator. Simplest one is this.

Materials list: Styrofoam cooler, tin foil, light bulb, bulb fixture or lamp, duct tape, empty clean plastic or glass bowl or dish, sponge, egg carton, knife, thermometer/hygrometer, water, eggs.

Start with everything disinfected, rinsed, dried. Line cooler with tinfoil, tape as needed. Place egg carton, or parts of it to hold quantity of eggs, in bottom of cooler. Place dish with sponge. Cut a hole for the light fixture, insert, screw in bulb. Put thermometer/hygrometer near egg carton at level with eggs. Add water to dish and top off as needed to keep sponge damp and humidity at appropriate level (depending on species being incubated). You'll have to adjust humidity and temp by creating or covering air holes. Add a fan and dimmer switch and thermostat if you want to spend more. Turn it on, get levels stable, adjust, repeat until where you want it, then quickly add eggs. Won't work worth a damn, but it can hatch a few eggs if you babysit it.

 

[lazy gardener]

best to do it before you need it. The materials can usually be scavenged for free (with the exception of the thermostat. I prefer digital.) Styrofoam box or cooler (can substitute cardboard boxes with insulating layer of newspaper between the boxes) lots of duct tape, piece of glass for your viewing pleasure, light socket wiring and incandescent bulb(s) from an old lamp, optional: 12 V cell phone charger, old computer fan. Rush lane "how to" videos. Will need basic hand tools and, and most likely a drill.

 

[Kraken Farmer]

Buy a silkie or buff orpington hen.