Homemade Chicken Egg Incubator Designs & Pictures

Is still air or forced air better for pheasant.

I watched a lot of videos and came up with a basic home made incubator. My hatch rate is 84% or 11/13 so far. I can easily have 19-20 eggs. Up to 24 probably, but the most I have hatched in there is 19. Take a look! I would love your comments. My first blog! http://wp.me/pVikS-g

I used a small fridge with a glass door, next will be a full size with the freezer acting as a hatching room. (Higher humidity)
I bought an "incukit". It was complete heater ,fan,egg turner... great customer service setting it up

because the bulbs and tstat are cheaper?

Just curious, but why does everyone seem to use light bulbs for heating a incubator? And water heater thermostats? I just bough 4 digital temperature controllers @ 14.00 each And I also have 150 watt strip heaters.

Heat Sinks: Water or stone? Will stones, bricks, tiles, work as well, better, or worse than water jars?

how can i add my Junk-u-bator??? total cost out of pocket $0. or do i have to wait till eggs hatch out of it??

Cool but.. I have no idea how to put the heating (bulbs) in there?!?

We just built an incubator this morning have it running to see how it performs. I have a very accurate temperature control unit my Brother in law gave me so it is working great. Right now it is wired to only turn on the fan when the heat bulb is on. Turns off at 100 and back on at 98.5. light is on for 30 to 35 seconds and off for about 45-50 seconds. from room temp to 100 deg was under 12 minutes.

i want to add a incubator called the cardbatorbox

How do you add am incubator design? I see where you can add a coop design, but nothing in here saying to click on to add......

i have made a incubator from a food warming cabnet about 400 eggs fit in it the hardest thimg i found was trying to keep the temp where it should be for all u having the same problem i think i found something i got one of these after seing a 4deg temp swing and this little beast is working like a champ
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/RANCO-Electronic-Temperature-Control-3ZP77?Pid=search

Hi Katie,
Check out http://silkiespa.weebly.com/homemade-incubator.html
Cheers

Many great ideas, and yes, hatch rate would be a good idea. Is there any one manufactured lower pirced incubatorthat consistantly has a high hatch rate ?

Hiya, Anyone know anything about those incubators on EBay. Like the ones at this link..
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/26093317...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_4262wt_1139

Or is it cheaper to make your own?

leoniejane could you repost the link to your incubator its not going through. I'm very eager to see it as i also don't want to do a lot of wiring and such. I was thinking of making one from a styrofoam cooler what is the consensus on this? good or bad idea?

What are the basic concepts of an incubator? I want to make one but have NO IDEA how or where to start

I would really like ideas on home made incubators I want to make one that is VERY cost effective using things around the house or easy to get cheap but I dont know ANYTHING about incubating besides the eggs need turned every hour please help me get started in hatching eggs

What type of incubator do you have Aghan?

how do you set incubators temperature for hatching chicks and quail

I have made my own incubator and turner..I did a lot of research on these pages but didn't like how most of them required rewiring something of some sort. So I made some changes to what I saw and made an incubator which requires NO REWIRING! I set 8 eggs and 6 hatched...It can hold 24 eggs in total however can be made to hold as many eggs as you like. You can see how I made it here http://silkiespa.weebly.com/homemade-incubator.html
It's not the prettiest looking incubator BUT it does work!

Would a jar with water in it and a flashlight on top work as an incubator?

i am starting work on A microbator i am use a diasembled microwave NOTE THE MICROWWAVE IS DISA SELMBALED i will up date if you want to kn ow more mesage me

do you use a store bought turner or any ideas for a homemade one?

hi

I have been looking everywhere for a homemade incubator. I flat refuse to pay the prices the "bargin" stores want for one. I am so glade I found this site. There are so many wonderful ideas comming from here. Great work folks!

Could someone pls write here the basic principles of incubators: would you say?
A "Closet"
Heated air (to a certain permanent temperature)
A fan to keep the air moving through the closet - in and out.
A shelf that lets the warn air to circulate around the eggs at all times.
A place for the chicks to "fall" out on after being hatched.
Anything else?
Uzi

Why hasn't anyone said anything about hatch rates??

Thanks for the explanation. Makes sense; a hurrican in a box isn't a good idea. lol

You use a pc fan because the idea of an incubator fan is not to bring in cold ir from outside the box, but to circulate the warm air inside the box. A pc fan is about right. i have tried to use a welding machine fan and nearly blew myself away as it is FAR too powerful and my chicks would be clutching the sides of the incubator for dear life! You use a pc fan and a good way to see if the air circulation is correct inside your box is to place the fan where you think it is most central, top or back panel, then place small bits of tissue paper around the box, use a little saliva to stick the bits all around the box, top, sides, bottom. Close the box and switch on the fan. You should be able to see the bits of tissue fluttering where the circulation is correct. You should aim for a circular motion to rech top and bottom of your box. if this is not the case, move the fan. M

Love all these designs and now I'm motivated to try and build my own incubator. I do have a question though; why is a PC fan used instead of any other small fan?

I purchased my incubator, it has a large clear plastic top, which allows you to watch the chicks hatch. I have had a high success rate with the hatchery, about 95%.

Fantastic ideas! And yes it would be helpful to know the hatch rate also.

I love looking at everyone's homemade incubators

i would like to see a very detailed wiring diagram. great ideas

I love looking at everyone's homemade incubators, but it might be helpful if they included their hatch rate, what they like about their incubator, how many eggs it would hold, what they don't like, what they would change, and maybe the cost - similar to our chicken coop pages.