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Was a free mini fridge, but by the time I finished it was a state of the art humidity controlled, forced air, egg turning cutting edge chicken hatching machine. Otherwise known as I spent too much $ on it.

Originally Posted by CKHuggins I got my ideas from others here on this site. don't know why some of the pics loaded up sideways. I spent a pretty penny building it, but its better than store bought in my opinion. last hatch was 25 of 28 eggs, silkie anyways, I have had trouble with other...

I got my ideas from others here on this site. don't know why some of the pics loaded up sideways. I spent a pretty penny building it, but its better than store bought in my opinion. last hatch was 25 of 28 eggs, silkie anyways, I have had trouble with other chicks. think it must be my other...

Yes I mad it from a mini fridge. Used Incubator Warehouse thermostat and 40 was twin bulbs for heating elements. came out pretty good, also put a little giant egg turner in it, still has room for improvment. But not bad, I will go snap a pic and post it.

Grand total was 25 chicks, 4 were not silkies, and I had 28 eggs, pretty good ratio, looks like 2 were not fertile at all. Their picture is above

A few of these are not Cochins

Here are some pics of the new chicks, 2nd pic in with some slightly older ones.

as soon as I have some from todays hatch, I will put some up, they just started pipping

I have pretty much the same set up as you. I have the incubator warehouse egg-o-meter and remote temp and humidity thermometer. I also bought the Incubator warehouse thermostat for controlling my incubator. I have been pretty happy with it. Generally my egg-o-meter reads a higher temp than my...