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Well I decided to rectify all the problems I had with the first bator. My new design is again made from scraps of wood and pipe but big enough to hold and auto turner, however I just had a thought of making enough room for 2 levels so I can have guineas on one level and chickens on the other...

Finally the Guinea's are out of the brooder, I think there much happier in the fresh air. Hopefully in the next few weeks I can remove the run and allow them total free range.

What a year, I have my chickens all settled and growing up fast (10 weeks old), I built the coop 3 weeks later and a few hundred over budget, I built a nice coop for the Guineas with all the left overs and it cost nothing (Phew!!!), and I have a semi working incubator. I will be shutting the...

Well I think I am now 1 day off from completing the tractor if the weather holds off. The inside needs to dry out before I can put the lino floor down and I'll finish it along with the coop but I need to get the Guinea's out of the brooder ASAP. the door was going to go on the side so I tried...

If the coop looks familiar it's because I stole the whole design from someone on this forum, in fact I was going to have a tractor (see my next thread) but seeing this coop made me decide on having 35 chicks instead of 4. The run was free as I had some posts left over from a job lot I brought...

Some 8 months ago my good lady wife and myself decided to look into keeping chickens, this site turned up after an exhaustive search and I drifted to the Incubating section. I was not long before I thought 'I could do that', with some guidence from the established DIY bator makers I went to it...

My history is that of many making their own incubator, however I found heating and keeping heat fairly easy, it was the humidity that has me scratching my head. i think it's because the wood soaks up water like a sponge despite it being lined. The humidity in the house is only 35% before I add...

Deleted untill photo's upload, i hate dial up Back again hopefully with pictures. It's raining so I have had to abandon the coop building for a bit and decided to play with the incubator. I found some 50w heating elements for $2.99 each, a huge 12v fan for 1.49 and a handle for the turner for...

Hi all. I'm very new to the chicken game and I'm about to start on the building of the coop. I have built many things but never a chicken coop. I am shamelessly ripping off nugget's beautiful design but with some dimension changes (If I can repay with some Buff orpington eggs come hatching time...

Go easy with me, this is all very new to me. I have been reading a lot on incubators and see many great designs. I have been building an incubator tonight and have the basic design done, i'll be adding an automatic turner later and I made the design with a sump to hold the water as I realized I...