incubators

  1. Homemade Incubator 2

    Homemade Incubator 2

    This is my first time to incubate eggs with an incubator: I recently purchased some ameraucana pullets from a fellow BYC member, Mahonri, and found out that the eggs they were laying that first week were still fertile (he has roosters - I don't). I decided I wanted to hatch these eggs, but...
  2. Fridge Incubator

    Fridge Incubator

    I have a habit of thinking my projects threw till I think I have everything perfect before I actually start building something. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with being to lazy to do things twice if I can help it. When I desided I needed to build a big incubator I had a fridge in mind...
  3. Frenchhens Chicken Incubator

    Frenchhens Chicken Incubator

    The Unintended Anniversary Gift Incubator This is based on MissPrissy' s incubator with a few changes. Materials List (scavenged if price unlisted): Omaha Steak Syrofoam Cooler from your anniversary present. (Thanks Dad and Ann!) A bit of leftover hardware cloth Bottom of plastic take-out...
  4. Chrystalgails Chicken Incubator

    Chrystalgails Chicken Incubator

    The Non-Alcoholic Wine Cooler Incubator My first incubator I made about 2 years ago. It was a Walmart worm box incubator and I spent a total of about $15 total on it, not including the gas money I spent driving all over to pick up "free" parts for it! It worked great, but the way I had it set...
  5. Kingmts Chicken Incubator

    Kingmts Chicken Incubator

    The Incuabator I didn't try to stay cheap on this project because I was in a hurry to get it completed. The shopping list: Lowes 1/2" x 10' SCH 40 PVC $1.22 1/2" SCH 40 PVC TEE 10 pack $2.52 1/2"SCH 40 ELBOW 10 pack $2.52 Water Heater Thermostat $8.48 Lampholder $1.39 x2 $2.78 Walmart 48 US QT...
  6. 1st Incubation

    1st Incubation

    My 1st Incubation To see the whole making of...start at "my bator" page... So in order to get my temps to stabilize I moved my thermostat and added a heat sink, per the wonderful insight of the BYCers! With the metal back of the thermostat on the wire above the heat source it responds much...
  7. My Incubator

    My Incubator

    This is my incubator. Homemade from an old GOTT ice chest I found on the side of the road. Believe it or not I BLEACHED this thing like crazy. I have cut out a window with a Dremel tool. If you have never used a dremel tool, this is NOT the time to try it for the first time. I think jig/sabre...
  8. Homemade Chicken Incubator

    Homemade Chicken Incubator

    My Homemade Chicken Incubator I decided to make a homemade incubator after reading about different problems that other BYC members had faced with their store bought incubators, and because of the price of them. So, I gathered the supplies that I thought I would need. Most of the supplies I...
  9. Homemade Incubator With Digital Thermostat And Auto Turn Control

    Homemade Incubator With Digital Thermostat And Auto Turn Control

    Home made cabinet style incubator with digital thermostat and digital auto turn control I Had an idea bouncing around in my head for a while of how I could build a auto turn for a cabinet machine, My wife would tell you that the idea had a heap of room for bouncing in Well the only way to...
  10. Da Bator

    Da Bator

    Here is my first attempt at creating a Sportsman type Incubator This is the Completed Project I started by making a kitchen type cabinet w/ a shelve in it for a water dish Next I added a few small fans I had laying around and a sportsman heat source but I found out you need allot more...
  11. Homemade Incubator 1

    Homemade Incubator 1

    Dandies Handy Hatching Emporium This non-working commercial refrigerator had a price I could not argue with... FREE! All I had to do was bring the trailer and they even loaded it. This definitely proves that one man's junk is another's treasure. Not pictured is the original glass...
  12. Lolliegees Chicken Incubator

    Lolliegees Chicken Incubator

    Lolliegee's Page Here's my submission for the Incubator Contest: I started with Bock_Bock's idea for modifying an aquarium. I don't really expect to win, just thought it was kinda cool. I started out by trying to use the original lid and lights for the aquarium. It had two 25 watt bulbs but...
  13. The Jenki Bator Wbjdmds Chicken Incubator

    The Jenki Bator Wbjdmds Chicken Incubator

    The Jenki-Bator--front view The temperatures are stable with 1 degree range of 99.5. I am having to work hard to raise the humidity for day 18-21. The hole in the front of the eggs was for my attept at an egg turner, it didn't work as expected! Notice the web cam in the upper left. This...
  14. Freezer Bator

    Freezer Bator

    Freezer-Bator Heres the beginning of the freezer-bator, in the top it has 2 computer fans, a heating element out of an old incubator my m.i.l. had. In the back is a thermostat. We added a shelf to hold the fans and to block direct heat on the eggs. All those wires were tucked away, this was...
  15. Homemade Incubator

    Homemade Incubator

    Steve’s Homemade Incubator We decided to keep chickens recently. City Ordinances duly consulted we were on our way. The initial choices lay between buying day-old chicks, point of lay pullets or hatching eggs. We wanted the kids to have the full experience, so hatching eggs were the first...
  16. Wine Cooler Incubator Winner Of The 2009 Diy Incubator Contest

    Wine Cooler Incubator Winner Of The 2009 Diy Incubator Contest

    Wine cooler incubator (Winner of the 2009 DIY incubator contest) Hi, I'm a complete newbie from England and don't have any chooks at the moment but I'm hoping to put that right very soon. I grew up with backyard chickens many years ago and I suppose the wanting them back again has been...
  17. Ncchixladys Chicken Incubator Materials Procedure And Pictures

    Ncchixladys Chicken Incubator Materials Procedure And Pictures

    MATERIALS Cooler Mesh Wire Water Heater Thermostat Plug with 2 or 3 Feet of Wire Light Fixture 40 Watt Light Bulb Caps 2 Half Inch Plastic Clamps Wooden Box Shallow Pan Sponges Thermometer/Hydrometer Water Wiggler Water Bottle Tubing Screws Nuts Sharpie Pen Fertile Hatching Eggs PC Fan Two...
  18. Home Made Incubator

    Home Made Incubator

    This is our Home Made Bator. We started with the directions from Miss Prissy that we found on BYC. Then we found the turner (many pages later in the same thread) posted by Tori of Sterling Meadows Hatchery. The supplies: Hardware Cloth (wear gloves, it's sharp) Styrofoam Cooler Bottle Lamp...
  19. Linds Incubator

    Linds Incubator

    Lind's Incubator -After looking at all of the great home made incubators on BYC and paying extra charges for small quantities of chicks. I decided I was going to get started and build my own incubator so that I can purchase hatching eggs and hatch my own babies.. 2/15/2009 - I made two...
  20. Silk Creek Alpacas Homemade Incubator

    Silk Creek Alpacas Homemade Incubator

    Silk Creek Alpacas' Homemade Incubator!!! Well, Lilian and I have started building the incubator. We have it mostly done at this point, just don't have it all together. Here are some of the steps we have taken to build the incubator. First off, an incubator is essentially a warm area that...
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