Building an incubator

[franken farm]

I'm needing help in building my self a new incubator. I'm wanting to turn a fridge in to an incubator. And I'm needing to know what the watts of heater to square feet/inches . Any help in this would be great.

I'm planing on it being forced air for sure. I'm thinking I'll use 4 to 6 pcu fans at least. But I really need to know how many watts of heat I'll need.

 

[Ridgeline Hens]

I'm needing help in building my self a new incubator. I'm wanting to turn a fridge in to an incubator. And I'm needing to know what the watts of heater to square feet/inches . Any help in this would be great.

I'm planing on it being forced air for sure. I'm thinking I'll use 4 to 6 pcu fans at least. But I really need to know how many watts of heat I'll need.

I just finished one..Good Luck I really like mine.. scroll down to the bottom part , my first one is on top.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/homemade-incubator-4

 

[franken farm]

They look great. I wanting to make one that will hatch around 500 or more quail and like 200 chicken at a time.

 

[Ridgeline Hens]

They look great. I wanting to make one that will hatch around 500 or more quail and like 200 chicken at a time.

I have seen GQF incubators on Craigslist in my area,
http://greenbay.craigslist.org/grd/4311281244.html
you may find something much cheaper to rebuild as a project, sometimes you don't need to re- invent the wheel to have success Good luck..

 

[franken farm]

Around here "memphis tn" most used incubators the size I need still go for 400 and I can't afford that. Not with 5 kids. Lol. I figure my sons and I can build one as a family project and save money. We made a cooler bator last year for 12 dollars. I am just wanting to find out the watts per sq feet, so I can make sure to set it up right.