Evolution of my Incubators......

[rgvchicks]

I was just going thru all the pics i have in my gallery and laughed as i saw my first incubator i built back in feb of 2012 and as i started evolving in the makings of my homemade incubators thru the whole year and a half until present time......

......its facinating how one evolves in over a year with this addiction of hatching baby chicks......gotta love them.....

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My first homemade incubator back in Feb of 2012



a couple of months later i built this one



then this one



then this one for my neighbor



playing around with my fridgeabator...lol....different settings



then this one to set 3 emu eggs i bought from ebay.......total failure....

......2 unfertile and one died halfway the 60 day incubation



then this one i built after getting the idea of a sportsman a friend of mine had, it worked great, i even built the automatic turner with a motor taken from the christmas deer my wife had......

.......she was ******........

and finally an opportunity came around of getting this 1202 GQF with all accessories for $300......good things come to those who wait......

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Am I An Addict?..........I suppose I AM!!!!!!

 

[loveourbirds]

I was just going thru all the pics i have in my gallery and laughed as i saw my first incubator i built back in feb of 2012 and as i started evolving in the makings of my homemade incubators thru the whole year and a half until present time......

......its facinating how one evolves in over a year with this addiction of hatching baby chicks......gotta love them.....

.




My first homemade incubator back in Feb of 2012



a couple of months later i built this one



then this one



then this one for my neighbor



playing around with my fridgeabator...lol....different settings



then this one to set 3 emu eggs i bought from ebay.......total failure....

......2 unfertile and one died halfway the 60 day incubation



then this one i built after getting the idea of a sportsman a friend of mine had, it worked great, i even built the automatic turner with a motor taken from the christmas deer my wife had......

.......she was ******........

and finally an opportunity came around of getting this 1202 GQF with all accessories for $300......good things come to those who wait......

.


Am I An Addict?..........I suppose I AM!!!!!!

I can see it now, see through door added '13.

I am a fellow hatchaholic. after a fail with a homemade incubator i bought, i picked up 3 little giant incubators and 2 turners. then it was 6, then my wife finally went off when i had 12 in the dining room. i moved them to my shed, and wittled them down to 3 sportsman cabinets eventually. i have built a few tinkering around playing with different elements, nichrome, thermostats, to the point of where im ready to take on a larger one. i think this one will be made from 1 inch MDF, and built to hold either 1000 or 1500 eggs. im going to do my hatcher separate.

just asking, what thermostats have you used in your projects? ive used wafers and a couple digital. im partial to the wafers myself.

 

[rgvchicks]

I can see it now, see through door added '13.

I am a fellow hatchaholic. after a fail with a homemade incubator i bought, i picked up 3 little giant incubators and 2 turners. then it was 6, then my wife finally went off when i had 12 in the dining room. i moved them to my shed, and wittled them down to 3 sportsman cabinets eventually. i have built a few tinkering around playing with different elements, nichrome, thermostats, to the point of where im ready to take on a larger one. i think this one will be made from 1 inch MDF, and built to hold either 1000 or 1500 eggs. im going to do my hatcher separate.

just asking, what thermostats have you used in your projects? ive used wafers and a couple digital. im partial to the wafers myself.

on the aquarium, which was the first one i built, i had no thermostat, i used a light dimmer...lol.....and it worked great. From the dimmer i eventually went to water heater thermostat and it also did its job. finally i ordered 2 thermostat waffers and used them the rest of the season with my Tinkerbell projects and still have them as replacements at hand if the waffer on my 1202 gives out. i was planning on putting in a backup on my sportsman but im kind of scared of messing things up......so rather have it at hand to replace instead of burning things up if i try putting in the backup.

 

[ozexpat]

I can see it now, see through door added '13.

I am a fellow hatchaholic. after a fail with a homemade incubator i bought, i picked up 3 little giant incubators and 2 turners. then it was 6, then my wife finally went off when i had 12 in the dining room. i moved them to my shed, and wittled them down to 3 sportsman cabinets eventually. i have built a few tinkering around playing with different elements, nichrome, thermostats, to the point of where im ready to take on a larger one. i think this one will be made from 1 inch MDF, and built to hold either 1000 or 1500 eggs. im going to do my hatcher separate.

just asking, what thermostats have you used in your projects? ive used wafers and a couple digital. im partial to the wafers myself.

i make the odd incubator. i like the digital stc-1000 on amazon.or ebay

 

[tec27]

I did the same thing. I finally just bought a brinsea. Thank god. Saves so much time.

 

[rgvchicks]

i make the odd incubator. i like the digital stc-1000 on amazon.or ebay

it doesnt matter how odd your project is, as long as it works.........

 

[rgvchicks]

I did the same thing. I finally just bought a brinsea. Thank god. Saves so much time.

my wife used to tell me i was like a mcgiver, and if it wasnt for the chance of getting my sportsman more than likely i would of built a couple more incubators ......yay for the gods of ideas...