fast incubator ideas

[wowmanacat]

As of tomorrow I will be giving my chickens some antibiotics and don't want to eat the eggs for the time that they are on them. I don't have an incubator and would like to try and hatch the eggs if I can. I do have a old cooler, an old walmart thermometer, a light source and so wire fencing that I can use. I don't have any small fans and money is just to tight to try and buy anything.
This is just an idea for me to try. I have never tryed anything like this and I really don't just want to through the eggs out if I can try to hatch them.
Thank you for any and all ideas.

 

[wowmanacat]

bump for ideas

 

[Azriel]

I guess that you can use an old computer fan if you have one that you can rip apart. I have a styro cooler that I would like to try to make a hatcher out of, just not talented enough to wire the thing.

 

[Ranger 45]

my incubator is an old coler that i took the top off of. if u were to take a top and didide into thirds that 2/3 is covered by a paine of glass and the other third is the old lamp. I then covered the lamp portion with alminum foil. for air flow i just slide the pice of glass back and forth creating a gap based on the temp. For humidity cut the bottom off a 2liter bottle and keep it filled with water. I found it helps to keep some wet paper towls crumpled up in there that u rewet evert 2-4 hours. I also put some hay in the bottom to stop the eggs from rolling around. Im expecting chicks in about 10 days so good luck.

 

[wowmanacat]

Ranger 45 keep me posted if that worked, I still have about 7 days to collect the eggs

 

[wowmanacat]

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I don't have any old computers, but I do have a 9 inch fan

 

[Ranger 45]

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Will do. Also i keep mine in my garage and on cool nites i put a pice of alminum foil over the glass. I have subscribed to this post so when i get any results i will post on it. So keep an eye out for it and good luck

 

[wowmanacat]

Ranger 45 could you by chance post any pictures of your incubator so I can get more of an idea of what it looks like. I do much better at seeing something than just reading about it it is the way my brain works. Thank you.

 

[they'reHISchickens]

Look at the sticky at the top of this section. Look through there and there are pictures of lots of homemade incubators.
We just made a hatcher and it was a bit tricky getting it to keep the right temp. Placement of the fan/bulb/thermostat in relation to each other is critical. You will need to experiment a bit. Read read read

 

[bel]

You might be able to get a fan off freecycle if there is a local one. Someone might have a computer headed for recycling, or a burned out video card with a fan on it.