Found eggs in my driveway, can I possibly hatch them?

[Coop de Grille]

LOL!!

Here is my attempt at making an incubator. I can't seem to get the humidity and temp stable. I was hoping to get the two eggs in here tonight. I know my neighbors down the road (a dirt country road) have chickens but I have never seen them. I know they have them because I can hear their rooster. I'm going to give incubating them a shot and see what happens.

 

[chloezoebob101]

OH MY GOODNESS!! where did you find that????? i want to make it! it looks cheap like $20 maybe? i found one similar on the internet I'm gonna make this weekend. how long did it take you to make? I'm making that because i really don't feel like spending a couple hundred PLUS shipping.

 

[Coop de Grille]

It cost me about $10 since I had just about everything on hand. It's a styrafoam cooler from the Circle K, a piece of glass from a picture frame, some 1/4 inch mesh that I had laying around and my daughters bedside lamp (you can see it on it's side, sticking out lol). I bought the humidity meter for $8 at Walmart and a cheapo fan for $2.

 

[chloezoebob101]

wow im so gonna make that. since I'm only 13 i don't have enough for an expensive one. LOL

 

[marndt0579]

Get acooler ,electric hot water thermostat( menards) lite socket, peice of glass,electic fan from junk computer, put it all together you have an incubator for cheap. I did it last year and hatched about 30 some chicks in 3 sets. I got the plans by google (home made incubator ,GOOD LUCK

 

[chloezoebob101]

how many eggs did you put in? you got 30 to hatch but how many did you start with?

 

[MamaMarcy]

Melissa thanks for the chuckle!!!

Nice homemade bators!!

 

[austintgraf]

Sounds like you have a future postal worker on your hands

this made my day!!!! Thank you...I needed that... And as for hatching the eggs go for it! I once found a dead wild turkey on top of a brood of eggs. I tried to incubate them...no luck but it was still fun to give it a shot.

 

[austintgraf]

By the way. i love the incubator!

 

[marndt0579]

First time in my home incubator i put 24 eggsin and got 13 chics out , 3rd time I put 18 pheasant eggs in i bought on e-bay and only hatched 4 chicks