hatching eggs.....in an aquarium????

[spish]

Last year after reading plenty of success stories about this 'homemade' method, i thought id give it a try....i put 5 eggs in a fish tank with a heat pad and a bowl of water (for the humidity) and away we went. it went well until the last week where we had a huge heat spike which killed 4 of the 5 chicks/eggs. last egg hatched on the 22nd day, seemed to struggle but got out the egg. sadly the following day it died.

i really would like to try this method again as i cant afford a really egg incubator and have plenty of heat pads/aquariums here to try again with but am unsure what caused the heat spike or where i went wrong ast time...

has anyone ever tried this method, with success who could give me some pointers?????

 

[spish]

nobody tried this...?

 

[abanjaf]

Can't say I've tried it, maybe someone else can help I purchased an LG still-air incubator for $40. Eventually added the egg-turner and fan. Even without the egg-turner and fan, still had a decent hatch. Perhaps you could save up for the $40? Or purchase a used one?

 

[joeyg4583]

I rented an incubator from the local county extension office for free.
Maybe your extension office does this too?

 

[spish]

have no idea what an extention office is (am in belgium) and have tried looking for 'cheap' incubators, but they all start at around €150 which i just dont have right now.
ive 'cheated' by sticking some of my chickens eggs under one of my ducks who has just started sitting, fingers crossed we get some chicks!

 

[chickboss]

I did with not so great results. I could tell you about it later if you want, am nursing baby chick right now and is slow typing w/ 1 hand.

 

[joeyg4583]

Oh wow then that doesn't help at all. I wish I knew more about hatching in an aquarium.

I will keep my fingers crossed for you

 

[spish]

chickboss that would be great when you get time

thanks everyone for comments so far.