home made incubator

[chicken-whisperer]

I finally did it I made a incubator from a dishwasher. It now has 50 Black Copper Marans eggs in it and the only cost was $25 for the wafer thermostat. I already had the egg turners. save the land fill

 

[gamebirdsonly]

 

[Clay Valley Farmer]

Cool Idea!

Did you use the heat element in the dish washer for heat source? Would be pretty high wattage but With a dimmer I would think it could be dialed down enough

 

[ScissorChick]

Welcome to BackYard Chickens davidasbury!

We're in need of a new dishwasher. The one we have does not

work, and I'm tired of washing dishes!

Maybe we'll try your idea,

and make it into an incubator?

 

[QuailQT]

Pics please! Would love to see what it looks like!

 

[Arielle]

Great idea!! Love to see recycling and repurposing!!

 

[fishman65]

awesome job....great use of landfill junk....was there much insulation in it?? pics when you get a chance...thanks

 

[chicken-whisperer]

It looks like an old dishwasher but has been keeping the eggs at 99.5 F +- 2 . I used the original heating element and the fan (moved it) I placed a sheet metal deflector to act as a heat sink over the heat coil. [I also have a brooder using a dishwasher heat coil.] The only thing missing is a window but we dont have much to look at till day 21. I will post pictures post hatch