HomeMade Incubator Contest - 3/09 - Winners Announced!

[chicken stalker]

oohh I got an idea...just got to collect some parts. Hopefully I'll have it done in a couple days

 

[laxrick]

There's my dinky incubator with a real live day old serama in it. The rag is there to prevent the the chick from squeezing through a small crack I thought would be way to small for a chick to squeeze through ( I was wrong.)

 

[chicks for better health]

I will be entering my incubator as soon as I get to it hopefully this weekend.

It is going to be cabinet style with a manually operated auto egg turner I plan to make it to hold 4-6 13" x 13" egg flats. I am going to use rope for the heat with a water heater t stat. 3" insulation all around with a insulated glass panel in the door (optional if I find one).

The egg flats will be removable to insert hatching boxes

i am excited just need to get the time to get started.

 

[shanebeas]

Can not wait to see everyones ideas

 

[shanebeas]

Glad to beable to join the group

 

[chicken stalker]

 

[sara]

How long is this contest going to be open? I'm pretty slow, but am working on building something...

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

We'll keep it open until we have a good # of submissions to have a real good contest!

 

[sara]

At the rate I'm going, I hope it's a good 6 months. lol Seriously though I am waiting for some parts to come. And I need a creative paint scheme..

 

[Kiwibird]

RiRxBr, I am very excited about your idea as I have lots of fish tanks. However, your diagram shows one small problem that should be addressed. Your fish tank air pump appears to be below the level of the water. This is a risky business, unless you have a one way valve (gang valve) in the line, as water can siphon its way back up the air line into the electric motor causing unwanted excitement to say the least, particularly if the power goes off. I realise that you don't want the power to go off anyway, but no sense in increasing the level of disaster likely if it does occur.

I have tried using a fish tank as a plant propagator and not had good results, using a very similar set up. The air temperature was clearly a fair bit lower than the water temperature. However, I must admit that I still had fish in the water at the time, and was reluctant to turn up the heat beyond 27C in case I cooked the fish. I think I could bring myself to relocate the fish to hatch baby chickies!