Homemade Incubators

[dblred0728]

What kind of heat source is this in a cabinet incubator?

 

[Hawgon]

I made this with a 225 watt Incukit from Incubator Warehouse and some stuff I had around the garage and alot of spare time...lol It has worked really well so far and I am working on a double front door model that I am going to have more of a control panel type of operation with switches to turn off power to the turners, fan and heater itself seperately instead of just power strips mounted behind the cabinet. I really like the remote water fill tubing for lockdown though. The pics do not show it but it now has a fan in the bottom of it to better circulate the air. All shelves are 1/4 hardware cloth on aluminum frames and I have 3 inch tall plexiglass walls I add for lockdown. The shelves are on cabinet slides with stainless steel hardware and work great. I will try to get pics of new one under construction.

 

[RAST]

Nothing fancy here, a insulated plywood box, removable top with double pane diploma frames, a small front access door (sized to fit my hand with an egg in it). Homemade egg turner. Digital thermostat and Inc. Wh. digital thermostat/hygrometer. Computer fans & telephone power supply for them. Funnel and tube to add water, external switch for turner. 19 hatched out of 24 eggs last time










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It don't set on end like the pic, I could not get it to rotate (amature)

 

[Ankron]

Working on first hatch

 

[silkielover5]

I'm thinking about building a incubator out of a broken wine cooler on Craigslist. My 24 egg brinsea isn't big enough anymore lol I would probably want to be able to fit 3 dozen in it. Would using a cooler or a wine cooler be cheaper? Or just building one out of wood?

 

[Ankron]

Prob depends on how much you can get a cooler for.

 

[silkielover5]

Ok i believe we already have one...not sure. How well do the styrofoam ones work?

 

[dblred0728]

Silkielover5: Off topic but what is that gorgeous Roo you have in your profile picture???

 

[silkielover5]

Lol

Silkielover5:  Off topic but what is that gorgeous Roo you have in your profile picture???

 

thank you he is my rosecomb rooster I bought from T+T rosecombs in forest lake mn I wish he still looked like that! This was his prime at about a year now he's pushing 4

 

[dblred0728]

Well he is something to look at for sure! I have two pairs that I hope to be Rosecomb. They are 3 months old and I can tell they have rosecombs and the earlobes are lighter but not the white yet! Im crossing my fingers! I have a BB Red Rosecomb pair though!