How to hatch eggs WITHOUT heat lamp or broody?

[Kennas_Kritters]

I know sounds crazy right? Anybody out there tried this? If so did it work? I'm talking about hatching eggs with rice socks, heat lamps, heating pads ect. I want to try as a experiment since my incubator is full and I have some eggs I would like to hatch. If you have done this how did you do it? (Please explain in detail) Thanks!

 

[PippinTheChicken]

You can make a homemade incubator. Ive seen some people use a heat lamp to hatch them but I'm not sure

 

[Weeg]

You can make a DIY incubator with a Styrofoam cooler and a light bulb. Of course, you need a few other supply's as well, but the light bulb is what gives off heat.

 

[Cryss]

@Kiki made a styrofoam incubator when she had never hatched eggs before. Maybe she can help you out.

 

[Kiki]

Rice socks no.

A regular light bulb will work but the most important thing is not overheating the eggs.
I'm afraid a heat lamp would overheat them.
It is very time-consuming unless you have a thermostat to control the light.

Time consuming because you will have to watch closely and turn the light off and on often so it doesn't overheat.

I highly recommend just to getting a real incubator or at least a thermostat to control a light bulb.

 

[Kiki]

Regular light bulbs get plenty hot enough.
Not LED light bulbs regular light bulbs I don't know what the heck the proper name is for a regular light bulb.

 

[Caffus]

Incandescent light bulb