Looking for advice to build a homemade hatcher.

[jhebert9]

I'm incubating with a hovabator genesis, but need to construct a hatcher, as I often have multiple hatch dates. I'm having trouble finding good photos/instructions from people who have successfully made hatchers.
Anyone?

 

[Ctptcha]

Do you mean incubator when you said hatcher? I have made a homemade incubator, I have not tried it out yet(with eggs) but I have tried it with the US plug and the temperature worked. I have moved to the UK so I have to change the plug but I hope you like it!




All you have to do is screw two wine boxes with hinges, fill the edgess of the boxes with styrofoam, put aluminium around where your light will be, get a metal box and screw it in, cut an extension cord(the side where you put in the plug) and wire it into a socket, drill a hole in your box and(don't wire before you do this) stick the wire inside the hole.(Then wire it). Screw in a thermometer,attach a hydrometer, you can pt an egg turner in if you would like,If you want you can put on some handles and you're done!!!!!!! I hope this helps.

 

[jhebert9]

Thanks for the pictures. I'm looking for a hatcher-a separate container that I can move them to when they begin lockdown, so I can have an incubator with low humidity, and hatcher with high humidity.

 

[Ctptcha]

Oh. Sorry!

I found some good forums for that. Here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/homemade-hatcher
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/818353/homemade-hatcher