My husband built an incubator out of a fridge.

[Run Amock DucksNChickens]

I'm so happy with the look of my incubator. My clever husband, Scott stayed up all last night building it si it was ready for the chicken eggs lock down.

 

[casportpony]

Very cool!

 

[Tonyroo]

Can you give more details on your build.
I'm curious on how it was put together and also how you tested for temperature and humidity stability.

 

[Run Amock DucksNChickens]

I'll get the details asap. I can set the humidity like the temperature, it has a 3 litre water container. It's heating up right now, it hasn't settled yet. Leaving it a bit close , lock down tonight lol.

 

[Run Amock DucksNChickens]

Can you give more details on your build.
I'm curious on how it was put together and also how you tested for temperature and humidity stability.

Scott says its like a thermostat controlled steamer. You control the humidity by the temperature of the water.

 

[Run Amock DucksNChickens]

Ok... the humility wouldn't go over 41%. Scott is taking it apart and doing something with a couple of kettles to fix it. I'll take photo's of it while it's in bits if you want to see.

 

[Tonyroo]

What are you using to generate heat and is there a fan in there?

I have to mention, when your calculating amount of space, take into account that heat rises but it also cools as it rises. The higher it rises the temperature drops quite significantly.

So to limit the temperature drop it will require 2 heat sources, 1 on the bottom and the other near the middle with a fan anchored near the top blowing downward.

The best diy incubator is a convection style, it provides even heating and easier to maintain humidity after some adjustments. Just thought I would share my experience with making diy incubators.

 

[Run Amock DucksNChickens]

Yes. There's multiple fans, 2x Peltier modules for water res, 2 heat sources, 6 thermometers, 2 are for control only, 4 are for viewing, 2 are for controllers.
I might mention at this point that Scott has Type 2 Bipolar, he's good at what he does.

 

[Run Amock DucksNChickens]

Just have to put it back together. I hope this helps. Thank you for your input.

 

[Run Amock DucksNChickens]

It's running good enough for a quick chicken lock down. Still needs tweaking.