So i had less then 2 hours to figure out what to do with little money and little time. My cousin shows up at my house with 4 eggs who his hen was attacked and killed was sitting on they was on day 16 he had warmed towls and wrapped them in so I rushed to the store grabbed some cheap things and threw this together in little time. I didnt perfect it just did the best I could. So i wanna share this with everyone because it REALLY works.
What I needed.
1 Dollar store styrphone cooler-$2.50
1 roll of duck tape-$3.00
Non slide shelving liner-$1.00
1pack of Sponges-$1.00
25w bulb Pk of 2-$2
(All from the dollar store)
Already had:
Wire
Heating Lamp
And digital temp/hydro meter.
I took the Heating lamp apart taking off the metal cover and hanger.
I cut a hole in the side and suck the socket in half way and taping around to cover the hole and half of the socket.
The cooler was not very big so I made a small window by taking a peice of plastic from a kids toy and traced the placed then cut it out with a knief. Thee I tapped it on with duck tape. I took some wire I had and made a floor covering it with the nonslip liner. I then took another peice of wire making a divider from the bulb to keep from making the eggs too hot or burning chicks when hatched and added some Foil to knock off some of the heat.
I made some vent holes in the top. about 4. My temp was running to high like 110. So I started to make some holes on the side to bring down temp. I made a oops and added to many so I began to cover them with duck tape till I reached desired temp and humidity so watch when adding vent holes you may add too many and need to cover them.
I followed some of the steps from miss prissys homemade bator but just did it in a quick time with little money and just threw it together so I wanted to share what I did. Temp holes in it 99.9 and humidity runs from 45-50. When I add a sponge just one sponge runs humidity to 67% all 4 eggies hatched so I plan on using this as my hatcher. I just wanted to share. Here is some pics of it like I said it is not pretty but IT DOES ITS JOB!!
What I needed.
1 Dollar store styrphone cooler-$2.50
1 roll of duck tape-$3.00
Non slide shelving liner-$1.00
1pack of Sponges-$1.00
25w bulb Pk of 2-$2
(All from the dollar store)
Already had:
Wire
Heating Lamp
And digital temp/hydro meter.
I took the Heating lamp apart taking off the metal cover and hanger.
I cut a hole in the side and suck the socket in half way and taping around to cover the hole and half of the socket.
The cooler was not very big so I made a small window by taking a peice of plastic from a kids toy and traced the placed then cut it out with a knief. Thee I tapped it on with duck tape. I took some wire I had and made a floor covering it with the nonslip liner. I then took another peice of wire making a divider from the bulb to keep from making the eggs too hot or burning chicks when hatched and added some Foil to knock off some of the heat.
I made some vent holes in the top. about 4. My temp was running to high like 110. So I started to make some holes on the side to bring down temp. I made a oops and added to many so I began to cover them with duck tape till I reached desired temp and humidity so watch when adding vent holes you may add too many and need to cover them.
I followed some of the steps from miss prissys homemade bator but just did it in a quick time with little money and just threw it together so I wanted to share what I did. Temp holes in it 99.9 and humidity runs from 45-50. When I add a sponge just one sponge runs humidity to 67% all 4 eggies hatched so I plan on using this as my hatcher. I just wanted to share. Here is some pics of it like I said it is not pretty but IT DOES ITS JOB!!
