New home made bator

[rosaline]

I am new to chickens and hatching them. My boyfreind has bought me a chicken coop for christmas as he new I always wanted them.

I have just finished making my own bator. I have used an old black plastic recycle box. I have a tray in the bottom filled with water. Then a wire cooling tray from the kitchen for the eggs to lay on. I manadged to make a hole big enought for the Lamp to fit in ( with out the shade). I was having problems with the lid. It is plastic to........but thanks to all the good advice and helpful people on BYC you all helped me to solve this problem. I took out the glass from my picture and put it on top. This is acting as a lid and a window all in one. Its great, now I can see everything that happens without lifting the lid to sneek a peek

Now I can leave the house knowing that the bator wont melt or burn down the house

It has taken 3 attemps to make one......guess what I have been doing allllllllllll day!

Try, try, try, try again and if that dont work......buy one.

I hope this has helped someone out there. Good luck x

 

[trilyn]

Good luck, I hope it works for you!! I'm still debating on whether to buy or to make my own...........

 

[Overeasyplz]

Fantastic! It's a lot of fun to build one, and even cooler when it works correctly! The neatest thing is to see into your eggs when you candle and see chicks developing. I will see the fruits of our labours this coming weekend, can't wait! if you have any questions feel free to ask!

 

[sommrluv]

I would love some pictures. I'm contemplating making an incubator

 

[rosaline]

This is as close as I have got with trying to get the picture up.......let me try this............

............... sorry if this has not worked................If not then I will try again later x

Woooooooow

thats brill. A massive pic

In the pic there is a sheet of glass that is laying on top of it to keep in the warmth and to veiw. The pastic lid I was using started to melt slowly

I have had to prop up the lamp to keep it at the right angle.

 

[sommrluv]

That looks great!!

I wonder if I can do that with a styrofoam cooler.


Maybe I should just order chicks, lol

 

[rosaline]

I have changed the plans a little. Putting foil in to cover it. I made a little shelf to make the cooling tray stable. But I am now thinking of putting the light in the bottom of the bator. As heat rises, and I want to get the most out of the heat.

Im still waiting for my orpington eggs, but glad in a small way they arnt here yet as I need this to be just right. Hoping for tomorrow

 

[rosaline]

This is my bator with alot of tweeking as you can tell. I put the light at the bottom with the tray at the top as heat rises. Then I made another shelf above the cooling wire to put in the eggs. Just to protect the eggs and chicks ( when hatched) from the light. I put a metal tray under neath the light to stop the plastic from melting, with a cloth underneath as the metal may overheat.

 

[Overeasyplz]

Have you been able to stablize the temps yet?

 

[Namble]

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Thats exactly what I was wondering too.