will this home made incubator work

[chickenmama109]

hi i have a flock of 10 1rooster 9 hens and would like to add some more chicks and think it would be cool to make a incubator but this is my first time incubating and would like to know if this way will hatch my chicken eggs i get a plastic tub and put my heating pad at the bottom put a light cloth on it then put the eggs and a thermomenter next to the eggs and put a cloth over that and a bowl of water and some rocks will this idea work thanks to all help and any tips on incubating are welcomed and thanket

 

[mill-j]

I've always been told "the Way to find out is do it"

If you can keep the temp steady at 99decrees and the humidity anywhere from 45 - 60 you should be able to hatch chicken eggs at least.

 

[gimmie birdies]

I have not used heat pad to hatch, but I have used to keep babies warm, seemed like the low setting was too hot. Now the other concern would be how would you keep the eggs moist?

 

[Laodicia]

hi i have a flock of 10 1rooster 9 hens and would like to add some more chicks and think it would be cool to make a incubator but this is my first time incubating and would like to know if this way will hatch my chicken eggs i get a plastic tub and put my heating pad at the bottom put a light cloth on it then put the eggs and a thermomenter next to the eggs and put a cloth over that and a bowl of water and some rocks will this idea work thanks to all help and any tips on incubating are welcomed and thanket

Uh... i tried to set one up like that. I couldnt get anything close to stable temps. The heating pad heats and then cools and the plastic bins loose heat too easily. The chicks love a heating pad though.

My least stressful hatches were in a plywood box with 2 mini fans from walmart, 1 60w incandescent with a dimmer switch, and 2 mini bulbs in 2 car headlight sockets that were attached to 2 12v thermostats.

The incandescent was behind a wire wall with tinfoil to block the majority of the light and the fans were blowing from there toward the eggs. The mini bulbs were above the eggs.

I tried lots of things before getting to this setup

 

[chickenmama109]

i think i will buy a incubator thanks for posting