Really cool, thank you! Our SUPER EXPENSIVE incubator pooped out on us midway through and we lost all our eggs at somewhere around day 9 or so. We're trying this now. I'll post again when the eggs hatch what our percentage is :)
I just put an alarm on my phone and turned them by hand, they were just in a little drawer organizer thingie. X on one side, O on the other so I could make sure they were turned. I only did it 3 times a day and not at all at night. One of the eggs we lost had the air-cell attach on the side instead of the big end. The only big change I made was, I put the cooler on it's side and window on top so my kids would be able to watch easily, and the top opens like an oven. (I used duct tape to make the "hinge") and no hydrometer at all. I "dry incubate" and then soaked two wash rags on lock-down so they were juuuust barely not dripping, tucked around the plastic drawer organizer, and then put a piece of fitted cardboard in between my light and my drawer organizer thingie.
Thank you for the idea I actually paid about 45 for mine but I have a much bigger styrofoam cooler and I bought the lamp kit so I would have a on and off switch and a fan to circulate air so far only two eggs have been fertile but there moving like crazy at only 8 days 😂
Thanks for this. Someone just texted me and said some baby bird eggs fell out the tree and the nest is messed up so I take them in and I'm going to try to hatch them. I seen this and this is easy and cheap. I'm so doing this.
Spider Man It's going good so far. I guess 😕 I wasn't able to make this tho. I'm uploading a video on them soon. I'm a small RU-vidr feel free too take a look at my account and subscribe! 😊
Nice design.. simple, cheap, and could easily run off of a small cheap power inverter aswell. A low voltage led with the aluminum heat dissipator removed would probably suffice to keep the temp right also.should a person loose or not have access to 110v.. idk, i may try that and find out... now that I'm done thinking out laud, nice good ideal and nice design bro.. 👍👍
Looking into breeding my Ball Python and I was thinking about using this method. One thing that I was curious about is if a normal light bulb would work or not..? I know they create some heat to them, but wouldn't it work a bit better to use a low-wattage heat-bulb instead? It would be slightly more expensive, but I feel like it would create a more even heat. As well as what somebody else mentioned about adding the light-dimmer.
Yes he does sorry if that question was already answered and I'm still trying to find out if they hatched his last video they had pipped or mad a hole but I haven't seen anything since that video
did this really work for you? I just made one, but our cooler is smaller, and just need to finish the light tomorrow, thinking maybe 25 watt since its smaller. Trying the heck to hurry as our eggs will be here by Friday.
***** Point being? If you've got $20 to do it jerry-riggin' style, you surely can save up more to do it better. The tutorial is wonderful, but I would rather have the real deal.
+Kailey Plays : I tried it with duck eggs (with an incubator that I made much the same way as this one) that we found while mowing hay, but not knowing how old they were made it too hard to hatch since they very in heat and moisture more then chickens. Plus no two people seemed to agree on the amounts they needed of each, or when.How did yours turn out? P.S. Cutie pie baby! :-)
Lafika mine were fertile but I didn't make an proper incubator. I got my eggs from a farm so it wasn't just a duck but chickens as well. Guess I got to retry !
I was never home schooled but when me and my boyfriend are old enough to maybe have kids, we were thinking of it. It's always wholesome to think of how much you can connect with family WHILE learning something new. I hope the project went well. And if you haven't done it yet, then the best of luck to you
Thanks after folowing your idea we made one but with a small plastic cooler. It worked great for cortunix quail eggs. We had to watch the humidity and tempature lots but it worked 13 hatched. The cooler was pretty much my Sons old lunch box.
@@danny9075 I can't speak to wish specifically, or the quality, but I just came from Amazon.ca and the low-mid ranged incubators at about $125 to $200 have at best 4 stars with very mixed reviews.
Very cool. I sure hope you will do a baby chick's hatching update. That would be cool. How are your hens doing? Thanks for the demo and Merry Christmas :) Rick
This is a great idea, thank you for filling us in on the update as well! I'm probably going to make something like this as it will be very helpful as I start to homestead (as you know I will be doing shortly). Thank You again and MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Hi, have you tried using a home central heating thermostat to switch the light on and of when needed? You may need the mechanical Honeywell kind with a bi metal coil...which you can tweak a bit (bending some components mainly or mount at an angle) to go beyond 86 degrees F (and go up to chicken incubation temperatures...) I am building a incubator for fungal mycelium and tissue culture incubation which needs a maximum of 85 degrees F (which most household thermostats can handle) Hope this helps. Hope your health is better...I saw a video floating by which you mentioned you were having health issues... You may want to look into Reishi mushrooms... easy to grow at home and very very very healthy... I wonder about the light exposure with chickens... I know mycelium while in colonisation mode does not need light, I am not sure if light is harmful but to be safe I will use a tin soup can as a light shroud to block out the majority of the light coming from the bulb. Regards, Sander Tel.
I liked the video great to do something with the kids for there home schooling projects. I don't know about the eBay stuff for $25 but i do have all the supply's for this around the house or in one of the sheds. I do have a bunch of old fish tank supply's around here to. Would it be possible to do this with a heater for a fish tank in a old tank on the bottom so that there was only a couple inches in the bottom of the tank and put the hardware cloth a couple inches above the water line so that it would regulate the temperature in the take better or would i just have hard boiled eggs?
Looks good. They take a little time to get the temps figured out. If you get concerned, try using a timer. There cheep, just spend a little time figuring out the time settings. If you know a little wiring. You could use a household dimmer switch, mount it in a electric box, couple wires and you could control the temp of the bulb. Good video Bro.
So I made this without my mom knowing and made my grandfather take me to Walmart and I used money I earned by doing house work for my grandfather then I went home and made this then I go to my cousins house he raises chickens so I got an egg put it in my pocket while in the car I hold it when I get home I put it in the incubator and waited 3 weeks and the chicken hatched I had it for 1 week and then my mom found out while I was at school when I get home my mom said how long have you had this we gave it to my cousins my aunt laughed and then my mom felt bad and I got a kitten. The end
Great idea for home use! "50 Ducks in a Hot Tub" bought a large incubator from China, bought backup parts & had a single fan unit failure that had he not caught it in time, could have been a total or nearly-total loss of about 800 eggs!!! Creating redundant backups & easy to get to parts with a fully loaded incubator is important weather you have a small or large incubator! Weather hatching a few eggs or hundreds! I'm sure someone can make well-made, reliable, easy to work on incubators that don't cost an arm & a leg, AND come with redundant auto backup systems , and easy to replace parts with eggs in place! Someone could make a lotta money building affordable commercial units for those who have property & raise their own!
This is GREAT! I wanted to incubate some of my duck eggs with the grand kids, but, as you say, incubators are spendy. I have a lot of that stuff all ready so I'm excited!
My space heater just went out. If you can't keep the temperature regulated in that thing, let me know and I'll send you the thermostat out of this heater. If I can figure out how to get it out without breaking it. I've made about a dozen different incubators. The first hatch that I ever did in a homemade incubator hatched 23 out of 23 eggs, first time out. I never have even come close to that since. Not even with a commercial incubator.
Awesome, project. You also can save a little money by skipping the tray. You can use a bowl of water, and put some shavings in the bottom of the incubator. I used a large glass flour container, and put some old cotton socks on the bottom. and put in a small bowl of water. Then I put a few eggs in. I covered the top with some cloth, and put the lid on top of that. I set the container close to a heater that blows heat. I did not set it too close. just close enough that it would heat up the inside of the container. Of course I turned the eggs, once every two to three hours apart, 3 times a day. I got amazing results. in 21 days the eggs hatched. I like your idea better. However, I do think one can skip they tray. Awesome video, brother ! A'Ho ! Be blessed
Yeah I have a dimmer on mine, but still having the issue with afternoon and night temperature fluctuation. I use a 25W bulb and the dimmer is already almost off position. I still need a few holes around the box and a blanket on top at night.
I once figured out that most types of glue melt away the foam. It was terrible! Glues save to use are for example wood glue(white glue) and hobby glue. Just a tip. :)
I've made a couple of these very similar. But it's so difficult to keep it to the correct temperature. It's so much better with a thermostat and small fan from a laptop computer. Not expensive. And also should always have 2 bulbs / lamps. Because if one blows then the other will keep the eggs warm in time to replace the one that had blown. Instead of the incubator going stone cold. You can buy a plug in thermostat unit that goes inside the incubator and the bulb / bulbs plug into that. You can make just about any size incubator you want using one. They are about £10. I got mine second hand for £3.. Thank you for sharing your video 👍
I made this. First of all, it cost more than $20, more like $30-$40. The design has many flaws. Even though I measured everything the tray did not sit in the bottom and ended up looking horrible. The styrofoam broke when I tried to put the viewing window in it. I had to rebuild it. I ended up putting a small dish with water and a sponge in it. And just put the eggs on some pine shavings. Even with a 25-watt bulb, it was getting over 115 degrees and I had to spritz the inside of the cooler several times a day to keep the humidity up (no it wouldn't stay up when the tray was in it either). After 3 attempts I finally threw it away. I hatched one egg and wasted several others. It also cost quite a bit of money experimenting with things trying to get it to work. Just save your money and buy an incubator.
This is helpful, here in Norway the cheapest incubator I found was 40$ this is much better xd I can’t afford so much since I’m only 12 and my parents wasn’t really “excited” so I have to pay for everything TwT
I'm so devastated today.. we had a male and female sparrow hanging around our condo patio for the last few weeks. It wasn't until 10 days or so ago that I noticed they had built a nest in a fake wreath that laid against our glass window, so we could see their entire journey. I fell in love with mama and her 5 eggs. It was the only pure joy I had felt in a long time. Sad when you're 31 and all you do is work 7 days a week and nature is the only thing that makes you happy. Anyway, I was crushed beyond words today to see that all but one egg was left, nest clearly disturbed, and haven't seen mom since about midnight when she was huddled, curled into her eggs. The eggs were definitely killed and I'm 99.9% sure she was too. Anyway, brought the last egg in because it's so cold here still at night and I know she's gone. It's currently keeping warm at a smooth 98 degrees with a little space heater (I've been checking every hour to make sure it's still okay) It has a bunch of veins in it, but I'm not entirely sure it's still alive and I know it needs humidity to continue to grow, so I will be picking up all of the supplies tomorrow. I know the chances of it living and hatching are .000000000%, but hey, it's worth a chance.
I just built this I got the temperature right by cutting holes in it I am trying all kinds of things to get my humidity up but I seen the can't get it to 50%. It's sitting at 40% anybody have any ideas what I can do to bring it up
Awesome little incubater. Maybe you should splice in a cheap dimmer control to turn the light bulb up and down. There really cheap at any hardware store
