Homemade Automatic Egg Incubator 

Lad the attention to detail is just stunning. Honestly one of the best craftsmanship channels on RU-vid glad everything going good for you Kris 👍

The blue light makes it look like you're incubating velociraptors in some sort of Jurassic Park type lab.

This is the Rolls Royce of incubators !!!

Another heirloom made...it'll be usable for donkeys years. Beautifully done as per Kris. 🤗🥳 PS. now attach Classic FM audio to sooth them. 🥰😂

When your incubator has better RGB than my PC

Wow I’ve been watching since you first started with and empty piece of land, you my friend are a very determined and talented young man.

That has got to be the worlds most beautiful incubator! I reckon colour 2 & 3 look good

@ 12:34 When cutting Glass;... After scoring the top with your cutter;... tap from underneith;... The shock from tapping will follow the score line above;... break more cleanly

Man this is "eggcellent"... Cheers!

I like the voice over in this video.

You should have a TV show, this was so much better than most shows on the Discovery channel, great work, i like this way of filming too, just the odd input from you, great job

Beautiful Kris,, just like everything else you build,, perfect joints ,, as you'd say lovely!! aloha

I’d actually buy one of these!

The Victorian's craftsmen understood that engineering should also be beautiful. You are returning to that belief. Great work and video. Number two for the light BTW.

I had a good laugh over the egg shape and then yes it hit me it looked like a toilet seat. I would have left it LOL All around a really nice job. But you are really a great craftsman. I always enjoy your channel. Now to see some chicks

I don’t know how or what you earn, but, it’s not enough. The workmanship and detail is wonderful. Do preservation societies know about you ? They should be breaking your door down begging you to work for them . Number 1 or 5 for me

what a masterclass of many skills, so many strings to the harbour bow, dudes a freakin genius

A very nice build there Kris, I love the addition of the candler at the side. The wood from those old sleepers, wow, that jarrah looks so good when waxed up. Looking forward to seeing the results of your hard labour when they hatch. Best eco friendly, home building, woodworking, tech show on RU-vid...keep up the good work and enjoy the lifestyle matey...double thumbs up on the video!

Kris your ability to produce art and function makes my heart happy..love this

Yup, toilet seat, we all thought the same thing. :-) Beautiful toilet seat, those wood colors, wow.

Wow - this is absolutely incredible! It's apparent how much effort you put into this - and to get the material from railroad sleeper ties. Great use - and lovely wood grain and patina with the oil. Great strong joints. You must have your reasons, but PLEASE wear eye protection. As to the color, I like #2. Thanks for sharing this heirloom creation! Perfect for a small flock! Right on!

Just Brilliant;... A joy to watch from start to completion;...

Kris have a little look at becoming an Amazon affiliate you just tag products on your videos that you used and if someone follows the link and purchases the product you earn a percentage of the products sale 👍👍👍

Number 2! I love watching your projects come to life. I sit here grinning, as it all takes shape. Great view through the window of the man cave to the outdoors from the main workshop. And is that a model of a barn sitting on the workbench?

Always impressed with your workmanship. Enjoyed the upbeat of how you did this video, still like details in other video's as well. 👍

The items that you have created never cease to amaze me. I love watching you build.

Stunning camera work for this one! Also... wow, I want one. You, sir... are a clever sod. I laughed when I saw the toilet seat - although I saw the egg shaped window first so I think you could have got away with it! And my vote is on the green light cos Green things make me happy ☺️😉

you do beautiful work. So beautiful I would show it off in my home!!! Amazing!!

That's cracking Kris, egg-ceptional workmanship and such an egg-squisite design too. I was a little shell shocked to see poor old Dot cleaning out the planer though, you should tidy up after yourself. Omlettein' it slide this time Kris! (jk) 😂😂😂

I'm wondering about oxygen. Since the box looks well sealed. Is fresh air needed at some point?

The best lubricant for wood on wood is an ordinary white paraffin wax candle rubbed on the surface beeswax is too sticky .Great project well executed

I sort of made a very similar design at a larger scale for my beer fermentation cellar. It’s a large sealed box with the temp control system mounted to the side. I always regretted not making the overall chamber just a touch bigger to allow the control system to fit with the overall size of the box, instead of being a smaller box on the side that sort of sticks out. Absolutely loved the hinge concept though. Brilliant.

Excellent craftsmanship, but... The important thing in incubators is the percentage of hatching. The shape is important, but not the most important as the percentage of hatching. There are many basic technical factors that you did not consider (fatal errors) such as ventilation, thermal dynamic stability, etc... Though the most important thing is that you incubate and publish the results. Thanks for the excellent effort.

Dude... Two questions... 1. Is there ANYTHING you can't make? 2. Is there ANYTHING you don't do brilliantly?

I prefer number 2, looks more natural and warm! Good job that man

Again brilliant video. Would be nice to hear you explain some of the things your doing just basics would be good. Was that bees wax you was using on the wood? Do you have a backup poster Supply in case of power loss, from solar etc? Thanks

I’m not eggspert 😂 but the omission of an air intake seems a little odd? I imagine if the chicks hatched they would need a steady supply of fresh air / oxygen. I suppose if carefully watched it might be a non-issue tho.

Love the toilet seat 😂. I didn't even think of that until you mentioned it

Well done, I don’t know where you learned all that but wow.

Stunning work Kris,, clever stuff!

3 & 12 i reckon mate. Grouse job on that. Puts store bought to shame :). Cheers for sharing.

Number 1 or 12. I told my husband this looked like an antique from the future, just incredible. Hello from Texas!

love the darker sections of grain through the hatching drawer, another fine piece of work kris! look forward to seeing the first batch! feelin the raver chicken light too

That's good but how many prosent result

Nice job Chris. There are fully automatic ones available. They are called Hens.

I'm one minute in and already liking the talk over during the sawing scenes. The narration works, would like more of it if convenient.

Three (on colors), followed by two -- though that's all dependent on whether my monitor accurately reproduces the colors you see. Five is a winner for Halloween, since it makes it look like The Tommyknockers.

12...once again Kris - outstanding piece of woodwork and electronics with a very practical use. Well done!

What a beautiful bit of workmanship. Love that sleeper wood. Should never need another one of those in your life time maybe new wire on occasion.

Brilliant, be nice to see how you get on with incubating eggs. If it’s a good success rate you could make and sell these. Controlling the humidity and having a consistent heat is hard. Be good if you could top up the water without opening it, to help temperature and humidity fluctuations. Wood work is top notch.

Try to keep epoxy off yourself you can become sensitive to it over time and get nasty skin and breathing reactions

Just stumbled on your videos and thoroughly enjoying catching up on your journey. Love the beautiful woodwork you do.

very nice project - my only concern, coming from a wood furniture design background, would be the cabinet will twisting and distorting over time (esp the door and draws) due to the heat and humidity - it can happen to wood furniture due to bad design naturally even without the help of the heat and water that you have built inside the incubator

Brilliant! Might be nice sideline for the hydro business during droughts. ;-)

Beautiful workmanship Kris. I also liked the new format where you had more time lapse footage during the work, slowing down for the start and end so we understand what you're doing and how it turned out. I also liked in the beginning where you added a voice-over, so if you included more of that going forward, I think that would work well. It should DEFINITELY help you focus on what your'e doing to not have to worry about narrating at the same time, although it will add editing time. ;) Thanks for sharing!

Kris, I'm so in awe of the talent you have, you're amazing! I like lights 2 and 12

The egg shape toilette seat comment gave me an actual belly laugh.

Go Kris. Excellent craftsmanship. I’m recommending your videos as inspiration for people out there who are confused with life and meaning. I really, really, really mean that. Fantastic incubator by the way. Your attitude to life seemingly creates abundance and treasure of the heart. Unstoppable. Personally, we don’t watch much tv, but I encourage my three boys, Hugh 9, Lucas 7 and Will 6, to tune into your channel. You may not know it, but I reckon you’re one of the best teachers out there for real living. We live off the grid in Australia. At the moment I’m fencing and getting some metal work stuff happening. Thanks for your videos. They are a great source of motivation. Kind Regards, Rohan

Kris, no se si entiendas lo que escribo pero me agrada ver tus vídeos me siento más impulsado a seguir buscando formas alternas sin dañar tanto el planeta. Saludos y que la pases bien con toda tu familia 👍

Unbelievable Kris, you are a master of all construction projects, large or small, what a talent you have.

U are crazy... What an amazing job! No doubt you love what you do. Keep up in this way

Mask 😷 for the hardwood kris 👍🏻good carpentry skills

You should call the incubator Alcatraz, no ckook's gonna break out of there!!

Also, it’s so good seeing you use all the things you’ve struggled to build and make. The workshop the workbench the power for the tools all there by skill and sweat - now there is scope for real craftsmanship on a smaller scale.

I tend to think one is the best

Awesome. what a range of skills you have demonstrated here. That wood is gorgeous.

Beautifully made and made to last. Great job.

Thank you, this is the best birthday ever!

fwiw I thought it looked like an egg. :)

You might try a controller that controls humidity, using a hygrostat. We use one at work made by Omega Enhineering, model MFR012. They work quite well, and are relatively inexpensive.

Hi Kris, I have a questain for you, heating your house,chicken incubator etc, have you ever considered compost heating? Cheers Alex,au

Colour 2 IMHO. Almost forgot to say ... as always, excellent content all round - skills on display, relaxed and happy narration and a complete unit of work.

I haven't completed the video yet...but had to jump on and say I loved the genius of the egg shaped window! I don't think it looked like a toilet seat at all, especially in the context of an egg incubator! I loved it. Wish you'd stuck with it... Finished watching now... beautiful...I want this masterpiece! (Still wish it had the egg shaped window tho...lol) Color #2 btw...

Everything you make is off the scale Kris....you're amazballs!!! Xxx

I don't know about toilet seats in the UK, but my own one looks petty much exactly like your corrected oval version.😄 BTW: I love the basic wood color. Hopefully I'll get hands on some sleepers one day. In the meantime I'v got a nice log of an old yew, dried for at least 10 years. Was intended for a few longbows, but if knots disqualify it for that purpose, then... You gave me some ideas already.👍

Your work is excellent, but you have a problem with the temperature of incubating the eggs and hatching, come on 37.5 and the humidity is 55

An eggcellent construction would make an eggceedingly attractive item of furniture on it's own and a good project to copy for any smallholder producing eggs and bird breeding , do you have any plans available❓❓👍👍😎😎

That’s eggzackly what you need. 🥚 It’s unbelievable how nice the wood is that’s being run over by trains everyday. Forgot to add. Colour #1.

Mean! Stream Egg Machine!! Great job! You have the BushCraft man in your DNA!😀

Brilliant piece of craftsmanship. Well done

So I'd go with number 2 for the lighting. You have certainly done that wood proud! Such beautiful wood does not deserve to be "hacked" together. Several already mentioned spreading epoxy with you fingers, so I won't! One other thing. I had been using push sticks for years, no problems; Until I did! This past April the stick caught the blade just right and slammed it into the palm of my hand. Hurt like the dickens. Its now been nearly 3 months and its still a bit tender and feels "wierd" when I flex my hand.

With the woodworking you invested in this, you should definitely consider opting for heat tape, using few 120 mm computer fans to circulate the air inside.

Really nice! I hope you'll have better success than with the Amazon rubbish. I liked color #1. Color #2 reminded me of looking into an oven.

Your very clever I’ve been toying with the idea of raising chickens I have the space Glad you and dot are well Take care x

Never ask a woman how" do you like your eggs in the morning? With bacon or fertilized? "

Nice incubator, but you should put something solid under the hatching tray so that all of the hatching debris doesn't fall through all over the eggs below and the heating elements, water, and fan below that. Can make a BIG MESS!

Dear sir. You should at the very least use gloves when working with epoxy! Best case it gives you allergies. Worst case cancer. At cabinetmaking school, here in Denmark, we weren't even allowed to use epoxy for putting in a brass keyhole in a drawer. Just saying.. Love your videos and the incubator end result. Stay safe 🙏

Brilliant and beautiful! Pampered chicks! Light color 1 is quite pleasant.

Kris - I never know you were into Cyberpunk, what with the polished mahogany mixed with electronics!

The egg lighter killed me. * Beautiful work and difficult. True, it would be more difficult to build a mother chicken, who would sit on them :)

I use to raise EMU . They take 59 days to hatch and in n.c. you have to remove humidity from the air too much for them. No matter how bad you want to help a bird hatch, DO NOT! Theirs nothing sadder than the bird tearing the umbilical cord and dying in your hands! Theirs a reason it won't hatch. I have helped several , most all didn't end well, a few did but...I had a contract in Oklahoma, I was air mailing baby emu from n.c. to o.k. overnight with no problems.i have also raised about everything that flies crawls or hops. I paid 600 us for my incubator and I use to joke around that I could hatch a rock Very nice high quality work sir!

I know I’m commenting way after this was originally posted but how concerned are you about using railroad ties? The chemicals used to treat them are aggressive and dangerous, especially when exposed to heat! Also don’t breath the sawdust! I’m sure you’ve done your research and have your reasons but I’m curious…

Wow its very impressive.sir maybe you should create a swing type of incubator ..im waiting sir thank you...

I'm wondering about ventilation. incubating eggs will be needing oxygen but too much airflow would destabilise the temperature.

Such a beautiful cabinet and all the bells and whistles a chick would want. I think you should light it where it pulses through the spectrum. 🌈Or maybe experiment with it to see if color effects incubation. So how is it working? I've got to find your video of that!

#8 - your omlets will taste purple-flavored and 0.04%% chance you hatch a Phoenix.

Hey Chris, i have noticed that you use al lot of epoxi to glue things. Do you know kasein and glutin based glue? In german they are called "Fischleim" or "Holz- und Knochenleim" for example. You can do them on youre own, use youre lime for it, the are 100% natural and have many many more advantages. They are incredible strong and have bin used for centuries. maybe you give it a try.

I'm really enjoying your videos, Kris. The "toilet" window made me laugh. :-)

Well when the world ends, the cockroaches will have somewhere warm to sleep. Def better built than any furniture I have in MY house =:-))

Hi. Absolutly brilliat craftsmanship and a nice result. I worry a little bit about the eXtremE epoxy on the fingers while bringing it in. Doesn't it react or trigger allergies? Why not use some lame ass water ressitant glue? Isn't that cheaper and eventually less harmfull?