DIY $20 Egg Incubator - How To Make An Egg Incubator, CHEAP and EASY!!!
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2024
- How to make and egg incubator for only $20 from a cooler. DIY egg incubator, CHEAP AND EASY!!!! Why spend over $50 for a simple egg incubator when you can make your own for $20? I hope you consider hatching some eggs of your own, fun for the whole family!!!. Thanks for watching!!
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Recomend watching this in 2x speed lol, good luck guys I got a 95% success rate and it works for quail too!
Thank you Tyler and glad you had good success with it
Was wondering if it would work for quail.
My daughter is home schooled so I’m going to have her build this with me and use it as a science project for her!
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
What
Why doesn't your daughter go to public school?
Gi1bert That’s kinda personal, don’t ya think?
home schooled 👍
Nice project. Thanks for taking the time to demonstrate for us.
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.
Nathalie Pariseau how many eggs did you try to hatch?
Awesome
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!
I hope your doing good brother, it's been a while
i could not go on with my day without telling you how smarttttt you areee.. thankyouuuu
Great video and the best, easiest, working egg incubator design on the web!!!
Thank you SO MUCH for this video! My quail eggs are on their way, and I am SO EXCITED!!!
You made this for quail? Did it work?
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!
I’m working on one right now. It looks like it will work. I’m adding a fan to it and a fan regulator to control the temp inside. Really good design!
Any update?
Well explained. Easy to follow with clear instruction. Thanks so much... Where I live a purchased one is 200 and that's for the basic model. So u are going to save me over $$$
Well done! Thanks for the great video.
Nice work! I "ll try to make at home. Thanks from Greece!!!, 👍👍👍👍
Worked great for me hatched snake eggs in it 100% hatch rate. Great video.
did you put the light on the side or on top???
+guglielmo sorient
An you used the light bulb heat ? Awesome im making one soon @bruce c
I put mine on the side just like his but added a fan because the temperature was jumping to much and I'm still using the 40wtt
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!
Did it work? Did the eggs hatch?
That was great, we are going to make one, thx. ours was a gift but it will be a great project for the kids
Great video. Short and sweet. Thanks for the tutorial.
Thank you for sharing this! Very informative and interesting. What a great idea.
tip: buy a smaller tray. they do make small trays.
Was thinking the same thing. They sell foil bread pans that would work perfectly and save time
Lol
I wonder if he did that to keep the mat off the water so they eggs don't die
Try a small heating pad it would be more controllable for temperature
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.
great job! Can't wait to see some baby chickens in there:)
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?
Just made this exact replica, costed me $88 in Canada
Lol I should have just bought an incubator
Wow lmao that's expensive
Incubators are way more expensive though.
bruh I live in California where everything is way more expensive than the rest of Country and this still only costed me 26$.
Lily Panda on wish it is $22
@@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.
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
This is very cool.... I was looking for an incubator for geckos... did not realize this was for chickens but awesome idea:)
Thanks for the video, used this for my bee incubator.
Awesome incubator!
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 👍
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.
Awesome! We are so trying this!!!
I really like this idea. I've watched a few videos and this one produces the best looking and probably most durable incubator so far. The issue of regulating the temperature has me concern though. I'm considering using the lowest watt bulb possible and adding either an under aquarium heating pad to the bottom or am aquarium water heater submerged on the bottom. I guess the submersible is most likely to have adjustable controls and may be the best choice for ensuring a stable temp.
Thanks so much for the video. If I make any modifications that work, I will probably pst a video of my own.
you guys have to add a thermostat to the cooler, that way you have control of the temperature
Thank you bro for this video i live in Sydney tomorrow morning i bay this staff 👌👍🏾
I’m going to try this! Thank you!
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
Great video and so easy you explained everything!
i like the concept, with a little tweeking such as adding small low blowing fan to circulate the air better and a way to rotate the eggs and it just might work. maybe place the bulb into the lid
My thoughts exactly!
So detailed and helpful
Nicely done!
I've always wondered about the light blinding the babies...is that a consideration?
great vid thanks for sharing
Very nice thanks for sharing. Sir God Bless. Keep safe..
I believe using semi soaked perlite will work great for humidity regulation. or even some garden soil and grass. then you wouldn't need the aluminum or mesh. I built one very similar based on this video. I want to thank you and ask what you think. how do I get a picture to you?
Thanks so much for taking the time to post this. It is very helpful :)
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 😂
This is so cool!
nice and easy, but what about egg rotation? do you move them often? thanks
Hi, this old video was amazingly helpful to me, so thanks.... btw, hardware cloth can actually be found at walmart, in the garden section, near the wild bird feed, and where I'm at, they sell a small roll for 5.97
Thanks. Going to build mine soon.
I just did this with an Omaha steaks cooler, they are CRAZY thick, I would say 2 inches. They are very well insulated, and with the size I was able to use an 8x10 picture frame for the window. I will either use a dimmer switch on a light or something with a thermostat to control temperatures. Now if my Russian would just have a clutch I could get going lol.
I bought up a bunch of those $1 coolers from the dollar store when they had them, they do not always have them. I have a regular incubator already but I figured I should stock up on cheap stuff I can use if I want to hatch more than my hovabator incubator can hold.
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.
Very well done!
This is really Awesome.
Wow, awesome - gotta try that - I need another incubator, but this is getting expensive buying them for $60 from a local feed store. THANKS!!!
Did you have any problems with the bulb melting the back of the cooler without any foil or tin protecting the inside cooler next to the bulb? I made one very similar about 15yrs ago on a limited budget and used a candle light bulb (40watt) and had to line the cooler wall with foil because after about 4days it started to brown it.
this is a good idea thank you i will make it
Can this incubator be used for turtle eggs? I have turtles and they had an egg once but it did not survive(most likely form in-proper incubation).
do you need to run this incubator all the time in 3 weeks of hatching/ incubation the eggs?
Thank you sharing!
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. :)
ShiaNaturesFearie I used epoxy putty and it held great no melting of foam
how can you get the temperature to be smooth and correct?
Nice projekt
Thanks for the diy video!! How about how to make/build a low cost chicken coop?? Keep the videos coming!! I just subscribed!! Auesome!! :-) :-)
great work!
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
I like it!
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 :)
Did it work?
YES!! 13 of 15 eggs!!!
Promise Jubilee so how do you go about turning them and did you do anything different than what this video shows any thing i should know??
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.
Only thing I didn't already have in the house was a hygrometer. Got my eggs in it now, we'll see how it goes!
Did it work?
Any luck?
IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS WHAT HAPPENED
Dude, answer us
@@deepSea__ I made one with his layout and it works
Thanks for this. About to make one tomorrow. Went and got the supplies today. Forgot the frame.
can i straight put my lamp in to the box?
Great video
Thx this was so helpful to hatch my lil baby
If you install a dimmer switch on your light you can regulate temp really easy
or a thermostat
excellent idea!
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.
Great video! just bought the stuff will post results
Did it work?
Question do you have to use a regular light bulb or can you use a heat lamp
It's a good plan, you monitoring the humidity and temperature. But how do you regulate the temp, brooding bird eggs like to be around 101F how about a light dimmer? since you don't have a thermostat?
Awesome video thx
you nailed it!
Very interesting idea. Curious, how many of your four eggs hatched with live chicks? Thanks in advance for your reply!
Made one, day two of attempting to hatch quail. Hard time keeping temp/humidity consistent and correct. With lid on, cooler gets too hot, with lid cracked it loses humidity. Thinking about downgrading to 25 watt bulb to see if I can keep the lid on/humidity in and still get it warm enough....
Cari Berry77 Just add a simple thermostat/switch...to controll the temperature
Thank you for sharing sir
Thank I'm going to try it
smart thinking, i like it, but what turns the light on and off to prevent over heating and cooling to much ?
I'm thinking he uses the holes in the sides to regulate the heat..not sure.
Will it work for leopard gecko eggs?
looking forward to trying with my nephew
How big is your nephew?
Do I need to turns(rotate)the eggs or not ?
also would it be easier to stretch pantyhose over the tray like you would for a incubator for tarantula eggs?
You always post good videos. Btw you ought to post vids more often. I look forward to seeing them.
do you put the top on??
It worked!!!
Will this work on water turtles too? Like Red Eared sliders?
How did you get your humidity up? Mine it's at a 23% average, and the trays are almost full!
Could wire a couple computer fans in there too to control Temps. Also you can get a thermostat pretty cheap on amazon
So will his work for a robin egg, I know they need some type of humidity???
omg...I wanted to scream most of the way through. Dude...you are doing most of it the hardest way possible! lol
I believe that will work but I think a heating pad would be more controllable for temperature
Excellent! 👏👏👏Can I try this with finch eggs? cockatiel eggs?
It could work I would have something around the eggs so they don't roll around and kill one another when the first child halch
AWESOME Upload you're sharin' with us good buddy, why pay more when ya can have a homemade Egg Incubator for only 20 bucks,...thumbs up and finally catchin' up on your cool uploads, thumbs up and Happy New Year 2014!! =)
Very cool video have you hatch chickens from this single incubator that you made
An igloo cooler on wheels requires a hatching tray on the opposite side of the wheels and greatly reduces the number of eggs you can hatch .A full size tray above the wheels will be too close to the top if your lights on top (like mine!) Wish I'd used a foam cooler like yours!I could have saved myself a lot of time!
Does it work with lovebird eggs?