Thanks Storm. I got 4 out of 10 - good for a first try. As I had mentioned in an earlier comment I think I would have been more successful if the eggs were handled better BEFORE they went in the incubator. The only problem with this incubator is you have to really really pay attention to it. I was constantly fiddling with the dimmer to readjust the temp depending on the room temp. In a later experiment I rigged up a thermostat but the temp fluctuated by 6 deg - too much!
Just so you know, you're using this platform completely wrong. You have to actually click REPLY to reply to specific channels. All you did was just leave random comments everywhere, which helps nobody. This is very insulting to the community.
I am doing a science project and need to made a chicken incubator. I find your idea easy and economical. I have a few questions though. 1) Must I use fresh eggs laid by the chicken. 2) What kinds of bulb I should use and how many watts. 3) How to keep the humidity of the incubator. 4) What I need to take note of when I turn the eggs and in what ways. 5) Do I need a little fan like what others do? Thank you very much, Troofoo
May I suggest that if you want to regulate the temp in the future, to wrap the unit with a towel especially at night. It should help tremendously. Great homemade incubator!!
Cool! I made one with my grandpa out of a cooler and it works great! Now I'm waiting for my second round of chicks to hatch! My first round are already laying!
Thanks for the stars! As of the end of Nov 2009 the chicks are 9 weeks old and have all of their feathers. They are out in the coop already with the rest of the flock. I live in Nova Scotia and we've had some cold nights already so I have the heat lamp on out there just in case - luxury for the adults!
@stadadwell I'm sorry about the fox...I've had a fox steal some of my hens, too. Yes, you need a rooster otherwise your eggs won't be fertile - just like most of the species on the planet (although there are some that don't need the male/female combo such as most snails and most plants). If you don't have a rooster, you can buy fertile eggs from other farmers or hatcheries depending on where you live. Google 'fertile chicken eggs' and you should be able to find some. Good luck.
Thanks for your reply. Good suggestion about the sharper knife - I never seem to have the right tools around here! :) And a slide out seems good too but it all worked out just fine. Maybe it's good to open the top for better air circulation? I don't know. Although hatching this way was fun - there's nothing more enduring then a mother with her peeping chicks. My kids are in love with our chickens and they won't let us eat them...yet.
the dimer switch was a great idea. i am on day three of my fertilized egg incubation. i have not had to adjust the temperatur much at all found that the dimmer switch has it set perfectly so it doesn't go much above 100 and never as low as 95 even when i open the top to turn so hope it works out and thanks for the help /ideas
it turned out great!!! i had 11 eggs and 8 hatched! they were shipped eggs too so im happy with the results. today they are 10 days old and theyve grown twice as big already!!! theyre also very messy. XD
I'd love to hear how yours turn out! How many eggs are in yours? Mine went up to 105! once but it was only for a short time and suspect that the inside of the egg didn't raise that high. I saw someone else put their cooler in their bathroom because it didn't fluctuate in temperature too much. I'm not sure how that would affect the humidity though.
Thank you so much for your video Jennifer your children are so beautiful I know they're much older now I'm attempting 2 make it to myself and I am glad that you did what came to my mind and that is not use a fan so thank you so much have a blessed
@toughguitar1 You don't get the heat from the thermostat. The thermostat just adjusts the temperature for you so it would turn the light bulb on and off.
Hens that lay for the supermarket generally do not have access to a rooster therefore they won't be fertile. Depending on where you live..if you're in the USA try Googleing McMurray Hatchery as they sell fertilized eggs. It's doubtful they'll have any at this time of year though - you might have to wait until the spring.
I kept the temp at about 100 C. You will still have to turn them AT LEAST2 times per day (I turned mine 3 times minimum) for the first 18 days then let them rest for the last 3 days. Mark each egg on one side so you can keep track of which side is up. The turning is not because of temp or air circulation - it's so the chick doesn't stick to the shell on the inside. Google how to incubate chicken eggs and you'll find lots of sites with the detailed info you need. Goog luck!
ok that is the equpis that she used 1X ligt bulb 1X thermostat that connected to the light 1X box it can be also made of wooden the rocks unneccesry i also reccomend to add 2 computer fans 1X thermometer - to check the water % in the incubator 1X cup of water will be fine too... the more the cap is wide the more water % will go up =] sorry for my english for any other questions come to this forum without the spaces =]
I was going by 100 to 101 Fahrenheit. The temperature would lower slightly overnight but not by more than a degree or two. Also, when I opened it the temp would go down a few degrees for a short while. Humidity was about 50% for the first 18 days and then the last few days I had to keep adding a damp sponge to raise it to between 65 & 70%
We only had 4 so they fit in a fish tank for the 1st week. Great because we could watch them easily. Then I built a wood box with a wood frame door with hard wire mesh . That way we could use the same heat lamp from inside the incubator. At about 3 weeks they started getting REALLY MESSY and SMELLY so by 4 weeks I moved the brooder box outside to the coop. They grew fast so at about 6 weeks I integrated them into the flock. The hens did NOT like them at first - now they tolerate them.
@FlyffHack1 Close - I didn't have a thermostat. i adjusted the brightness of the bulb depending on what my thermometer reading was. Rocks were helpful but not necessary. They held heat so when i had to open the lid to rotate eggs the rocks helped to bring the temp back quickly to the proper temperature.
How exciting! I tried to keep mine at 50%. How r you adding humidity? I had a really small sponge that I would get slightly damp, then put it in for 1/2 hour or so and then take it out and close the lid quickly. They're probably ok. A mother has to leave her eggs occasionally so the humidity and temp will drop naturally, right? We're having so much fun with the chicks that I'm sure we'll do this again. I might invest in a commercial incubator just to take some of the stress out of it! :)
Their due date is Sep 28, 09. The rocks are to help regulate the temperature as they hold heat. I have to open it at least 3x a day to turn the eggs and I have found the temp comes back up pretty quickly to the correct level. The days & nights here in NS are cooling off pretty quickly and this incubator is in an area of my house which is susceptible to heat change so I'm having more trouble regulating the temp. I recommend putting this somewhere with even temp. I'll keep you posted.
yes - I opened the lid 3 times a day but just to turn them which I did by hand. You can buy incubators and some have automatic egg turners but I've never tried a store bought incubator so I can't compare them.
I heard that at day 7 there's a high mortality rate so I candled my eggs day 7-ok but on day 8 I lost 2. I candled them tonight (day 12) and still ok for 8. Good luck to you. I suspect that a little variation on the temp in the incubator for a short time is ok - mother hens must get up to eat and drink a little, right? and if the temp goes up a degree for a short time then the egg itself may still be at the correct temp. I'd love to hear how yours turn out.
thats really cool! i've been thinking of doing something like that. did they hatch? or was this video taken the day you posted it. what are the rocks for?
@Stormclouds777 Yes, the aquarium was a good brooder for just a few chicks for less than a week. It is INCREDIBLE how fast they grow and boy-o-boy do they ever stink after awhile. Later, I changed a large clear Rubbermaid bin into a brooder by cutting out the top of the lid and duct taping some wire mess to the top.
@naois123 If they were in a nest they wouldn't be on a wire rack so although I'm not TOTALLY sure - I highly suspect that your eggs will be just fine. Mine are on a wire rack to make more space. I needed a spot for the dish of water for humidity. Also, I needed a way for my chicks not to burn themselves on the light when they hatch. Good luck!
@jimjones2012 Hi there. No, unfortunately once eggs have been refridgerated they are no longer viable. Also, most hens that have laid the eggs for the grocery have not been....serviced... by a rooster. :) I don't know what country you live in but in the USA and Canada, I know there are hatcheries that sell fertilized eggs. Good luck and have fun!
My thermostat was my finger. I used it to control the dimmer switch attached to the light which adjusted the temp. The brighter the light - the hotter it got.
@egibliogarcia1234 I have adult hens and a rooster already but the breed I have typically won't set on their eggs... when you buy chicks from your local Farmers Co-Op you usually get a breed that has been designed for maximum egg output or you can get a meat bird that is bred for quick growth.
I see that you have the light pointing away from the eggs. This is probably a good idea because if you dont do that some of the eggs get hotter than others. How did your hatch go? I've got one like this but my light is pointed at them and I feel I don't get a equal temperature throughout for all the eggs. What was your success?
I have 3 bantam hens and they lay a lot of eggs. I'm thinking about making an incubator just like yours, I just want to know what should be the temperature and the humidity inside it?
@troofoo 1. u can use eggs that a chicken laid and they were untached 10 days after that they die 2. its no metter the thermostat willl dill with it 3. use a cup with water and thermometer 4. just number the eggs with cd pen name 1 side "a" and 2 side "B" then turn to b from a every 8/3/5/12 hours just dont put them too much on same side... and three days before hatch dont turn them... they hatch in the 21th day after u put them 5. yes use a fan near the water and a little hole in the box
@egibliogarcia1234 I used it for a short time after the chicks hatched. After they grew feathers I moved them out to our chicken coop with the adult hens.
My temp has recently gone down in the evenings as well so I started covering it at night with a hand towel which seems to insulate it a little better. I left it on during the day by accident once and the temp went way up. I'm no expert - this is my first attempt as well. We won't know how well this experiment worked until hatch time. Did you use basically the same components as me?
Jennifer... im sure you turn your eggs. how often do you turn them. I work for an incubator company and we turn our eggs every hour ( this is automatic) but have you sdone any experiments with percentages on turning them every houre vs lets say 4 hours? i know with chicken eggs its not so important as say peking duck or turkey eggs. just curious
do u need a rooster at all if you have hens and you just encubate the eggs? and what was all the material you used? i currently just had 3 hens killed by a fox so i want to hatch some chickens?
Hey Jennifer, I am about to attemp to make a homemade incubator myself. Many of the videos I've see on here, most people include some sorta fan (mostly PC fan). I noticed that your incubator didn't include one. Did this affect your hatch rate?
well i just have the hardwire mesh, light bulb, and the bowl of water. today i realized that the temp goes to like 102 in jhe evenings. i have to be careful. this is my third time incubating, my first 2 attemps werent succesful at all. im getting my eggs tomorrow so im running out of time...
@JenniferMomof2 one quick question, is the fan necessary inside the hatchery ? you don't have a fan in it and eggs successfully hatched, i am a bit confused, cheers
Normally my temp has been consistently between 100 & 101 and humidity between 55 &60%. It was very low right at the time of the video because I had just removed the eggs for about 2 minutes to add water to the container at the bottom. 5 minutes after the video the temp went back up to 100 and with the quick addition of the damp sponge the humidity raised shortly thereafter. The hardest part of this design was cutting the mesh and bending it so it wasn't crooked. Overall very easy!
hey thank you! my incubator is done. i'll put the incubator in my bathroom because there is no windows or air conditioning in there. i just checked the temperature and it is 100.7 degrees F. and 59% humidity. sometimes the temp in the incubator goes down to 98-99'F at night. is that okay?
4 out of the 10 eggs hatched and they're super cute and healthy. I believe that the 6 that didn't make it were due to poor egg handling prior to incubation.
@aussievillthaboss They would be harder to turn (done AT LEAST twice a day) and I'm not sure what would happen at hatch time. What if one of the ones on the bottom hatched first?
i have 9 eggs. today is day 16!!!! so far they are looking good. i candled one yesterday and it is moving around like crazy!!! the temperature has been 99-101. sometimes the humidity goes way down to 45% at night and during the day it goes to 68.%. is that ok or will it affect the hatch? i'm going crazy because i think they may not hatch due to humidity problems. i cant control the humidity!!! i add one drop and it goes up 10%.
@Stormclouds777 So sad! The thermostat was a little beyond my electrical knowledge so I gave up on the idea. Yes - I used the aquarium as a brooder but after a week they out grew it! They grew SOOOOO fast! I moved them to a wooden crate and hinged a wire lid on the top.
@crosaphiso1 Along similar lines, based on narration at 2:18, I'm wondering how many square inches JenniferMomof2 is working with in her entire setup. Also, how do the rocks effect the ray heat from the bulb? The total number of videos and instructionals on the web for building an incubator can B measured in bulk. Discerning who has offered the best construction guide and isn't scamming or conning the readers and watchers (viewers) by fudging on shortcuts taken or overall results--no simple task
The dimmer switch is such a simple idea to change the heat that the incandescent light gives off. I will use your idea! Thanks.
Thanks Storm. I got 4 out of 10 - good for a first try. As I had mentioned in an earlier comment I think I would have been more successful if the eggs were handled better BEFORE they went in the incubator. The only problem with this incubator is you have to really really pay attention to it. I was constantly fiddling with the dimmer to readjust the temp depending on the room temp. In a later experiment I rigged up a thermostat but the temp fluctuated by 6 deg - too much!
Just so you know, you're using this platform completely wrong. You have to actually click REPLY to reply to specific channels. All you did was just leave random comments everywhere, which helps nobody. This is very insulting to the community.
Also, you don't have to say, "really really." One adverb is enough, thank you.
I am doing a science project and need to made a chicken incubator. I find your idea easy and economical. I have a few questions though. 1) Must I use fresh eggs laid by the chicken. 2) What kinds of bulb I should use and how many watts. 3) How to keep the humidity of the incubator. 4) What I need to take note of when I turn the eggs and in what ways. 5) Do I need a little fan like what others do? Thank you very much, Troofoo
May I suggest that if you want to regulate the temp in the future, to wrap the unit with a towel especially at night. It should help tremendously. Great homemade incubator!!
@toughguitar1. Yes unless you install a thermostat. A thermostat would make the light go on and off depending on the temp.
Cool! I made one with my grandpa out of a cooler and it works great! Now I'm waiting for my second round of chicks to hatch! My first round are already laying!
That is pretty cool, I just ordered a incubator hope it has a high success rate. Nice video
i love chicken and i made one incubator i am still testin it
I have not tried it yet, but it looks like I will be using a lot from your method. Thanks ! James King
Thanks for the stars! As of the end of Nov 2009 the chicks are 9 weeks old and have all of their feathers. They are out in the coop already with the rest of the flock. I live in Nova Scotia and we've had some cold nights already so I have the heat lamp on out there just in case - luxury for the adults!
@stadadwell I'm sorry about the fox...I've had a fox steal some of my hens, too.
Yes, you need a rooster otherwise your eggs won't be fertile - just like most of the species on the planet (although there are some that don't need the male/female combo such as most snails and most plants). If you don't have a rooster, you can buy fertile eggs from other farmers or hatcheries depending on where you live. Google 'fertile chicken eggs' and you should be able to find some. Good luck.
Thanks for your reply. Good suggestion about the sharper knife - I never seem to have the right tools around here! :) And a slide out seems good too but it all worked out just fine. Maybe it's good to open the top for better air circulation? I don't know.
Although hatching this way was fun - there's nothing more enduring then a mother with her peeping chicks. My kids are in love with our chickens and they won't let us eat them...yet.
the dimer switch was a great idea. i am on day three of my fertilized egg incubation. i have not had to adjust the temperatur much at all found that the dimmer switch has it set perfectly so it doesn't go much above 100 and never as low as 95 even when i open the top to turn so hope it works out and thanks for the help
/ideas
it turned out great!!! i had 11 eggs and 8 hatched! they were shipped eggs too so im happy with the results. today they are 10 days old and theyve grown twice as big already!!! theyre also very messy. XD
@reece703 It sure did! Did you try this? Did yours work?
I'd love to hear how yours turn out! How many eggs are in yours? Mine went up to 105! once but it was only for a short time and suspect that the inside of the egg didn't raise that high. I saw someone else put their cooler in their bathroom because it didn't fluctuate in temperature too much. I'm not sure how that would affect the humidity though.
Thank you so much for your video Jennifer your children are so beautiful I know they're much older now I'm attempting 2 make it to myself and I am glad that you did what came to my mind and that is not use a fan so thank you so much have a blessed
@toughguitar1 You don't get the heat from the thermostat. The thermostat just adjusts the temperature for you so it would turn the light bulb on and off.
Hens that lay for the supermarket generally do not have access to a rooster therefore they won't be fertile. Depending on where you live..if you're in the USA try Googleing McMurray Hatchery as they sell fertilized eggs. It's doubtful they'll have any at this time of year though - you might have to wait until the spring.
I kept the temp at about 100 C. You will still have to turn them AT LEAST2 times per day (I turned mine 3 times minimum) for the first 18 days then let them rest for the last 3 days. Mark each egg on one side so you can keep track of which side is up. The turning is not because of temp or air circulation - it's so the chick doesn't stick to the shell on the inside. Google how to incubate chicken eggs and you'll find lots of sites with the detailed info you need. Goog luck!
ok that is the equpis that she used
1X ligt bulb
1X thermostat that connected to the light
1X box it can be also made of wooden
the rocks unneccesry
i also reccomend to add 2 computer fans
1X thermometer - to check the water % in the incubator
1X cup of water will be fine too... the more the cap is wide the more water % will go up =]
sorry for my english for any other questions come to this forum
without the spaces =]
Thanks for sharing, we are wanting to give this a go ourselves!!
you could've just added water instead of rocks for the thermal mass
I was going by 100 to 101 Fahrenheit. The temperature would lower slightly overnight but not by more than a degree or two. Also, when I opened it the temp would go down a few degrees for a short while. Humidity was about 50% for the first 18 days and then the last few days I had to keep adding a damp sponge to raise it to between 65 & 70%
We only had 4 so they fit in a fish tank for the 1st week. Great because we could watch them easily. Then I built a wood box with a wood frame door with hard wire mesh . That way we could use the same heat lamp from inside the incubator. At about 3 weeks they started getting REALLY MESSY and SMELLY so by 4 weeks I moved the brooder box outside to the coop. They grew fast so at about 6 weeks I integrated them into the flock. The hens did NOT like them at first - now they tolerate them.
@FlyffHack1 Close - I didn't have a thermostat. i adjusted the brightness of the bulb depending on what my thermometer reading was. Rocks were helpful but not necessary. They held heat so when i had to open the lid to rotate eggs the rocks helped to bring the temp back quickly to the proper temperature.
Beautiful work and beautiful voice 😉😊
How exciting!
I tried to keep mine at 50%. How r you adding humidity? I had a really small sponge that I would get slightly damp, then put it in for 1/2 hour or so and then take it out and close the lid quickly. They're probably ok. A mother has to leave her eggs occasionally so the humidity and temp will drop naturally, right?
We're having so much fun with the chicks that I'm sure we'll do this again. I might invest in a commercial incubator just to take some of the stress out of it! :)
I had a regular desk lamp that I plugged into a dimmer switch I bought at IKEA a few years ago. The dimmer switch just plugs into a regular outlet.
Their due date is Sep 28, 09. The rocks are to help regulate the temperature as they hold heat. I have to open it at least 3x a day to turn the eggs and I have found the temp comes back up pretty quickly to the correct level. The days & nights here in NS are cooling off pretty quickly and this incubator is in an area of my house which is susceptible to heat change so I'm having more trouble regulating the temp. I recommend putting this somewhere with even temp. I'll keep you posted.
yes - I opened the lid 3 times a day but just to turn them which I did by hand. You can buy incubators and some have automatic egg turners but I've never tried a store bought incubator so I can't compare them.
@stadadwell I should also say that a hen won't care if the eggs aren't hers - she just needs to go broody first (she has to want to set on her eggs).
I heard that at day 7 there's a high mortality rate so I candled my eggs day 7-ok but on day 8 I lost 2. I candled them tonight (day 12) and still ok for 8.
Good luck to you. I suspect that a little variation on the temp in the incubator for a short time is ok - mother hens must get up to eat and drink a little, right? and if the temp goes up a degree for a short time then the egg itself may still be at the correct temp. I'd love to hear how yours turn out.
thats really cool! i've been thinking of doing something like that. did they hatch? or was this video taken the day you posted it. what are the rocks for?
@Stormclouds777 Yes, the aquarium was a good brooder for just a few chicks for less than a week. It is INCREDIBLE how fast they grow and boy-o-boy do they ever stink after awhile. Later, I changed a large clear Rubbermaid bin into a brooder by cutting out the top of the lid and duct taping some wire mess to the top.
@naois123 If they were in a nest they wouldn't be on a wire rack so although I'm not TOTALLY sure - I highly suspect that your eggs will be just fine. Mine are on a wire rack to make more space. I needed a spot for the dish of water for humidity. Also, I needed a way for my chicks not to burn themselves on the light when they hatch.
Good luck!
@jimjones2012 Hi there. No, unfortunately once eggs have been refridgerated they are no longer viable. Also, most hens that have laid the eggs for the grocery have not been....serviced... by a rooster. :) I don't know what country you live in but in the USA and Canada, I know there are hatcheries that sell fertilized eggs. Good luck and have fun!
My thermostat was my finger. I used it to control the dimmer switch attached to the light which adjusted the temp. The brighter the light - the hotter it got.
@ninadpatil28 Mother hens have moisture in their bodies...the chicks need humidity so their shell doesn't dry out when they are hatching.
@egibliogarcia1234 I have adult hens and a rooster already but the breed I have typically won't set on their eggs... when you buy chicks from your local Farmers Co-Op you usually get a breed that has been designed for maximum egg output or you can get a meat bird that is bred for quick growth.
I see that you have the light pointing away from the eggs. This is probably a good idea because if you dont do that some of the eggs get hotter than others. How did your hatch go? I've got one like this but my light is pointed at them and I feel I don't get a equal temperature throughout for all the eggs. What was your success?
Good job! Looking forward to making one of my own :)
My first hens are so tame, they live being petted! Now soon I will ha w more! :D
I have 3 bantam hens and they lay a lot of eggs. I'm thinking about making an incubator just like yours, I just want to know what should be the temperature and the humidity inside it?
@troofoo
1. u can use eggs that a chicken laid and they were untached 10 days after that they die
2. its no metter the thermostat willl dill with it
3. use a cup with water and thermometer
4. just number the eggs with cd pen name 1 side "a" and 2 side "B" then turn to b from a every 8/3/5/12 hours
just dont put them too much on same side... and three days before hatch dont turn them... they hatch in the 21th day after u put them
5. yes use a fan near the water and a little hole in the box
@egibliogarcia1234 I used it for a short time after the chicks hatched. After they grew feathers I moved them out to our chicken coop with the adult hens.
My temp has recently gone down in the evenings as well so I started covering it at night with a hand towel which seems to insulate it a little better. I left it on during the day by accident once and the temp went way up. I'm no expert - this is my first attempt as well. We won't know how well this experiment worked until hatch time. Did you use basically the same components as me?
Hey, love the videos!! Do you need to turn your eggs? Or are they okay just sitting in there? All the best x
thank-you so much for getting back to me!! oh marvelous cant wait to have baby chicks thank you so much all the best!!
Jennifer... im sure you turn your eggs. how often do you turn them. I work for an incubator company and we turn our eggs every hour ( this is automatic) but have you sdone any experiments with percentages on turning them every houre vs lets say 4 hours? i know with chicken eggs its not so important as say peking duck or turkey eggs. just curious
@ThaJerkaholics58
thermometer in dealextreme google it
and its keep the tempature cuz the thermostat
do u need a rooster at all if you have hens and you just encubate the eggs?
and what was all the material you used?
i currently just had 3 hens killed by a fox so i want to hatch some chickens?
Hey Jennifer, I am about to attemp to make a homemade incubator myself. Many of the videos I've see on here, most people include some sorta fan (mostly PC fan). I noticed that your incubator didn't include one. Did this affect your hatch rate?
Thank you for the video. How many chicks did you get?
that helps
well i just have the hardwire mesh, light bulb, and the bowl of water. today i realized that the temp goes to like 102 in jhe evenings. i have to be careful. this is my third time incubating, my first 2 attemps werent succesful at all. im getting my eggs tomorrow so im running out of time...
so that you know which side to turn it to when you rotate the eggs. They have to be turned three times a day every day for the first 18 days.
do the egg be feconded or you can use these normal eggs that you buy from the grocers store?
@JenniferMomof2 one quick question, is the fan necessary inside the hatchery ? you don't have a fan in it and eggs successfully hatched, i am a bit confused, cheers
Normally my temp has been consistently between 100 & 101 and humidity between 55 &60%. It was very low right at the time of the video because I had just removed the eggs for about 2 minutes to add water to the container at the bottom. 5 minutes after the video the temp went back up to 100 and with the quick addition of the damp sponge the humidity raised shortly thereafter. The hardest part of this design was cutting the mesh and bending it so it wasn't crooked. Overall very easy!
hey thank you! my incubator is done. i'll put the incubator in my bathroom because there is no windows or air conditioning in there. i just checked the temperature and it is 100.7 degrees F. and 59% humidity. sometimes the temp in the incubator goes down to 98-99'F at night. is that okay?
Did this actually work how many eggs actually hatched to become chicks
why dont you POP a hole so that the air would circulate? dont you think doing like that make the Air trap inside?
4 out of the 10 eggs hatched and they're super cute and healthy.
I believe that the 6 that didn't make it were due to poor egg handling prior to incubation.
I was thinking a windscreen wiper motor from a car would make a good auto turner for the eggs.
@dragoninfire123
afcource u cant use them they come from females only and the eggs in the incubator come from combine cooper with males and females
Could you lay a blanket over it at night?
@naois123 Sorry to respond so late. If the eggs are in a nest then they're not on a wire rack so I'm sure that would be fine. Did they hatch?
do you have to get it from a farm or u can buy it from any store the (egg)
@ThaJerkaholics58
I used 1/2inch mesh. it's stiff so it will just stay if you bend it.
@aussievillthaboss They would be harder to turn (done AT LEAST twice a day) and I'm not sure what would happen at hatch time. What if one of the ones on the bottom hatched first?
how many cups of water did u put in 2 get the humidity at 50 and how did u stable it at around 50-60?
@robertxctmnt yes - in a container...easier to clean the styrofoam
why does everyone need to put an x on the eggs
So you can see if you rotated them all 3 times a day
@elizsaren A humidistat. i got one at walmart.
how big was tha mesh and how did u get it to stay upright.. and also wur did u get tha thermometer
i have 9 eggs. today is day 16!!!! so far they are looking good. i candled one yesterday and it is moving around like crazy!!! the temperature has been 99-101. sometimes the humidity goes way down to 45% at night and during the day it goes to 68.%. is that ok or will it affect the hatch? i'm going crazy because i think they may not hatch due to humidity problems. i cant control the humidity!!! i add one drop and it goes up 10%.
@Stormclouds777 So sad! The thermostat was a little beyond my electrical knowledge so I gave up on the idea. Yes - I used the aquarium as a brooder but after a week they out grew it! They grew SOOOOO fast! I moved them to a wooden crate and hinged a wire lid on the top.
i dont have termo stats, what things i can use for alternative.. how about termometer?
Don't you have to keep turning them too?
Ye, the temperature should be steady the whole process. :)
looks like you humidity is at 33%... I'm also running mine low and I'm a little scared it might be too low?
Hmmmm. I can only buy eggs, from poultry, that needs to be hatch ? not from the store ? my question may sounds funny but im serious
@crosaphiso1 Along similar lines, based on narration at 2:18, I'm wondering how many square inches JenniferMomof2 is working with in her entire setup. Also, how do the rocks effect the ray heat from the bulb? The total number of videos and instructionals on the web for building an incubator can B measured in bulk. Discerning who has offered the best construction guide and isn't scamming or conning the readers and watchers (viewers) by fudging on shortcuts taken or overall results--no simple task
i was wondering where you got the styrofoam cooler from and how much did it cost?
can you use it for a reptile egg
@JenniferMomof2 could u tell me all the materials u used? thanks
we don't have farm eggs, can we use refrigerated eggs from Walmart?
No. It's highly unlikely that eggs from the grocery store will be fertilized.
I been thinking heat pad
how many volts must the light bulb be?
@toughguitar1 Sure!
what is the range of incubating temperature?
@toughguitar1
why should we keep water in it
wat light bulb should i use cuz ive seen some vids n they had 40 wat n does the bulb stay on throught the night and day or do u turn it off at times?
You have 10 eggs. How many chick do you have ?.
Thanks
Did they hatch?
And how to keep the temp down with out a fan
What type of light bulb is good for baby chicks?
Does this incubator work with snakes ?
hi
where did you get your eggs from
@FlyffHack1
why to keep water in incubator
Is lamp continue lit for 18 days Whole day and night