How Do You Make A Homemade Incubator For Chicken Eggs?

While there are still farm owners who depend on their broody hen to hatch chicken eggs, not everyone has the time and patience to wait for this to happen. Moreover, your broody hen can only sit on a particular number of eggs at a time. Instead of allowing your chicken eggs to sit in one corner and wait for their time to hatch, put the eggs in a homemade incubator.

You do not need to buy an incubator to hatch your chicken eggs, you can simply make one at home. Place the box on a flat surface with one of the long sides facing up. Use your measuring tape to measure 2 inches from the edge of the box moving around its side.

Mark the 2-inch path using a pencil to create a framed opening in the box's long side. Place the glass above the opening. Secure it with tape to seal the edges and to prevent air from coming through.

This will serve as the incubator's viewing window. Tip over the box, allowing the glass to face the bottom surface. Cut a hole for the light socket by with your cutter in ... more.

The cost of a commercially made incubator for duck eggs could run into the hundreds--or even thousands--of dollars. If you just want to hatch a dozen or more duck eggs at a time, then consider making your own incubator. Expect about 50-percent hatching success with a homemade incubator, the University of Illinois Extension advises, but know that commercial hatcheries even with all their sophisticated equipment average only about 80 percent.

Turn the aquarium on its side with the open end facing you. Cut the Plexiglas so it is slightly wider than the aquarium opening and about an inch higher. Place the Plexiglass in front of the aquarium to form a door and tape it in place on just the top edge, forming a tape hinge.

Screw one light bulb into the lamp and set the lamp inside the incubator with the cord strung through a corner of the door. Plug in the lamp and turn it on. Position the thermometer so you can read it with the door closed.

Wait about 10 minutes and check the temperature ... more.

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