A little over a week ago I made an egg incubator out of an old cooler, a lamp, a water heater thermostat and a fan from a humidifier. I wired the light from a lamp to the thermostat to regulate the temperature and cannibalized a humidifier for the fan to circulate the heat and humidity.
I found the design for the incubator here.
So far it has cost me about $15. I had to buy the thermostat from Lowes for about $8 and I ordered a thermometer/hygrometer for about $7 from Amazon.com.
Yesterday, I candled the eggs, and it looks like two of the three are developing. It's hard to tell since this is the first time I have incubated eggs.
The problem for me is that I don't know if the neighbor's rooster fertilized my Rhode Island Red chicken. They have a Bantam/Red cross rooster. My chicken is a Red. I actually had purchased three Red chicks and raised them, but two of them have died so far.
Here is a pic of the incubator:
And here are the eggs (my wife crocheted the egg cozy):
And here is the last of my Reds:
Keep your fingers crossed that this actually works.
I found the design for the incubator here.
So far it has cost me about $15. I had to buy the thermostat from Lowes for about $8 and I ordered a thermometer/hygrometer for about $7 from Amazon.com.
Yesterday, I candled the eggs, and it looks like two of the three are developing. It's hard to tell since this is the first time I have incubated eggs.
The problem for me is that I don't know if the neighbor's rooster fertilized my Rhode Island Red chicken. They have a Bantam/Red cross rooster. My chicken is a Red. I actually had purchased three Red chicks and raised them, but two of them have died so far.
Here is a pic of the incubator:
And here are the eggs (my wife crocheted the egg cozy):
And here is the last of my Reds:
Keep your fingers crossed that this actually works.