If you want to buy an egg incubator for yourself, but you do not have money for this device, as this equipment belongs to a professional. There are many home-made incubators on the Internet, but they are difficult to manufacture and they need a lot of materials. I will show you one good idea how to make an incubator do it yourself and not spend a ton of money on his materials. In such an incubator, your chicks hatch within 21 days.
Necessary materials and tools:
- foam boxes
- bulb holder
- 4 wooden whetstones
- good air permeability fabric
- heat and humidity sensor
- hacksaw
- screws
- knife
- ordinary photo frame with glass
- electrical tape or tape
- construction stapler
- water tank
Step 1: First we need to measure the size of our box. Each size may be different, it depends on which box you have.
Step 2: From wooden blocks, you need to make such a frame. The height of the frame should be slightly larger, the height of the capacity that you have chosen under water.
Step 3: Now we take a fabric which passes air well. We lay the fabric on the work surface and cut it a little with the remainder to stretch it.
Step 4: Next we pull the fabric and fasten it to the paper clips using a stapler, or whoever does not have it on small cloves.
Step 5: Drill a small hole under the cartridge in one wall of the box. It should be above the screen so that the bulb does not come into contact with it. The power of the bulb depends on the size of the box. For example, the box size is 30 * 25 cm, 10-40 W bulbs are enough.
Step 6: Next, insert the cartridge into the hole and screw in the bulb. The bulb should not come in contact with the foam box.
Step 7: Now you need to cut 2 holes in the wall of the box and 4 more in the lids.
Step 8: To observe what is happening in the incubator, you need to make glass. On the lid we cut a window under the glass.
Step 9: Disassemble the photo frame and fasten the glass with tape.
Step 10: Now proceed with the assembly. At the bottom of the box, install a container of water. Set the screen. Install a humidity sensor and lay eggs on a cloth. Close the lid.
It takes 21 days to hatch the eggs. For this you need certain indicators in the incubator. The air temperature should be from 37.5 to 38.5 degrees. If you want, you can buy a thermostat so that it turns off the light bulb when it is very hot. To lower the temperature, you can make additional holes in the lids.