DIY $20 Egg Incubator - How To Make An Egg Incubator, CHEAP and EASY!!!

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!!

[@kingjsolomon]

Recomend watching this in 2x speed lol, good luck guys I got a 95% success rate and it works for quail too!

[@athatcher85]

Thank you Tyler and glad you had good success with it

[@itsjohnira]

Was wondering if it would work for quail.

[@jacobanddevorahgobacktobas1592]

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!

[@sixionzear6329]

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

[@ethay]

What

[@rocqine]

Why doesn't your daughter go to public school?

[@Meowmeowmeowhehe]

Gi1bert That’s kinda personal, don’t ya think?

[@QuantumFengShui]

home schooled 👍

[@MyKitty1972]

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.

[@serinahuang9618]

Nathalie Pariseau how many eggs did you try to hatch?

[@kingjsolomon]

Awesome

[@CarolReidCA]

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!

[@mikeash7428]

Nice project. Thanks for taking the time to demonstrate for us.

[@jedaiahswalk]

i could not go on with my day without telling you how smarttttt you areee.. thankyouuuu

[@straightupandforward7494]

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

[@breezharley]

Just made this exact replica, costed me $88 in Canada Lol I should have just bought an incubator

[@tweety1430657]

Wow lmao that's expensive

[@lilypanda6560]

Incubators are way more expensive though.

[@micahnao5649]

bruh I live in California where everything is way more expensive than the rest of Country and this still only costed me 26$.

[@danny9075]

Lily Panda on wish it is $22

[@benny_lemon5123]

@@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.

[@WayneMeador]

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!

[@athatcher85]

I hope your doing good brother, it's been a while

[@Mikeshomestead]

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.

[@natureselement7588]

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 $$$

[@cjkturtle9762]

Great video and the best, easiest, working egg incubator design on the web!!!

[@naomicarmelohernandez5914]

That was great, we are going to make one, thx. ours was a gift but it will be a great project for the kids

[@Aggelos..]

Nice work! I "ll try to make at home. Thanks from Greece!!!, 👍👍👍👍

[@davescopes249]

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 👍

[@MissNebulosity]

Thank you SO MUCH for this video! My quail eggs are on their way, and I am SO EXCITED!!!

[@1ofhis518]

You made this for quail? Did it work?

[@jennthompson3552]

This is very cool.... I was looking for an incubator for geckos... did not realize this was for chickens but awesome idea:)

[@hydrogenbomb1737]

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!

[@2709isaiah]

Any update?

[@sarahogden3826]

Thank you for sharing this! Very informative and interesting. What a great idea.

[@vogelkonigin3303]

tip: buy a smaller tray. they do make small trays.

[@wyattsmith8808]

Was thinking the same thing. They sell foil bread pans that would work perfectly and save time

[@chriscedillo7852]

Lol

[@sonjiaj1156]

I wonder if he did that to keep the mat off the water so they eggs don't die

[@harrylee4698]

Try a small heating pad it would be more controllable for temperature

[@brucec296]

Worked great for me hatched snake eggs in it 100% hatch rate. Great video.

[@guglielmoarehsoriente2014]

did you put the light on the side or on top???

[@Blondie31able]

+guglielmo sorient

[@salpd911]

An you used the light bulb heat ? Awesome im making one soon @bruce c

[@aydenandme4641]

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

[@sturbs87]

Thanks for the video, used this for my bee incubator.

[@mjthomas8176]

Thank you bro for this video i live in Sydney tomorrow morning i bay this staff 👌👍🏾

[@jacobanddevorahgobacktobas1592]

I’m going to try this! Thank you!

[@yuliathatcher1077]

great job! Can't wait to see some baby chickens in there:)

[@ryantaylor885]

Well done! Thanks for the great video.

[@bloodandcarnage]

omg...I wanted to scream most of the way through. Dude...you are doing most of it the hardest way possible! lol

[@soozonthebeach]

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!

[@siennakolodychuk9198]

Did it work? Did the eggs hatch?

[@dennism1989]

Great video. Short and sweet. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@crookedcornerfarm1796]

Awesome! We are so trying this!!!

[@aydenandme4641]

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 😂

[@koningbolo4700]

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.

[@1MohrFarm]

Thanks. Going to build mine soon.

[@robertfrench6271]

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?

[@harajukujackie107]

So detailed and helpful

[@johnliberty3647]

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.

[@SuperPahdah]

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.

[@roge715]

you guys have to add a thermostat to the cooler, that way you have control of the temperature

[@paris__thequeen7757]

Thx this was so helpful to hatch my lil baby

[@lyssaaaa9646]

this is a good idea thank you i will make it

[@saltlifegull4091]

Wow, awesome - gotta try that - I need another incubator, but this is getting expensive buying them for $60 from a local feed store. THANKS!!!

[@ShiaNaturesFearie]

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. :)

[@margaretmerrell8883]

ShiaNaturesFearie I used epoxy putty and it held great no melting of foam

[@meganomelia9048]

This is so cool!

[@omma-llama7860]

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

[@craigwyatt78]

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

[@oliviarice3641]

Awesome incubator!

[@yvotyme]

Thank you sharing!

[@MysticalMe131]

This is really Awesome.

[@josephhumphrey3651]

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

[@e.s.8684]

My thoughts exactly!

[@ROBDee-ho9lu]

Very well done!

[@IMDARKFIRE007]

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.

[@ambikesandboards]

great vid thanks for sharing

[@vergilbitan1852]

Very nice thanks for sharing. Sir God Bless. Keep safe..

[@curiosidadesextrano]

Nicely done!

[@lorimcelroy7464]

Thank I'm going to try it

[@M1xGarand]

great work!

[@latchswaney9233]

Thanks for this. About to make one tomorrow. Went and got the supplies today. Forgot the frame.

[@johnmorse3343]

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?

[@truthtellermom462]

Thank you for sharing sir

[@jenniferrysdam2157]

Thanks so much for taking the time to post this. It is very helpful :)

[@coconutgroveurbanfarmstead9220]

you nailed it!

[@Lironah]

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!

[@KaylaMiller-uo9cq]

Did it work?

[@aaronn6725]

Any luck?

[@skydudehd3647]

IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS WHAT HAPPENED

[@deepSea__]

Dude, answer us

[@aaronn6725]

@@deepSea__ I made one with his layout and it works

[@Cabmaker]

If you install a dimmer switch on your light you can regulate temp really easy

[@christurley3063]

or a thermostat

[@nancywhite6165]

excellent idea!

[@pn3940]

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.

[@vladnavizovskyy4685]

Awesome video thx

[@sonjiaj1156]

looking forward to trying with my nephew

[@johncummins6655]

How big is your nephew?

[@moorethanable]

Great video and so easy you explained everything!

[@gwendolynj4784]

Thank you so much!

[@pammmoja2429]

Nice projekt

[@mikemorrison281]

I've always wondered about the light blinding the babies...is that a consideration?

[@robinlindner7220]

Thanks for the diy video!! How about how to make/build a low cost chicken coop?? Keep the videos coming!! I just subscribed!! Auesome!! :-) :-)

[@MillenniumRainBow]

nice and easy, but what about egg rotation? do you move them often? thanks

[@PromisedJubilee]

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 :)

[@BRWfilms]

Did it work?

[@PromisedJubilee]

YES!! 13 of 15 eggs!!!

[@BRWfilms]

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??

[@PromisedJubilee]

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.

[@ninetailedviv]

It worked!!!

[@crownedxwolf]

Every summer swallows come and sparrows and about every week new born birds I don't have a incubator and they die I was so heart broken

[@denstump4590]

Incubators don't keep birds alive, only hatches eggs!

[@bolton7961]

@@denstump4590 it helps if it’s cold so incubators can help

[@leonzhao2691]

good idea

[@rayogamefarm3127]

Great video! just bought the stuff will post results

[@bleb9608]

Did it work?

[@katieweddle1783]

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.

[@jeffbrewster4024]

Could wire a couple computer fans in there too to control Temps. Also you can get a thermostat pretty cheap on amazon

[@ruthsmith6920]

Thank you!

[@Ena48145]

I'm so devastated today.. we had a male and female sparrow hanging around our condo patio for the last few weeks. It wasn't until 10 days or so ago that I noticed they had built a nest in a fake wreath that laid against our glass window, so we could see their entire journey. I fell in love with mama and her 5 eggs. It was the only pure joy I had felt in a long time. Sad when you're 31 and all you do is work 7 days a week and nature is the only thing that makes you happy. Anyway, I was crushed beyond words today to see that all but one egg was left, nest clearly disturbed, and haven't seen mom since about midnight when she was huddled, curled into her eggs. The eggs were definitely killed and I'm 99.9% sure she was too. Anyway, brought the last egg in because it's so cold here still at night and I know she's gone. It's currently keeping warm at a smooth 98 degrees with a little space heater (I've been checking every hour to make sure it's still okay) It has a bunch of veins in it, but I'm not entirely sure it's still alive and I know it needs humidity to continue to grow, so I will be picking up all of the supplies tomorrow. I know the chances of it living and hatching are .000000000%, but hey, it's worth a chance.

[@Yeshuaschosen]

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!

[@anderseieland4235]

how can you get the temperature to be smooth and correct?

[@Mingcoin]

Thank you

[@pickerick1]

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

[@DStuart]

I like it!

[@myhandfulofmiracles857]

Great video

[@harrylee4698]

I believe that will work but I think a heating pad would be more controllable for temperature

[@RealRocknRolla51]

I made this. First of all, it cost more than $20, more like $30-$40. The design has many flaws. Even though I measured everything the tray did not sit in the bottom and ended up looking horrible. The styrofoam broke when I tried to put the viewing window in it. I had to rebuild it. I ended up putting a small dish with water and a sponge in it. And just put the eggs on some pine shavings. Even with a 25-watt bulb, it was getting over 115 degrees and I had to spritz the inside of the cooler several times a day to keep the humidity up (no it wouldn't stay up when the tray was in it either). After 3 attempts I finally threw it away. I hatched one egg and wasted several others. It also cost quite a bit of money experimenting with things trying to get it to work. Just save your money and buy an incubator.

[@cariberry2452]

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....

[@chakiperdomo1372]

Cari Berry77 Just add a simple thermostat/switch...to controll the temperature

[@manafain1]

It's seems pretty simple I would like to go on with it.

[@outdoorswithwill9018]

Thanks!

[@allyc.videlfan7706]

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).

[@raybutt5732]

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.

[@mohamedeesakadwa1091]

Use a variable resistor/rheostat to control the temperature instead of punching holes through the side.

[@SustenanceNCovering]

My space heater just went out. If you can't keep the temperature regulated in that thing, let me know and I'll send you the thermostat out of this heater. If I can figure out how to get it out without breaking it. I've made about a dozen different incubators. The first hatch that I ever did in a homemade incubator hatched 23 out of 23 eggs, first time out. I never have even come close to that since. Not even with a commercial incubator.

[@qualqui]

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!! =)

[@heyfelicia8051]

do you need to run this incubator all the time in 3 weeks of hatching/ incubation the eggs?

[@imnobody4522]

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?

[@leighanncrawley5476]

Very interesting idea. Curious, how many of your four eggs hatched with live chicks? Thanks in advance for your reply!

[@kopi7105]

can i straight put my lamp in to the box?

[@MsSquattingBear]

You always post good videos. Btw you ought to post vids more often. I look forward to seeing them.

[@madtaxpayer5818]

smart thinking, i like it, but what turns the light on and off to prevent over heating and cooling to much ?

[@nareea]

I'm thinking he uses the holes in the sides to regulate the heat..not sure.