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

[@mikeash7428]

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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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

[@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?

[@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

[@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 👍

[@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

[@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

[@cjkturtle9762]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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!

[@yuliathatcher1077]

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

[@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

[@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

[@Aggelos..]

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

[@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 😂

[@sarahogden3826]

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

[@dennism1989]

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

[@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.

[@amberlyjustice1504]

did the eggs u put in here hatch??

[@joydebes3620]

Amberly Justice no they died

[@joydebes3620]

Jk idk that lmao 😂😂

[@rondalengledow4054]

Baked eggs

[@cyangrowsplants3126]

Most probably they would have hatched (if there were no power cuts, or the bulb getting fused or something)

[@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!

[@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?

[@alvinmckeague671]

i love ducks

[@juanthehorse1988]

😃😃😃😃😃😃😃ME TOO!!😃😃😃😃😃😃 😃😃😃I actually own ducks😃😃😃

[@jenniferrysdam2157]

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

[@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.

[@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?

[@jennthompson3552]

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

[@Craftsbysamantha229]

Thanks for this. Someone just texted me and said some baby bird eggs fell out the tree and the nest is messed up so I take them in and I'm going to try to hatch them. I seen this and this is easy and cheap. I'm so doing this.

[@iarellano27]

How's it going so far?

[@Craftsbysamantha229]

Spider Man It's going good so far. I guess 😕 I wasn't able to make this tho. I'm uploading a video on them soon. I'm a small KZbinr feel free too take a look at my account and subscribe! 😊

[@oliviarice3641]

Awesome incubator!

[@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!!!

[@GoatHollow]

Great idea Dude, will be trying soon (Note; Stock up on bulbs right away, as incandescent bulbs will be illegal to manufacture in the US or import into the country as of Jan 1st)

[@OffGridInvestor]

they "banned them" here but then we can still get 25watt incandescent. and they sell halogen ones (coz they use 1/3 less power for the same light so are somehow considered power saving). a lot of people who don't like the compact fluoros are using the halogen ones here now.

[@CarolReidCA]

We can still get frosted bulbs from what I'm told & those are still on the shelves! Those spiral bulbs flicker, can cause problems for those with seizure disorders & are apparently more toxic if broken than incandescent bulbs! Apparently it's the clear bulbs only that were "outlawed"... dunno what brainiac thought that one up, but seems they weren't thinking at all!

[@GoatHollow]

Carol Reid The "Brainiac" was Al Gore. From what I understand, the bulbs can't be manufactured anymore. The manufacturers ramped up production, and have lots in warehouses. Rough service, or industrial rated bulbs are exempt so we'll still be able to get them. The Wife, and I went to Menards,and bought a big bunch of them for uses like this. We've got like 100 bulbs lol.

[@CarolReidCA]

That's not a bad idea... I don't go through a lotta bulbs, but haven't & won't but those fluorescent bulbs for the house & don't have a use elsewhere. I don't use a lotta lights anyhow & those for the house I usually get full-spectrum bulbs. I may buy a few extras just to be sure,or go to LEDs for the house.

[@rayogamefarm3127]

Great video! just bought the stuff will post results

[@bleb9608]

Did it work?

[@harrishawker1]

I liked this and You can add a fan for free, Just get one out of a old computer tower. Use a 12 volt tower fan And connect it to a cell phone charger Cord and it will give your eggs uniform temperature.

[@imenotu2]

Nice design.. simple, cheap, and could easily run off of a small cheap power inverter aswell. A low voltage led with the aluminum heat dissipator removed would probably suffice to keep the temp right also.should a person loose or not have access to 110v.. idk, i may try that and find out... now that I'm done thinking out laud, nice good ideal and nice design bro.. 👍👍

[@Mingcoin]

Thank you

[@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.

[@mikemorrison281]

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

[@ashleyvinson1207]

Made one and it is perfect thanks so much for the tutorial. I Probably need to make one more though. I made the mistake of buying 24 eggs. 12 chicken and 12 duck. I don't think this incubator will fit 24 eggs.

[@guhzetiix8010]

I'm pretty sure this is a reptile incubator.....

[@giannadeblasi4077]

+Guhzetiix it isn't for reptiles it says it is for chickens in the name of the vid.

[@kopilashrestha9226]

कति राम्रो हो

[@michellemeans8339]

u can use it for both im soon going to breed reptiles as a hobbie

[@blakeharkey862]

can you just buy a tin tray the size of when you folded it

[@antborja166]

Do I have to be flipping the eggs every once and a while Please answer

[@michellemeans8339]

turn the eggs about a third evry day after 12 days take a flashlight in a dark room and put the light up to the egg and if theres a chick its obvious

[@SC-xe6fq]

Michelle Means Can I flip the eggs three times at the same time?

[@erinshin7684]

No you can't because then the one side of the egg won't receive sunlight at all.

[@JuarezDerrick]

Sunlight? Are we talking about chickens or seeds?

[@erinshin7684]

Ughhhh I meant heat. Just you know what I mean

[@MeowVicious]

Add a temperature alarm and a fan with a regulator and this works better. Use a pc fan or attic vent fan.

[@jeffbrewster4024]

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

[@yvotyme]

Thank you sharing!

[@reynaldobagatsing3127]

I dint use elmers glue but I used something that is called rugby I bought it when I was in philippines it works very well it was used for making shoes in the philippines I saw people using the rugby thing when I was on a tour at marikina shoes factory in the philippines

[@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!! :-) :-)

[@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.

[@heyfelicia8051]

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

[@skyl4rk]

Thanks, I was thinking about getting some quail and the big question was how to incubate them.

[@vote4nicki533]

Did they hatch

[@ThunderBirdGameFarm]

Question do you have to use a regular light bulb or can you use a heat lamp

[@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?

[@harajukujackie107]

So detailed and helpful

[@thechaoticbug8203]

Tips if you’re watching this after I comment, buy a tin bread pan and size it that way, it will be closer to that size anyways

[@harrishawker1]

Just use 1/4 x 1/4 welded wire fir the bottom

[@moorethanable]

Great video and so easy you explained everything!

[@MillenniumRainBow]

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

[@garylabiche]

Would a dimmer switch for the light work in controlling temp

[@isabella_lay]

Yeah

[@tthomestead2763]

I use a reptile thermostat with a thermometer attached.

[@paris__thequeen7757]

Thx this was so helpful to hatch my lil baby

[@MsSquattingBear]

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

[@lyssaaaa9646]

this is a good idea thank you i will make it

[@brandondrake1193]

Try using a light switch dimmer to control the heat...

[@williamjones6053]

That's what I do

[@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

[@1MohrFarm]

Thanks. Going to build mine soon.

[@_XOMKA_]

начиная с 18 дня инкубации. в ящике нужно держать влажность больше 80%. если меньше. цыплята могут не вылупится.

[@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).

[@chakiperdomo1372]

what was your hatching rate?

[@SideoutmediaGamer]

Does it work with lovebird eggs?

[@therrienmichael08]

I paid $110 for the least expensive Brinsea eco II. I like your way.

[@mattyb3495]

The point in spending £100 on an incubator is that it has a controllable temperature the right heating and won't just be sitting under a light.

[@curiosidadesextrano]

Nicely done!

[@iloveowls90]

Actually you would be surprised. At Trader joes you can find eggs marked fertile and the people who hatched them had successfully hatched some.

[@coconutgroveurbanfarmstead9220]

you nailed it!

[@r3x2b0]

You might want to use 25 watt light bulbs. Or even a couple of 7w night lights so therr will be less heat to deal with.

[@peterkelley6344]

Why not put the light bulb on top??? The opposing hole idea makes sense for air circulation, The light position, now also makes a little sense. The amount of circulation holes surprised me a little. May have to try this as a plant incubator (for hosta seeds),

[@ChargeCannons]

Very cool video have you hatch chickens from this single incubator that you made

[@emilyellsworth4725]

How much water did you put in the bottom?

[@dove111]

Excellent! 👏👏👏Can I try this with finch eggs? cockatiel eggs?

[@jesusvillegas2914]

Did u ever try this with Finch eggs?

[@milagroscordovasolorzano4576]

You put water inside for humidifier?

[@leighanncrawley5476]

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

[@ambikesandboards]

great vid thanks for sharing

[@imaw8ke]

How about a dimmer switch on the bulb...?

[@applepiebetty]

What brand of humidity/thermometer is that, and were did you get it?Did you try a smaller bulb to control the heat? Did this actually work for you?

[@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.

[@antborja166]

Do we have to be rotating the eggs

[@leonzhao2691]

good idea

[@damiondeville]

So is this for feathered friends or snake lovers bc mine is working but I'm using duck eggs and dont want to lose them!

[@vladnavizovskyy4685]

Awesome video thx

[@cmulford11]

Watching this 8 years later, inflation is really evident in the price comparisons

[@athatcher85]

yeah.its probablly 3 times as much now, its crazy

[@bluefoxthecutest2628]

is this for duck eggs too?

[@myhandfulofmiracles857]

Great video

[@missbackwoods]

Where did you get the thermometer? Great useful video ty so mu h for posting

[@heathermedlock7395]

Ruel King

[@5thomasjeffers]

Help going to make this is this for turtles two?

[@mirandakirkland-isham6874]

I have made this today! I haven't put the eggs in yet I'm waiting for the temp to come down a bit. Has anyone hatched eggs this way I'm very curious

[@Laabz]

how teperature ..is need to open eggs

[@makennamanandhar2836]

How did you get your humidity up? Mine it's at a 23% average, and the trays are almost full!

[@MrKjet256]

I was expecting part 2 of this sharing showing the daily maintenence into until the eggs hatched,.

[@pollo93272]

do you put the top on??

[@pumpaw7719]

What about turning the eggs?

[@athatcher85]

By hand