Building Incubators

Anyone have ideas for building incubators?

Breeders, are there any special 'homeade' incubators you have made and how succesfull are they??

Hmm I dont know if I should divuldge this information over a post lemme send you an email for a real slick incubator

We were able to build a great homemade incubator for just about $400. Given, $275 of that was for the thermostat, but the cost was still very well worth the investment. We looked through local classifieds and found someone selling a wine chiller with a glass door (for easy observation) for $50. We took that home and cleaned it up. *The fridge does not need to work for the purpose of chilling because your only going to be adding your own heat source anyway. Non-working equipment is generally cheaper too!*



We bought 4 feet of Flexwatt, some cable with outlet plugs to hook up the Flexwatt, aluminum tape to attach the Flexwatt and a HerpStat II. We put 2 feet of Flexwatt on the ceiling and another 2 feet on the floor to evenly disperse the heat. We put in the shelves and the egg containers. We used Tupperware for our containers. With a small container of water on the bottom shelf to create humidity, our incubator was complete.

Originally Posted by Daniel Moore

Hmm I dont know if I should divuldge this information over a post lemme send you an email for a real slick incubator

My email hasn't been able to be checked in a while, so a PM would be great instead

Thanks, Tigres!

very nice incubator. here is one I built using stuff right from home depot. I use the helix controller which works just great. For a picture email me at chesapeakedragons@comcast.net as I cant seem to figure out how to put an image in this re ply

I have built a few of these for people over the last few years and they have worked great. It is basically a 1/2" Melamine outer shell with 1/2 foam sandwiched between that and 1/8 inch shower board on the inside. I use a 250 watt heat element which I like better than the Flexwatt since it heats up and cools down so much quicker. Then to control it I use two Herpstat Thermostats run in series, one for a backup. Takes some time to build but they work.

Wow nice looking incubators. Thanks for sharing

Wow, thanks for all the replies everyone!

Originally Posted by glkherp

I have built a few of these for people over the last few years and they have worked great. It is basically a 1/2" Melamine outer shell with 1/2 foam sandwiched between that and 1/8 inch shower board on the inside. I use a 250 watt heat element which I like better than the Flexwatt since it heats up and cools down so much quicker. Then to control it I use two Herpstat Thermostats run in series, one for a backup. Takes some time to build but they work.

Wow! Cool! How much do you charge for those?

That one was $925. It's 97" x 26" x 24", the only problem is it is way to heavy to ship. I'm working on a different design now that may be light enough, but it will still take some time to finish.

George