How Do You Make A Small Chicken Egg Incubator?
Chicken eggs require specific conditions of temperature and humidity in order to hatch. Therefore, an incubator must possess good insulation, a source of heat and a source of water to evaporate into the incubator air. Commercial incubators control many of these elements for you but a homemade incubator with manual controls costs very little to make. Monitor the eggs’ environment and turn the eggs as a mother hen would every day and your eggs should hatch in about 21 days. Puncture five holes into each of the four sides of a Styrofoam cooler. Cut a rectangular hole into one long side of the cooler measuring 4 1/2-by-6 1/2 inches. Tape the picture frame glass securely to the rectangular opening with duct tape. Cut a small notch in one top corner of the cooler between the lid and lip of the cooler with the utility knife. Screw the light bulb into the light socket. Choose a light socket with a wire or hard plastic cage around it to keep the bulb away from the cooler walls. Position the lig
