home made incubater

[luke28]

anyone got any home incubater pic please plus what is the best way to go about it to save money thanks.

luke28

[grumpyoldtrout]

Here's mine, spare heat-cable, stated, digital thermometer, and 2 clear disc covers as a viewing window. the poly box came from Pets at Home.

[jenren321]

here is one of my home made incubators:




already had poly box, brought pulse stat and had heat mat, tubs came from wilkos, digital thermometer got off ebay,
hope it helps

[smith86king]

aparenty the best things for incubators if you have a lot of eggs hacthlings is an old fridge even if it dosent work because they are so gud a insulating and keeping the cold in they are very good at keeping heat in! if you can get one with a glass front happy days!

[kettykev]

I have a poly box from a tropical fish store containing an aquarium heater/thermostat,4-5 inches of water and an ice cream tub containing vermiculite and corn eggs. Cost about £20 in total, keep lid on ice cream tub to avoid drips from box lid.

[luke28]

thanks all very helpful.

luke28

[tricky]

and heres mine

doesnt look too pretty with all the duck tape

but temps seem perfect and stable

old drinks fridge , 7m heat cable , pulse stat and 2 pc fans connected to a mobile phone charger and on a plug timer to do on 15 mins - off 15 mins on 15 mins etc etc

first attempt at incubating but 2 clutches in atm , first due in a week or so :-D

[Hants-snakes]

Heres one of mine.

A wine cooler from ebay (which works) £17

Mat £free (going to use heat cable next year!!)

Dimming Stat £free

Thermometer £7

Hatched about 10-12 clutches this year!!

[JRoss]

most people seem to be doing the still air incubation method. Has anyone considered the fan operated method perhaps with a heating filament???

[tonkaz0]

Ive seen home made ones advertised with fans in, theres a guy on the uk animal classifieds who makes them, but like i say the hovabator and the home made one I made has just as good hatch rate as the herp 2, as for ventilation the hova doesnt have any holes at all and the home made one has a few holes either end just for a small amount of air can flow through,
mine look pretty much the same as the others above, the only difference is that i use a pulse stat!, just personal pref again,
My own personal opinion is the herp 2 looks very nice! but thats it,its ok if you dont have hatch many eggs out.