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Just a little help

under construction here will be instructions and plans for an incubator

they said couldn't be built ( god I love it when someone tells me it can't be done)

OK this is for all of those who can't get their spouse to let them hatch chicks inside the house and those who have tried other incubators but have found that due to a big variation in room temp. they can't hold the incubator temp constant. I have had great success with my design the only draw backs are 1). It cost me about 150.00 to build , 2). If the room temp gets over 110 deg. f. for more than 3 hours it will affect the temp in the incubator, and 3). barometric pressure will still affect the wafer type thermostat.

now just a little history of how I came up with the design and why.

I wanted to hatch some chicks but could not talk my wife into letting me do it inside , the only place I have that has a constant room temp.. I tried out in my small shop but during the night the temp would drop so quick the little heating element couldn't keep up. and during the day the temp would climb fast enough that it would raise the temp over 99.5 before I knew it. After asking everyone I could, and being told there wasn't an incubator ( AFFORDABLE ) built that could handle a 40+ deg. f. change in temp. I said bull and sat down and designed my own using several ideals I knew would work better and using the physics of heat and air flow to my advantage.

I started with an insulated box built out of 1/2" plywood, 1x4's, and 3/4" blueboard insulation. If you will look at the pictures and note how the plywood, 1x4's (which have been ripped in half) are positioned you will see that they are over lapped. This is done to ensure a tight interlocking seal. The door is another critical area. Note on the door picture that the edge is chamfered, this is done so a press fit can be obtained ( the door has to be pushed closed and pulled opened with a little force). The fan is set to draw air up in to the top not blow it down on top of the eggs. There is an air channel in the back for the air to flow down releasing it at the bottom. This allows the warm air to cool some and then rise naturally back to the top. The heating element is a 225 watt element which provides more than enough heat. I can turn mine on and with in 1 hour have it up to operating temp.. the entire inside is seals with 3 coats of polyurethane for easy clean up. There are 3 trays, 2 for egg trays ( which can be used to alternate hatches) and 1 for a hatching tray. The trays were designed to use an automatic turner which fits a hav-a-bator incubator. I'm in the process of installing egg turners in mine now. This allows capacity to be 96 eggs developing and 48 hatching. the trays will handle more eggs if you want to turn them by hand. The thermostat is a wafer type but an electronic will certainly control the temp better. The thermometer is a digital unit picked up at walmart, there is an accurate standard incubator thermometer inside but the digital I have reads identical to it. This incubator can be built with standard hand tools jig saw, drill, and a screw driver. a table saw will certainly make things easier and cuts more true.

I will be happy to construct one of these for anyone who wants one. I require material cost up front , shipping cost at completion and the balance upon receipt. It takes approx. 3 weeks to complete depending on availability of parts that need to be ordered. Emil me if interested

next page has bill of material and some basic instructions.


	Kick'n Cornish \| home Instructions incubator pictures Just a little help under construction here will be instructions and plans for an incubator they said couldn't be built ( god I love it when someone tells me it can't be done) OK this is for all of those who can't get their spouse to let them hatch chicks inside the house and those who have tried other incubators but have found that due to a big variation in room temp. they can't hold the incubator temp constant. I have had great success with my design the only draw backs are 1). It cost me about 150.00 to build , 2). If the room temp gets over 110 deg. f. for more than 3 hours it will affect the temp in the incubator, and 3). barometric pressure will still affect the wafer type thermostat. now just a little history of how I came up with the design and why. I wanted to hatch some chicks but could not talk my wife into letting me do it inside , the only place I have that has a constant room temp.. I tried out in my small shop but during the night the temp would drop so quick the little heating element couldn't keep up. and during the day the temp would climb fast enough that it would raise the temp over 99.5 before I knew it. After asking everyone I could, and being told there wasn't an incubator ( AFFORDABLE ) built that could handle a 40+ deg. f. change in temp. I said bull and sat down and designed my own using several ideals I knew would work better and using the physics of heat and air flow to my advantage. I started with an insulated box built out of 1/2" plywood, 1x4's, and 3/4" blueboard insulation. If you will look at the pictures and note how the plywood, 1x4's (which have been ripped in half) are positioned you will see that they are over lapped. This is done to ensure a tight interlocking seal. The door is another critical area. Note on the door picture that the edge is chamfered, this is done so a press fit can be obtained ( the door has to be pushed closed and pulled opened with a little force). The fan is set to draw air up in to the top not blow it down on top of the eggs. There is an air channel in the back for the air to flow down releasing it at the bottom. This allows the warm air to cool some and then rise naturally back to the top. The heating element is a 225 watt element which provides more than enough heat. I can turn mine on and with in 1 hour have it up to operating temp.. the entire inside is seals with 3 coats of polyurethane for easy clean up. There are 3 trays, 2 for egg trays ( which can be used to alternate hatches) and 1 for a hatching tray. The trays were designed to use an automatic turner which fits a hav-a-bator incubator. I'm in the process of installing egg turners in mine now. This allows capacity to be 96 eggs developing and 48 hatching. the trays will handle more eggs if you want to turn them by hand. The thermostat is a wafer type but an electronic will certainly control the temp better. The thermometer is a digital unit picked up at walmart, there is an accurate standard incubator thermometer inside but the digital I have reads identical to it. This incubator can be built with standard hand tools jig saw, drill, and a screw driver. a table saw will certainly make things easier and cuts more true. I will be happy to construct one of these for anyone who wants one. I require material cost up front , shipping cost at completion and the balance upon receipt. It takes approx. 3 weeks to complete depending on availability of parts that need to be ordered. Emil me if interested next page has bill of material and some basic instructions.