How to Make a Simple Incubator
- 1). Cut a view port into a Styrofoam cooler. The Styrofoam cooler is the basis of your incubator. Measure a rectangle 8 1/2 inches tall and 11 inches long on the side of the cooler. Use a pocket knife to cut the rectangle out and glue the glass from a frame into it.
- 2). Install the incubator heater. Hold a single bulb lighting socket upside down on the cooler lid and trace around it with a pencil. Cut the circle you traced with the knife and slide the fixture into the hole. Invert the cooler lid and screw a 15-watt light bulb into the socket.
- 3). Install a thermometer and ventilation system to regulate your new incubator's temperature. Tape a thermometer into the inside of the cooler so you can see it through the glass. Poke three holes in each side of the incubator with the pencil and place a small battery operated fan on the floor. Turn on the light and the fan and wait a couple of hours to see where the temperature stays. If it is too hot inside for the species of egg, poke a few more holes until it stays cool enough. If it is too cool, tape over a few holes.
- 4). Humidify the inside of the incubator with a little dish of water, since evaporating water provides a good humidity percentage.
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