I seem to recall when I was very young (maybe in Kindergarten or first grade) having a cardboard box with a regular light bulb stuck in the lid the teacher used to hatch a few eggs. She spritzed them daily with a spray bottle (like a plant misting sprayer). We (the students) were allowed to take turns gently turning them in their blanket "nest", and they did hatch.
I cannot find information about this anywhere and am wondering if I am remembering wrong. I am wondering if the teacher just said they hatched and brought in chicks one day!
Anyhow, I ask because the lady we buy our eggs from told me that if I wanted some for hatching to let her know so she could put some aside. The feed store sells one incubator which holds something like 36 eggs. I do not want to spend $60 on an incubator, nor do I have room for more than a dozen chickens. Can someone please point me to either a website with low cost DIY instructions or a good, low cost, small incubator? I saw one for $15 that hatches 3 eggs at a time, but it is so cheap I am afraid it will not work.
TIA!!
I cannot find information about this anywhere and am wondering if I am remembering wrong. I am wondering if the teacher just said they hatched and brought in chicks one day!
Anyhow, I ask because the lady we buy our eggs from told me that if I wanted some for hatching to let her know so she could put some aside. The feed store sells one incubator which holds something like 36 eggs. I do not want to spend $60 on an incubator, nor do I have room for more than a dozen chickens. Can someone please point me to either a website with low cost DIY instructions or a good, low cost, small incubator? I saw one for $15 that hatches 3 eggs at a time, but it is so cheap I am afraid it will not work.
TIA!!
My incubator (the fifty dollar basic no-frills one) just keeps them at a steady temperature. It is made of styrofoam with a wire mesh insert to lay the eggs on. Surely that wouldn't be hard to replicate.
