DIY Incubator Ideas...

[Lolo76]

I know that some of the pre-made incubators are basically craptastic and shouldn't be used (likes like the Reptibator and the hova-bator).

I don't know about that, considering I hatched five beautiful babies from a Little Giant (pretty much the same as a Hovabator) last year... even the "boobie" egg hatched fine, with a perfect little 39g baby who's fat & healthy today. I'm having some trouble with my clutch this season, but it's more due to human error than the incubator.

That being said, I did build my own incubator one year, and it wasn't perfect but got the job done. Basically I just got a free (yes, FREE) non-working mini fridge on Craigslist, added two strips of flexwatt along the back & side, and that was pretty much it. My biggest problem was with temperature stability, since I couldn't figure out how to add a fan. Also had some issues with the door not being see-through, as it was my very first clutch - so I checked on them waaaay too much, and caused some low humidity from opening/closing the door so often.

Some pictures of my successful-but-challenging attempt: