Building my own incubator?

A broody hen is a bird that loves sitting on eggs & hatching them
Some breeds are better at this than others, my light sussex are for ever going broody  
When a hen is broody it will stop laying and concentrate on nothing but the eggs, you have to keep her seperate, and physically lift her off the eggs once a day for 20mins to eat, drink & poop.
All she wants to do is hatch eggs
She will look after the chicks keep them warm etc... untill she decided's they're big enough to go it alone
 



Sarah

Katie Thear has a book on incubation and hatching that has a lot of information on building your own incubator. A lot cheaper than buying one if you are at all handy (I'm not).

Mine is a little 3 egg one N.B, that only turns left to right

And yes I agree with Kate the Katie Thear book is great

Sarah

The turners I have do a 45deg right to left. I have both the styrafoam models and the mid-sized models. Our total egg capacity is a little over 1000 eggs. We use one of the big ones as a hatcher.
There are really nothing to them, heating element, thermostat, fan and turner.
The most important thing is placing the incubator in a place that stays constant temperature and to avoid places that might get sunshine through a window or air from a central air/heat unit. Most houses stay about 40-55% humidity so until hatching time I never put water in them but I do monitor the room humidity constantly.
If one was to make a turner for a home-made incubator I would run a brass rod all the way through and mount an aluminum cookie, biscut, tray to it and then put a handle on the outside so it could be tilted opposite ways three or more times a day.. I have often used flats for eggs as it holds them upright and I tend to get better hatches.