Brabanters and Spitzhaubens--The Differences PIC HEAVY!

For approximately the same price (a little more I suppose if you spring for the auto-turner,) you can get a Genesis Hovabator with the fan and have double the capacity. I highly recommend that one! I was having terrible luck hatching until I switched to one, and it's been a breeze since.
I like the Genesis too. I have mostly cabinets now, but the Genesis makes a very reliable hatcher. It comes up to temp very quickly and really holds RH well. I have started using a "puppy pad" to line the bottom, under the plastic liner. It keeps the styrofoam nice and clean. Styrofoam staining was my main compliant about all the Hovabators (and the knock offs).
 
There is a thread (or some posts) somewhere on BYC about making chamois brabanters using chamois spitz and cream or gold brabanters. (I'm thinking that would be MUCH better/faster than using polish since spitz and brabanters have the same head floof type to start with.) I know nothing aobut polish "type" other than the have the huge head floof. Don;t know if it would be easier to get rid of the giant floof, OR the cream or gold color.
We Spitz breeders have worked for years to get the Polish poofy crest out of the Spitz genes.

I used to raise Gold Brabanters, and I worked on the same issue. It would be better to keep the Polish out of the equation and just work with Spitz/Brabanter cross to produce a nice chamois Brabanter.
 
Did everyone here stop breeding Brabanters? I absolutely adore mine.
 

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