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post #1 of 10
10/4/10 at 8:02pm
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What is your favorite incubator & why do you like it so much?

jumpy

~ Della Alexis Clever ~

 

Keeper to 13 Button Quail, 2 Parrotlets, 5 Budgies & 1 Boyfriend

 

 

I will have free Button Quail eggs the middle of next month (Nov.) to whom ever wants them, local pick up or will ship if you don't mind the risk with the weather, may also have a few boys looking for good homes. PM me for more info.

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~ Della Alexis Clever ~

 

Keeper to 13 Button Quail, 2 Parrotlets, 5 Budgies & 1 Boyfriend

 

 

I will have free Button Quail eggs the middle of next month (Nov.) to whom ever wants them, local pick up or will ship if you don't mind the risk with the weather, may also have a few boys looking for good homes. PM me for more info.

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post #2 of 10
10/4/10 at 8:12pm

i dont have tons of experience but the hovabator genesis 1588 is bad arse

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post #3 of 10
10/4/10 at 8:18pm
  • gryeyes
  • Platinum Poultry
  • Covered in Pet Hair & Feathers

Brinsea, Brinsea, Brinsea.  Hard plastic, not Styrofoam. Very easy to clean.  Digital displays and controls.  Nearly fool-proof; some models are STUPID-proof.

My first was a Mini Advance, holds 7 eggs.  Automatic turner, digital day count down, spot on the temps.  I had to monitor and adjust the humidity, which required a small hygrometer and adding warm water to the water reservoir.  6 out of 7 chicks hatched the very first time I used it (very first time I incubated anything).  One chick drowned in the water reservoir, though, in the space of 20 minutes whilst I was making sure the brooder was ready for the chicks.

(I should have put marbles in the reservoir so it wasn't deep enough for a wobbly-headed little chick to drop its head into the water.)

Second incubator was the Mini Advance EX, which is the same but with a humidity pump.  Much more expensive.  Love it, too.

Then I got an Octagon 20 Advance EX, holds 24 eggs.  Eggs in it right now, 2.5 weeks to go for a hatch.

-- Linda (AKA: gryeyes)
I refuse to fight a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

Buncha Outdoor PET chickens, ducks, two Toulouse ganders, and four turkeys. Plus 2 wiener dogs, some bunnies and a rescue cat which owns me. Oh. And a house silkie....

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-- Linda (AKA: gryeyes)
I refuse to fight a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

Buncha Outdoor PET chickens, ducks, two Toulouse ganders, and four turkeys. Plus 2 wiener dogs, some bunnies and a rescue cat which owns me. Oh. And a house silkie....

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post #4 of 10
10/4/10 at 8:39pm

My broody is my favourite. smile

Currently at the Zoo:2x Dogs,2x Cats,30x mixed breed Chooks,17x Ducks,2x Horses,1xFish,13x Button Quails, + More Eggs Hatching Soon!!

"You're like one of those lab rats that pushes the pleasure button instead of the food button until it dies."
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Currently at the Zoo:2x Dogs,2x Cats,30x mixed breed Chooks,17x Ducks,2x Horses,1xFish,13x Button Quails, + More Eggs Hatching Soon!!

"You're like one of those lab rats that pushes the pleasure button instead of the food button until it dies."
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post #5 of 10
10/4/10 at 8:42pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by xxSonja 

My broody is my favourite. smile


Come on now, that don't count.  tongue

~ Della Alexis Clever ~

 

Keeper to 13 Button Quail, 2 Parrotlets, 5 Budgies & 1 Boyfriend

 

 

I will have free Button Quail eggs the middle of next month (Nov.) to whom ever wants them, local pick up or will ship if you don't mind the risk with the weather, may also have a few boys looking for good homes. PM me for more info.

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~ Della Alexis Clever ~

 

Keeper to 13 Button Quail, 2 Parrotlets, 5 Budgies & 1 Boyfriend

 

 

I will have free Button Quail eggs the middle of next month (Nov.) to whom ever wants them, local pick up or will ship if you don't mind the risk with the weather, may also have a few boys looking for good homes. PM me for more info.

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post #6 of 10
10/5/10 at 2:55am

my homemade rigg has been good to me.

Wife, 2 kids, 100% English B/B/S import (LF) Orps. Black Bantam Orps. & 1 black German Shepherd  to watch over them.

I am now NPIP certified 
Proud member of the UOC.

Now shipping eggs, PM me for prices & details.

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Wife, 2 kids, 100% English B/B/S import (LF) Orps. Black Bantam Orps. & 1 black German Shepherd  to watch over them.

I am now NPIP certified 
Proud member of the UOC.

Now shipping eggs, PM me for prices & details.

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post #7 of 10
10/5/10 at 9:49am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by rebel yell 

my homemade rigg has been good to me.


What do you use?
Do you have any pix?

~ Della Alexis Clever ~

 

Keeper to 13 Button Quail, 2 Parrotlets, 5 Budgies & 1 Boyfriend

 

 

I will have free Button Quail eggs the middle of next month (Nov.) to whom ever wants them, local pick up or will ship if you don't mind the risk with the weather, may also have a few boys looking for good homes. PM me for more info.

Reply

~ Della Alexis Clever ~

 

Keeper to 13 Button Quail, 2 Parrotlets, 5 Budgies & 1 Boyfriend

 

 

I will have free Button Quail eggs the middle of next month (Nov.) to whom ever wants them, local pick up or will ship if you don't mind the risk with the weather, may also have a few boys looking for good homes. PM me for more info.

Reply
post #8 of 10
10/5/10 at 10:00am

Brinsea!  Stupid proof!  Temp stays solid and humidity is worked out for you!

City girl turned country.   2 Barred Rocks, 2 Rhode Island Reds and 2 Easter Eggers.     First hatch I got 2 FBCM and 2 B/B Ameraucanas.
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City girl turned country.   2 Barred Rocks, 2 Rhode Island Reds and 2 Easter Eggers.     First hatch I got 2 FBCM and 2 B/B Ameraucanas.
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post #9 of 10
10/5/10 at 10:02am

Binsea all the way! I have a Mini Advance, its an idiot proof incubator tongue Now I need something bigger so I have ordered an Octogon Advance! ya

You haven't seen a tree until you've seen it's shadow from the sky. --Amelia Earhart

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You haven't seen a tree until you've seen it's shadow from the sky. --Amelia Earhart

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post #10 of 10
10/5/10 at 10:46am
Thread Starter 

I loved my Brinsea Oct. 10 back when I had it.
(I agree it's hard to mess up a Brinsea hatch)

...I am just planning on getting back into the birds & am looking to buy a new bigger bator, which is my reason for asking.

~ Della Alexis Clever ~

 

Keeper to 13 Button Quail, 2 Parrotlets, 5 Budgies & 1 Boyfriend

 

 

I will have free Button Quail eggs the middle of next month (Nov.) to whom ever wants them, local pick up or will ship if you don't mind the risk with the weather, may also have a few boys looking for good homes. PM me for more info.

Reply

~ Della Alexis Clever ~

 

Keeper to 13 Button Quail, 2 Parrotlets, 5 Budgies & 1 Boyfriend

 

 

I will have free Button Quail eggs the middle of next month (Nov.) to whom ever wants them, local pick up or will ship if you don't mind the risk with the weather, may also have a few boys looking for good homes. PM me for more info.

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