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7/1/12 at 7:47pm
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I am completely new when it comes to incubating eggs and need advise please.  I was looking at this incubator and wondering if it's just a so so incubator ? What is it's pros and cons? I know it's cheap but I'm on a tighter budget this month and really want to try incubating eggs.  The first eggs will be coming from someone I work with who has red sex-links so i thought it would be ok to learn from.  I do know you will not get sex links again from these eggs. I just want to try them to get the experience I will be needing in the future. Is this a good incubator for a first timer?

 

http://www.tractorsupply.com/little-giant-reg-still-air-incubator-2167379

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7/1/12 at 7:57pm

Some people... many people hate any little giant incubators.

 

I have a LG still air incubator I got second hand... I have a computer fan wired to 12 v to circulate air, I turn it off and remove at lockdown. (which was removed at day 18 and not returned for the staggered duck/chicken hatch)

 

Except for a hatch of a hidden nest of eggs that had fertility problems (of 12, 3 were clear 1 early quit, 1 unhatched (due tomorrow) 1 early hatch and 6 on time mixed chicken and duck hatch) so 7 or 8 live of 12 so don't know the % yet.

 

I usually get between 72-80% hatch rate even with shipped eggs (I picked someone very close to get eggs from 3-6 hours by car, shipped priority marked "live embryos" ).

 

Here are tips and tricks:

 

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/601352/little-giant-incubator-tricks

 

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/633122/little-giant-9200-humidity

 

I like mine, wouldn't mind a backup one

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