Help! What is the best incubator for chicken eggs??

[~cochinlover~]

I would like to know what would you recommend for hatching eggs? I have a Styrofoam one and out of 35 eggs... One hatched.... What do you recommend for an incubator??

 

[chickenmama109]

I have the one from tractor supple is it a Styrofoam one its called the little giant I'm pretty sure and it works great but there are some good ones on amazon I think sorry I was not much help

 

[enoryz]

A momma hen!

 

[ronott1]

There are a lot of opinions out there on this!

If you are hatching your own eggs or local not shipped eggs, you can use most incubators(Ones from China maybe not).

For shipped eggs investing in a plastic incubator from Rcom or brinsea makes sense. GQF sells some higher end Styrofoam incubators. The Genesis 1588 is a good one

 

[chickenmama109]

A momma hen!

They are the best to lol I have one sitting right now

 

[Brianwmla]

I hatched 15 out of 22 shipped eggs in the Nurture Right 360 from Tractor Supply. It was my first time and I just followed the directions. It has a known issue with the fan screen but mine came with the modified part installed. It is discussed in a thread here on backyard chickens.

 

[ronott1]

I hatched 15 out of 22 shipped eggs in the Nurture Right 360 from Tractor Supply. It was my first time and I just followed the directions. It has a known issue with the fan screen but mine came with the modified part installed. It is discussed in a thread here on backyard chickens.

Nice hatch!

 

[Brianwmla]

Nice hatch!

They were cream legbar eggs from ebay. Looks like I have 8 pullets and 7 roos.

 

[cholland]

I've used an incuview several times and had good hatches, even with shipped eggs. Easy to operate and the entire top is clear.

 

[Shamo Hybrid]

Depends.... how many eggs do you usually hatch? There are some that can only hold 12 or so eggs then there are those that can hold like a million eggs. I think incubators that heats from the top are better just because it makes cleaning easier and less chances of debris falling into the heating element and possibly destroying the incubator if you went the bottom heat incubator route.