incubator decision - need help

[cadman68]

if you had $200 what incubator would be the one you would buy? Wife said i can get a new one and we agreed on $200 for the budget.....need help on deciding

 

[MissPrissy]

You can get a hova bator 1588 with all the bells and whistles and a plain low model one for a hatcher for about $200.

Or you can build one for a lot less.

Depends on what you really want.

 

[Olive]

I just ordered the Hova-bator 1588 from Culter Supply for $110.00. Their website is cultersupply.com.

 

[carugoman]

I bought a Hova- Bator 1588 with auto-egg turner;with two types of egg trays: universal and quail. All this from cutler supply for $148.00+shipping( I think it was around $11?)

 

[carugoman]

Double R Supply has the still air HovaBator 1602 with auto-egg turner and universal trays for just under $100 including shipping. I just bought both of these, and will be using one auto-turner,a computer power supply (salvaged from my computer lab,) a 120mm pc fan,an old motherboard and cpu...to make a large cabinet style incubator. Once you start raising peeps from the egg,you're hooked forever! Dude! I got it bad! peeppeeepeeepeeppeeeepeeppeeepeppeppeeeppeeepeeeppeeeeppppeeeepppeeeepppp!!!!!

 

[kstaven]

For the budget amount I would go 1588 with turner.

 

[professor_yellow]

For the budget amount I would begin looking on Craigslist. I bought a top of the line cabinet style with every accessory imaginable for 300. it is way more than i imagined i could ever use, but who knows, and i would have to pay over 800 if I bought new.

I have seen the Hovebators with turners and forced air for 45 to 60 dollars there as well, but I dont have the time to constanly tinker with it to make it really functional.

 

[hart31]

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What are you using the motherboard and cpu for? Just to turn on the power supply?

 

[cadman68]

I am looking at the hova bator 1588, but also thinking bout building a large one. I could buy 2 turners for around $80 and then build the cabinet.......hmmmmmmm that would hatch around 84 eggs

 

[MissPrissy]

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Now you are thinking like a hatch-a-holic! Love it!