General Information
- Brand
- HDD
- Manufacturer
- HDD
- Model
- 4 egg incubator
- Product Price
- € 20 - € 25
- Buy URL
- https://123broedmachine.nl/
4 egg HHD incubator I bought second hand for 10€
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In this tiny incubator I can only turn the 55g eggs up and down. Strange I have to turn the eggs up and down, especially when they develop later in the process. I believe it is more natural to lay the eggs sideways and roll them over to the other side. But in this 4 egg incubator, this is only possible with small bantam chicken eggs.
The manual says the eggs should be kept warm at 38.0 but the advice I have seen on the internet is 37.8 C.
There is no way I can regulate the humidity inside. If I want to breed to hatch I suppose I need to add a wet cloth.
If I seriously wanted to keep the eggs until hatch I would feel very uncomfortable with it. First thing to add would be a small hygro- /thermometer.
Another problem will occur if the chick hatched. The surface is not okay to lay down properly and impossible to stand on it. I would need to put a permeable cloth on top of the egg holders and be very careful not to drop the eggs/chicks if I open the lid (transparant blue house)
To my surprise the eggs develop good in this incubator (until now). So I do want to keep it for future hatches when I have broodies or outside temperatures I don't trust.
I know it works great to start the eggs. Giving 4 fake eggs to the broody when she start to sit, and put 4 eggs in the incubator to be able to reduce the time she needs to sit is a nice feature imo.
View attachment 3853069
In this tiny incubator I can only turn the 55g eggs up and down. Strange I have to turn the eggs up and down, especially when they develop later in the process. I believe it is more natural to lay the eggs sideways and roll them over to the other side. But in this 4 egg incubator, this is only possible with small bantam chicken eggs.
The manual says the eggs should be kept warm at 38.0 but the advice I have seen on the internet is 37.8 C.
There is no way I can regulate the humidity inside. If I want to breed to hatch I suppose I need to add a wet cloth.
If I seriously wanted to keep the eggs until hatch I would feel very uncomfortable with it. First thing to add would be a small hygro- /thermometer.
Another problem will occur if the chick hatched. The surface is not okay to lay down properly and impossible to stand on it. I would need to put a permeable cloth on top of the egg holders and be very careful not to drop the eggs/chicks if I open the lid (transparant blue house)
To my surprise the eggs develop good in this incubator (until now). So I do want to keep it for future hatches when I have broodies or outside temperatures I don't trust.
I know it works great to start the eggs. Giving 4 fake eggs to the broody when she start to sit, and put 4 eggs in the incubator to be able to reduce the time she needs to sit is a nice feature imo.
