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Quote: Do you find that the sponges hold more water? I've heard a number of people talk about using sponges. I haven't been able to make them work well for me but the idea of putting pieces in the channels sounds interesting and I may try it. I've got eggs in there now... Do you moisten the...

Quote: Do you find that the sponges hold more water? I've heard a number of people talk about using sponges. I haven't been able to make them work well for me but the idea of putting pieces in the channels sounds interesting and I may try it. I've got eggs in there now... Do you moisten the...

Quote: I lost a chick to shrink wrapping once but that was a different incubator and my first hatch. Now I know what to look for and do. I try to keep my humidity in the %40s for days 1-18. I start by filling one channel which seems to get humidity into the %40s. When it goes below 40% I add...

Quote: Thanks for the tips jmc and barred! Yeah, they must have dunked it. I'm cleaning it up now. Good tip on the vinegar, I'll use some of that. I also use alcohol prep pads too to detail various poultry things because they are easy and the alcohol evaporates quick. Gotta finish cleaning...

Quote: oh maybe within a week Ordered mine at noon Monday (took me 1/2 day to talk myself into the turner), got UPS notification today that it should be here Friday. I like my turner a lot. One less thing to worry about for me. I think you will be pleased. I've been impressed with how...

Quote: I may try this. I cracked an egg once with those wire dividers and I'm STILL upset about it. Will the cartons hold the eggs okay even with auto turn cradle? Will paper cartons work ok? I did a small hatch of 6 in my ECO20. For lockdown I put the eggs in the flat top of an 18 egg paper...

Has anyone ever dissected their bator? I noticed while I was putting mine away that it was oozing colored fluid. I took it apart and found that water had made its way into the yellow section, rusting the metal weight bar at the bottom and soaking and discoloring the foam insulation. Gross! I...

Quote: Your temps sounds fine now. You aren't cooking anything. I almost adjusted the temp in my ECO20 at first but I'm glad I didn't. My glass always reads above 100 like 101-102 but down by the eggs it's cooler. My eggs hatched well so... I'm trying to worry less about the "perfect...

Quote: You know, it is a mystery what exactly the glass "should" read. You think it would be simple right? It's my opinion though that out of the box, there should be no reason to adjust it the thermostat. Brinsea has done their best to set it just right. The instructions say you shouldn't...

Quote: 98/99 is too cold. It's gonna be highest at the top because heat rises and that's where the heating elements are. By the time it gets down to the eggs I think it's just right. If that is what your glass reads now I'd be worried.

I tried different thermometers in my eco 20 on last hatch. My glass mounted by the fan always read high, my digital at egg level read low. However all 6 fertile eggs I had in there hatched right on schedule into healthy chicks. I was worried about temp, i'm not anymore. The proof is in the...

First chick! I woke up and looked in my incubator and saw it was close! I watched it hatch! First chick to hatch in my ECO 20! 6/12 made it to lockdown, shipped California Grey eggs off ebay. To date 1 has hatched and 4 of the 5 remaining have pips I can see! Good job eco20 and little chicks!

This is not the most exciting picture but... the egg on the left, see that dark spot on top? That would be the first pip in my first hatch in my Brinsea Eco 20! Happened a couple hours ago. Now I can see 3 pips in there out of 6 eggs. 1 egg has a wacky air cell so I'll be impressed if it hatches...

Quote: Uh oh. There is a New Year's Day hatch? Is it timed so that the chicks hatch on New Years day? I might have to get in on that... I was planning on putting the bator away...

Quote: I'd like some new friends! Can you send or post a picture? Next time I pack it full, I'll take lots of pictures to show you how I do it. Look for pictures on December 11th, that is the next time I plan on hatching, for the New Years Day hatch. But really, it isn't that difficult, if...

Quote: I'd like some new friends! Can you send or post a picture?

Quote: The glass thermo included in my ECO 20 is mounted up by the fan, it reads hotter than thermos lower. The glass reads around 103, however my eggs seem to be doing fine so I haven't fiddled with the temp control. This is my first hatch full hatch in this bator. Should have chicks Sunday...

Quote: YES! I crushed my lone surviving leghorn egg a few weeks back. I was REALLY upset about it. I killed it! Well, me and those wire brackets! Grrrr.... That alone makes the Eco 20 lose points in my mind. Now I try to fit them lose but it's hard when there aren't a ton of eggs in there. it...

I just bought one with the turner! I've heard great things about them. Waiting for it to arrive... any day now. I got 18 Turken eggs in a hovabator 2362n w/turner now and a dozen plus Leghorn eggs on the way to put in the brinsea. I've never hatched eggs in an incubator before so I'm hoping for...