hova-bator 1602N VS brinsea eco mini VS mini chick bator

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I've used both the Hovabator and the Brinsea Eco 20, and both worked well for me. The Hovabator required a little more fussing. I have heard complaints about not being able to get the humidity up in the Brinsea, but I just stuffed a wet washcloth into one of the water channels, and if it looked like the humidy was dropping, I just spit water through a straw down onto the washcloth. I think it partly depends on your climate, but it worked great for me here in the northeast.
Have fun hatching!
 
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The temperature should be 101 to 102 at the top of the eggs. Also if you are hand turning the eggs it is a good idea to move them around as the still air incubators tend to have hot and cool spots. I use my 1602N as a hatcher but I did eventually install a fan in it.

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The temperature should be 101 to 102 at the top of the eggs. Also if you are hand turning the eggs it is a good idea to move them around as the still air incubators tend to have hot and cool spots. I use my 1602N as a hatcher but I did eventually install a fan in it.

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Thank you for the advice, I will definitely use it! The instructions that came with the incubator said to have the temp at the top of the eggs at 100, but I wanted to hear from someone who actually uses the unit. THat was very valuable.

Do you recommend turning the eggs twice a day, or upping it to 3 for this unit because of the temperature pockets?

Thanks again for any advice, this is my first time hatching eggs in a very long time, and I am determined to learn everything I can so the chicks don't have to pay for my lack of knowledge.
 
I would turn them 3 times a day. I turned mine at 7AM, 3PM and 11PM or 6AM, 2PM and 10PM. Others may do it differently. Don't forget to mark your eggs with an X on one side and O on the other side so when you turn them either all of the X's will be up or all of the O's will be up.
 
I don't think any body has yet complained about the chick bator. So I guess it my rightful duty to do so.
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I would scratch the mini chick bator off of my list if I were you. I would go with the Hova-bator myself. If it were a brinsea mini advanced, I would get it, but I would rather have the big incubator if I have to turn them. Just depends on the flock you have, where you live. Say, if you live in the suburbs, and you could only have 3 chickens I would go with the Brinsea mini eco.
 
The only problem I had with Hovabator 1602n was the temps dropping at night. But that is because my house get really cold because we don't use the heater at night no matter how cold it is outside. I solved this by taking a towel and wrapping the incubator all the way around the bottom and sides but not covering the top.
 

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