1st Hatch with Kebonnixs 12 egg incubator

[Rusty Hills Farm]

I know folks are always debating which incubator to use, so I thought it might be helpful to hear about my 1st hatch of the season with a new incubator.

I always start my gardens on May 1 and try to hatch my 1st chicks the first week in May because the weather seems so favorable around now in Alabama, which is where I live, but this year it was a bugger! 48 degrees and rain and more rain. Lightning and more lightning. Thunder so loud we couldn't hear ourselves talking. Yikes.

This was my first time using a Kebonnixs, which holds 12 eggs. 1st candling I had 1 clear egg (these were from my own RIR hens, not shipped or anything) and 2nd candling there were 2 blood rings. I tossed all 3 eggs and went with the remaining 9. Temps and humidity remained textbook perfect the rest of the time. This is one sweet incubator--not a single problem with the whole hatch! They were due to hatch May 5. We lost power the evening of the 5th due to that storm from hell. Frantic panic getting the generator going--but we had the incubator plugged back in in under 5 minutes! It did set things back a tiny bit, tho. We didn't get our 1st pip until 2 minutes before midnight. They pipped and zipped throughout the early morning hours of 5-6 and by daylight we had 9 drying chicks in the incubator. It was crowded but eventually everybody did dry and got moved under the waiting heat lamp, got their 1st sip of water, etc. The incubator even cleaned up better than I expected.

Today is the 8th and everybody is still doing great. It looks like I've got 1 roo and 8 pullets (unless somebody surprises me!) and I have to class the Kebonnixs as a great little machine for anyone who might be considering a small incubator.

HTH someone!



Rusty

 

[SweetieChicken234]

I know folks are always debating which incubator to use, so I thought it might be helpful to hear about my 1st hatch of the season with a new incubator.

I always start my gardens on May 1 and try to hatch my 1st chicks the first week in May because the weather seems so favorable around now in Alabama, which is where I live, but this year it was a bugger! 48 degrees and rain and more rain. Lightning and more lightning. Thunder so loud we couldn't hear ourselves talking. Yikes.

This was my first time using a Kebonnixs, which holds 12 eggs. 1st candling I had 1 clear egg (these were from my own RIR hens, not shipped or anything) and 2nd candling there were 2 blood rings. I tossed all 3 eggs and went with the remaining 9. Temps and humidity remained textbook perfect the rest of the time. This is one sweet incubator--not a single problem with the whole hatch! They were due to hatch May 5. We lost power the evening of the 5th due to that storm from hell. Frantic panic getting the generator going--but we had the incubator plugged back in in under 5 minutes! It did set things back a tiny bit, tho. We didn't get our 1st pip until 2 minutes before midnight. They pipped and zipped throughout the early morning hours of 5-6 and by daylight we had 9 drying chicks in the incubator. It was crowded but eventually everybody did dry and got moved under the waiting heat lamp, got their 1st sip of water, etc. The incubator even cleaned up better than I expected.

Today is the 8th and everybody is still doing great. It looks like I've got 1 roo and 8 pullets (unless somebody surprises me!) and I have to class the Kebonnixs as a great little machine for anyone who might be considering a small incubator.

HTH someone!



Rusty

Yeah I really like my Kebonnixs. I have to dry incubate because Florida is so nasty with humidity. It holds a lower humidity than my Nurture Right 360. My air cells are easier to grow larger with the Kebonnixs. It cleans up much easier. It also manages the heat and humidity better. If the humidity jacks up too high it will auto lower the heat for a bit. I noticed that after I take showers (I incubate in the bathroom).

It's small but mighty.

 

[Debbie292d]

Many on here in the "What incubator should I buy" threads highly rate this Kebonnix. It's perfect for those wanting to do 12 or fewer.

Brinsea, a larger incubator, is also highly rated and is a BYC sponsor. I own three of those Ovation 56EXs.
Noting that in case some day you move up to a larger one.

Wishing you a great hatch!

 

[SweetieChicken234]

Many on here in the "What incubator should I buy" threads highly rate this Kebonnix. It's perfect for those wanting to do 12 or fewer.

Brinsea, a larger incubator, is also highly rated and is a BYC sponsor. I own three of those Ovation 56EXs.
Noting that in case some day you move up to a larger one.

Wishing you a great hatch!

When I move back up to TN and get the heck out of this hot and humid state I will absolutely need bigger incubators.

 

[Rusty Hills Farm]

Yeah, it's the perfect size for me. I do really small hatches and usually only once or twice a year. I'm trying to convince my girls to do the job for me but they always wait until very late in the season and those chicks don't seem as sturdy. Heritage RIRs are supposed to go broody, dang it! I'm finding it's very hard to breed the broodiness back in, but I keep trying.

Rusty