Australian Incubator Suggestions

[hailie16727]

i would love some incubator recomendation (i live in australia so please keep in mind i wont be able to purchase US brands) my budget is $250ish and i would love to have about 18 at a times so if anyone has a nice incubator with a high hatch rate drop in in the thread please and thankyou also a heat plate reccomendation would be nice. (and if any fellow aussie can tell me where to purchase an NR360 i would be so thankful)

 

[Debbie292d]

i would love some incubator recomendation (i live in australia so please keep in mind i wont be able to purchase US brands) my budget is $250ish and i would love to have about 18 at a times so if anyone has a nice incubator with a high hatch rate drop in in the thread please and thankyou also a heat plate reccomendation would be nice. (and if any fellow aussie can tell me where to purchase an NR360 i would be so thankful)

Here is the link to the Australia group on BYC. I hope someone there can help you out! Good luck!

 

[AusHen]

The only incubator in that budget would be the Janoel 24 (try and not get the 24s) but you need to keep it in a stable environment as they tend to overheat in our warmer weather. The janoel 60 (hex) are good for hatchers.
I have 2 janoel 24 a janoel 10 and hex but getting a QFQ Hova-Bator genesis (will still hatch in the hex)
Uneek poultry have lots to look at. The nature right is on sale for 291, that's highly recommended

 

[AusHen]

Ps avoid any yellow lid incubators. They are called the yellow box of death by many

 

[ChickenCanoe]

For you, I would try Alibaba or Ali Express.

 

[AusHen]

These are the brooders I use. You can get different sizes. Google chick brooder, available on sites like catch

 

[ChickenCanoe]

These are the brooders I use. You can get different sizes. Google chick brooder, available on sites like catch

That's the Premier 1 chick brooder. Great product. I have 2 of them. I also use the extra plastic cover. That keeps the chicks from roosting on top which keeps them clean.
I balked at the idea of buying one when several people raved about them. I balked at the price. I had built two large old school Ohio brooders that would brood hundreds of chicks. Then I did the math. The heat lamps I was using in the Ohio brooders in a single brooding were costing me nearly the cost of a Prremier 1 brooder pictured. I still have the others but haven't used them in years.

 

[SmokeyJoe7]

Hello, I have just joined and this is my first Post.
Still learning everything.

I have the Janoel 130140, Yellow lid.
Holds 40 Eggs. I got it from Facebook marketplace and there I seen all the reviews on it.
Everyone was saying its doomed, you will get nothing ect.
My first hatch was 100% success rate.
I lost 1, shrink wrapped. It survived and really tried to live but I put it out of its misery.
So to me it wasn't the incubator at all.
Goodluck! I am in Victoria.