Best High End Small Incubator?

[PeaShooter]

Hi Guys

I'm trying to decide on an incubator that is preferably fully automatic. As I don't need more than 4 eggs a day from my chickens because I can't eat that much xD, I was deciding on a small incubator for 12 eggs maximum. I looked at the Brinsea Mini Advance EX, but as I'm in Australia, sourcing a Brinsea will be a little bit difficult ;P

Thanks guys

PeaShooter

 

[Pazzwegian]

Hi Peashooter, I just bought an Rcom 20, and so far it is great! Still on day 10, and I have 12 wiggling embryos out of 12 eggs. Auto everything, just top up water periodically. Will let you know how the hatch goes...

 

[PeaShooter]

I looked at the R-Com 20, and it looks great! I forgot to mention that my budget at this time for an incubator is around $800 AUD including eggs from a local source.

 

[redrocketrooster]

If you can I HIGHLY recommend brinsea. I can see if theres a seller in your country by calling them. It is worth it and Brinsea offers a free two year warrenty with purchase. Weve used the mini four times with 100% hatch rate. We just bought the Octogon 20 and were trying it with 25 eggs, mostly bantams with large fowl.

 

[PeaShooter]

Thanks Guys, I don't know if there is a distributor for Brinsea in Australia because they won't answer my emails Anyways, I have heard only good things with the Brinsea's. Is the Brinsea Mini easy to clean? Because my last incubator was a nightmare to clean xD.

 

[Pazzwegian]

My Rcom was $550, bought in Vic. Where abouts in oz are you from and what kind of eggs are you after? Lots of different purebreds available from about $30 - $60 per dozen, with post usually extra. Have heard lots of good things about the brinsea, but to sure where you'd get it...

 

[PeaShooter]

Hi Pazzwegian, I'm in Canberra and I'm after any breed of chicken that are good layers. I used to have ISA chickens, but I'd like something that looks nice as well as being good layers ;P I have found a person on Ebay that sells Brinsea products for a reasonable price. The same person also sells the 240 volt power adapters needed for Australia.

 

[98Luna]

I have the Janoel JN12 incubator.
http://alwaysdirect.com.au/digital-...ry-turner-thermometer-kit-semi-automatic.html
At the moment on day eleven and five (Staggered hatch) I have five out of five fertile eggs definitely developing, and on my first hatch!
I'm in Australia too, I ordered the incubator from that link at $106. It doesn't have all the features it lists, but it has VERY accurate temperature, unless I take the lid off, it is always 37.9 degrees celsius. Humidity is easy to control, auto turning, and has a great fan. Also bigger than it looks!

 

[redrocketrooster]

http://www.wapoultryequipment.net.au/categories/brinsea-products/page-2/

First link on Google Search when I typed in "brinsea Australia". Plenty more sellers too!!

 

[PeaShooter]

Hmmmm, all the Australian distributors for Brinsea are extremely expensive, $600 Australian Dollars for a Brinsea Mini Advance EX. I can buy from the US and use a service like shipitto to get it here though... My last incubator was a Janoel, and to be honest, I didn't really like that incubator, it kept the temperature steady, but the humidity was very hard to maintain. One minute it would be 50% and the next it would be 80%! I suppose that's why out of 12 eggs I only had 4 hatch...