Hello!
I've been raising chickens for eleven years now and I'm pretty knowledgeable about chickens in general, but I've never incubated anything myself. Since I got my seramas, though, I've been wanting to breed them and I've been thinking about getting an incubator for a Christmas gift for myself. Please put up with me if I ask some pretty basic questions--like I said, I have no experience incubating and don't know much about it!
I was wondering...does anyone have a recommendation of best incubators for a beginner? I don't have a large budget and probably won't ever incubate more than ten eggs at a time, but I just want one that works well, is safe, preferably doesn't take up a ton of room, and if there are types of incubators that auto-turn the eggs I would love to have a feature like that. If not, how many times a day do the eggs need to be turned?
Any other pertinent and important information about incubating would be appreciated as well, though of course I'll be reading up before I start hatching any little fluffs.
I really think it would be fun to raise a few batches of seramas a year!
I've been raising chickens for eleven years now and I'm pretty knowledgeable about chickens in general, but I've never incubated anything myself. Since I got my seramas, though, I've been wanting to breed them and I've been thinking about getting an incubator for a Christmas gift for myself. Please put up with me if I ask some pretty basic questions--like I said, I have no experience incubating and don't know much about it!
I was wondering...does anyone have a recommendation of best incubators for a beginner? I don't have a large budget and probably won't ever incubate more than ten eggs at a time, but I just want one that works well, is safe, preferably doesn't take up a ton of room, and if there are types of incubators that auto-turn the eggs I would love to have a feature like that. If not, how many times a day do the eggs need to be turned?
Any other pertinent and important information about incubating would be appreciated as well, though of course I'll be reading up before I start hatching any little fluffs.
