Best incubator??

[h2oratt]

Looking for a newer incubator that is really good for hatching swan, turkey, quail, chicken and pheasant eggs. What do you think is the best?

How much do you want to spend?

 

[The Phantom]

How much do you want to spend?

I would like something nice
I have no idea what they go for.
Few hundred

 

[The Phantom]

I have never seen a swan egg so I am not sure. I believe that with the large trays the turkey eggs would still fit just fine. When I get more eggs I will get the larger turner but that will not be till possibly spring..... sigh. There is room above the chicken eggs when they are upright in the trays..... I tried to get a picture but my phone is not playing nice.

Swan eggs are 3-4 inches high. 5-6 long

 

[aliciaplus3]

Swan eggs are 3-4 inches high. 5-6 long

Wow! For comparison I just measured the black thermometer I have in mine and it's 3 1/2 inches tall..... it stands up inside just fine with some room above it. Based on that your swan eggs could fit but you would be hand turning.....

 

[The Phantom]

Ok

 

[RobandSue2]

My brinsea is ovation 56 with the automatic humidity pump and I have the ability to shut off my turner or remove individual trays. I currently have 4 turkey eggs and 22 chicken eggs in mine. I am turning the turkey eggs by hand because I have not invested in the large egg trays.... the website says the large trays will handle both large eggs and quail eggs.View attachment 1165990 I do really like the versatility of this bator.

How is it for clean up? Is it really a “set it and forget it” type model as they claim? I am tired of dancing around with my farm innovator...and am reluctant to get the 28 (go big or go home) just trying to justify the nearly $600 price tag....
I am trying to hatch about 12 a week so I will be adding and taking out week by week is my plan.
Thanks for any insight.

 

[aliciaplus3]

How is it for clean up? Is it really a “set it and forget it” type model as they claim? I am tired of dancing around with my farm innovator...and am reluctant to get the 28 (go big or go home) just trying to justify the nearly $600 price tag....
I am trying to hatch about 12 a week so I will be adding and taking out week by week is my plan.
Thanks for any insight.

I am in the midst of a staggered hatch I had almost a full run of duck and chicken eggs that hatched last Tuesday and Wednesday and I had 3 duck eggs not due rill the 10th of March so I set up for hatching and hand turned the 3, got done with my hatch and did a wipe down didn't want to take too long cuz I had the 3 eggs sitting waiting to go back in. It went well. there are some nooks and cranies that require a folded cloth to get into but nothing extreme. Nothing like my cheap knock off that has to be disassembled to be cleaned. The heater and fan are in the lid so the chick goo doesn't get into them. I love mine, and more every time I hatch more.... my only complaint, I live in a dry climate so getting the humidity up for hatching requires more water space than the 2 water trays provided, with the humidity pump it will just keep going till the number is reached.... I added extera big spones in the water well the first time and still had the floor of the bator partially flooded....this last time I made a 'hatching tray' out of half inch hardware cloth and put a shallow pie pan under it to increase the water surface area. It worked well, of course I covered the hardware cloth with shelf liner so the babies didn't get hurt.
I also purchased the jumbo trays.... love those for my duck eggs and jumbo chicken eggs.