Best Incubators for Beginners

[Nabiki]

I found this on Kijiji for a really good price: Borotto Lumina 8 Eggs Incubator. It is Italian made and is supposed to be really good. Does anybody have any thoughts on this one?

Borotto is a good one. I have the Real 49. I love the universal egg rails.

 

[CovidtimeQuail]

No matter what incubator you choose, make sure to have a calibrated thermometer or three in there. Never trust the readings on the incubator. They lie.

Add to that a fan. Still air incubation essentially means you're willing to sacrifices some eggs.

 

[Nabiki]

Add to that a fan. Still air incubation essentially means you're willing to sacrifices some eggs.

Oh, right. I've never bought an incubator without a fan.

 

[Lolaish]

I recently snagged a used one off eBay the Kebonnixs, and so far it works. However, I suggest you watch some videos and read about each model. Each brand is different some are better than others. When doing research into them, I found some of the most pricey incubators to not be worth it. And others that are amazing but just outright too pricey or hard to find. You want to buy one that suits you and your family. (I've never hatched anything yet). That being said if you're looking to get a preowned one, check out sites like mercari, eBay, and Poshmark.

 

[Kayles Quail Farm]

I started out with a Farm Innovator incubator and bought an egg turner for it on Amazon and it did pretty good atleast 50% hatch rate on shipped eggs. I now have a Brinsea Ovation 56EX and this thing is incredible. It comes with an automatic egg turner and even has a system to keep the humidity where you set it. It has a tube that you stick in a bottle of water and as long as the bottle doesn't run out of water it does a really good job of maintaining the humidity. I place 3 Govee hygometers in the incubator and set the incubator to 100.1 to get an actual temp of 99.5. I have been getting better than a 50% hatch rate out of it consistently and highly recommend this incubator.

 

[Micket]

If you get a incubator then a humidity sensor like this is a handy addition
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