Brinsea Mini Incubator

[jmbiker11]

Im looking to hatching eggs for the first time and will only be hatching small numbers of eggs at a time. By the way I will be trying to hatch Quail eggs. I just wanted to get yalls oppinions on it.I was thinking about building my own but thought buying one would be better.

Here is the link for it.
http://www.brinsea.com/products/mini.html

Whats the difference betwwen the mini eco and the advanced?
Whats the best incubator for small quanaties of eggs?

 

[k2chickens]

hmmm i have heard of thoe's bators...they look retro kinda with thoes colors lol. I believe the diff. between the two is just the auto egg turner in the more expensive one. They do sorta look nice tho with the digital display

 

[jmbiker11]

How important is turning the eggs should I pay that much more for the advanced just for a turner?

 

[Julie_A]

Pretty darn important. This last batch of chicks I hatched were manual turns. Wow, was I ever tied to the house for 18 days.

I had good luck with my hovabator and bought another. A little cheaper price including the turner.

 

[walkswithdog]

The advanced also has an AUTO humidity reservoir. It adds water when you're not there as long as you fill it when it gets low. Auto-turning is dead useful but auto-humidity is even more important.

It's actually quite a nice little bator if you can stand hatching only seven eggs.

 

[jmbiker11]

Yeah I dont plan on keeping more than like 16 quail.