Brinsea Octagon 20 Ex. Vs Mini Adavnce Ex.

[call ducks]

Hey all

I am looking for hatch rates, In both the Octagon 20 EX. and Mini Adance Ex.

The Reason why i am asking, is because I am working with a breed if you luck you get 40% delopment rates, and 20% hatch rates. I will be buying a Brinsea next summer no matter what, But depending on hatch rates, will depend on what one i get, Every egg counts with breed, More so then any other.

 

[gryeyes]

I have some of each of those incubators, and actually have 5 call duck (and 2 Cayuga) eggs in a Mini Advance EX right now. The call duck eggs were shipped; the Cayuga eggs are my own.

My Octagon Advance EX 'bators are currently filled with chicken eggs.... I did have one hatching from one, and only got about 3 chicks out of 18 eggs. BUT these were all shipped eggs, and they sat around for a while because they arrived before the incubator came - bad timing.

I've had five hatches from the MiniAdvance 'bators: two 6 of 7, two 3 of 7, and 2 of 7. All shipped eggs.

I have two Octagon Advance EX units with chicken eggs it 'em, due to hatch on 10/30. So a bit more than a week before I can say how the hatch rate goes.

In MY case, even though I am paying for eggs, I consider ANY hatching to be positive, even if it's just one (although of course I would prefer at least two!) that survives. I'm just thrilled at the new life emerging from eggs.

 

[pascopol]

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I doubt if anybody can answer this. I have Brinsea ECO 20 and so far it hatched any hatchable egg.
Some people reported 100% hatch rate on shipped eggs.

All Brinsea bators are top notch, prefering one over another is either splitting the hair or personal subjective preference.

 

[call ducks]

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I doubt if anybody can answer this. I have Brinsea ECO 20 and so far it hatched any hatchable egg.
Some people reported 100% hatch rate on shipped eggs.

All Brinsea bators are top notch, prefering one over another is either splitting the hair or personal subjective preference.

I am just looking for hatch rates, and comments good bad( if there is any bad with brinsea)

 

[criker99]

With my Brinsea Oct 20 ... home grown eggs hatch rates have ranged from 90-100% ... shipped eggs, I've only had 2 hatches, both from the same seller, but both shipped all the way across the country. First hatch rate 9/13 (2 unhatched determined to be unviable from the beginning) and 8/12: 2 culled early as clear, 1 later determined to not have developed at all and one shrinkwrapped, likely due to my family members continually opening the incubator to take pictures while I wasn't home!.

So in my opinion, it depends on how many eggs you want to hatch at a time as the only item to consider when determining which one to purchase. I love my Oct 20 so much I bought a second one!

 

[pascopol]

Nobody can deny that Brinsea keeps set temp rock solid, also warms up and it is stable in 10-15min, if you open it it will come back with proper temp and humidity in just few minutes.

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[call ducks]

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What? I was asking for all comentes not just good ones. I know how good brinsea incubators are but would like more feed back....

 

[pascopol]

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