Cabinet Hatcher

[JueJue70]

Wondering what brand of cabinet hatcher would be good to purchase. I have the Brinsea Ova-Easy 380 Advanced Incubator/Hatcher but would prefer to have a seperate hatcher. Just wondering if I should purchase one or try to build one. Has anyone had any luck with building a hatcher?

Thanks for the help in advance!

 

[cameronfarm]

Wondering what brand of cabinet hatcher would be good to purchase. I have the Brinsea Ova-Easy 380 Advanced Incubator/Hatcher but would prefer to have a seperate hatcher. Just wondering if I should purchase one or try to build one. Has anyone had any luck with building a hatcher?

Thanks for the help in advance!

Have you looked into the GQF hatchers? All the Brinsea products look overly expensive to me, I have never had one though. If you are just using it as a hatcher you could try the old school wooden ones as well and just not turn them. Thats what I use for everything and they work great.

 

[JueJue70]

You are right...the Brinsea products are expensive and I see they have a hatcher coming out in May 2013 for $999.99 and it is much smaller than the GQF! I will be using it as a hatcher only. The old school wooden ones, is this something I could purchase or would I need to build it?
Thanks for your help!

 

[cameronfarm]

You are right...the Brinsea products are expensive and I see they have a hatcher coming out in May 2013 for $999.99 and it is much smaller than the GQF! I will be using it as a hatcher only. The old school wooden ones, is this something I could purchase or would I need to build it?
Thanks for your help!

Well you COULD build them, incubators are nothing but an insulated box with ventilation and climate control I personally stink at wood working though. Things I build work but they never come out as decorative as they started out in my head (Or "square" lol).... You can buy them too, check on Craigslist for any of the Leahy style models. I have purchased all of mine for between $100 - $200 and each has never needed more than $30 - $80 worth of new parts.

The thing I like about the old school ones is if you rehab them right they maintain temps and humidity like a champ, they hold more than any current affordable models (Unless you jump to the $6k commercial units) and they have manual turners so you on the 18th day you just stop turning, uncover more surface area on the humidity pan and viola now its a hatcher.

 

[JueJue70]

Thanks so much for the help!