Does the Chick-bator really work??? I only want to hatch out one or two chicken eggs. Will it work???
I have turkey eggs in one of my homemade styro-bators along with some mille fleur eggs and they are developing very nicely, it works!! The other homemade styro-bator has more mille fleur eggs and those are developing too-- so yes they do work!
Some have it work, others don't. Most say save up and buy a better bator. One chick will be a very lonly demanding chick.
YES! We have done it many times over the years in a chick bator. Usually 2 out of 3 chickens hatch. No luck with quail in it. You just have to keep a close eye on it. Prop the lid a crack to vent if it gets too hot, Turn every 2-3 hours and dont let it dry out (I cut little pieces of sponge for the leg holes to hold water). I ordered a genesis 1588 hovabator last week so I wont be using mine anymore, but it was fun while we were using it.
I made the chick-bator and it was perfect the second time... I used a thicker styrofoam chest the second time to minimize temp fluctuations and also put a side opening on it to help reduce humidity loss when I opened it to turn the eggs.
Are you talking about the space ship looking incubator that you can buy for 17 bucks? If so here a link you may want to read before you purchase it: http://www.poultryhelp.com/chickbator.html