Easiest and Best Incubator

[pascopol]

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Yes Dickey is a great cabinet bator, for people who hatch hundreds of eggs but it would be a stretch for somebody hatching 20 or so eggs at the time.

You can't compare a passanger car to a semi.

 

[pascopol]

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Brinsea ECO 20 is a bargain at regular price and a steal at $99.00 when on sale. Obviously if you want all bells and whistles you pay heavy dough for extras.

Myself if I was to spend $399 on a bator I woud buy 4 Brinsea Ecos at $99.00 a pop or cough some more cash for a Dickey or something similar, but my hatching volume does not really justify such capacity.

 

[oldchickenlady]

Well, call me crazy, but the easiest and cheapest is to let Mama do it! Of course, you don't always have a broody when you want to hatch some chicks, but for myself...I will just have to be patient and wait for a broody. Although a co-worker said he had a bator I could borrow...hmmmm....

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

It seems like this one got the most votes... the Brinsea Octagon 20 Advance EX http://www.brinsea.com/prod-Octagon_20_ADVANCE_EX_digital_egg_incubator_package-211.aspx


Except it looks like it's around $500 and I didn't want to spend that much...


So will the Octagon 20 ECO work just as good too? It's only $150... quite a price difference!!!
http://www.brinsea.com/products/octagon20eco.htm

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

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Oh my gosh that was too funny!!!

 

[mrslb333]

I'd suggest getting one big enough to hold about 10x more eggs than you intend to hatch. I started with a 16 egg basic incubator, 2 months later changed to a 60 egg Hovebator then 3 months later had to buy a 140 egg cabinet one I could have saved a small fortune if I had got the big one first.
It's way, way too addictive more like a sickness in my opinion, lol

 

[featherz]

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Keep checking ebay - I got my advance EX w/pump new for about $300. Sometimes people buy and don't need it, or give up on the hatching hobby.