First Incubator - Advice Needed

I started with a 2 1/2 dozen stryofoam bator with turner I had no luck with it My Daddy watched my girls struggle with it and one day walked thru my door with a 15 dozen cabinet incubator on a dolly, that was 20 years ago..that thing still runs like new and has hatched out thousands of chicks...I change out the wafers every 3 years just to be safe...but other than cleaning have done nothing else to it...If you are serious about this hobby check craigs list and get the best you can afford and go from there....you wont regret it....I have since bought another one on craigs list last year for 250 dollars now this one doesnt have a turner but that can be fixed but I can incubate 30 dozen eggs at a time....good luck, jane

 

I am sure all of those options are good.

Brinsea Incubator are the best


How much do you want to spend?

how many eggs do you wat to hatch at once?

how many times do you think you are going to hatch a year?

How much time do you have to watch your incubator ?



annwering this questions will help you to take the last desicion?

i am very happy with my genessis 1588 holds 120 quails eggs needs little atention

i have used the ocragon 20 advanced EX and is very good th only thing i dont like , is that you always need to buy extra supplies for the himodoty pump, like silicon tubing, and the humidity pads may not be important , but must be always handy because the pump can fail at any time when the tubing gets old

 

The Advance models don't automatically come with the humidity pump - that is an optional extra. The ones that are sold with the pump are called the Advance EX. But to answer one of Bob's original questions, the liquid in glass thermometer with the Eco is very accurate, every bit as accurate as the digital thermometer display on the Advance models, really. The difference is that the Eco's thermometer only monitors the temperature, which you adjust yourself by twiddling the knob on the top of the bator. The Advance's digital setup actually regulates the temperature in the incubator - you set it to the temp you want, it keeps it there. Not that you'd really have to worry about the temp in the Eco once you have got it set, from what I've read about them they hold temp very steady. You just have to be careful to situate it out of direct sunlight and any hot or cold draughts of air, which of course is true of any bator, automatic regulation or not.

As for what size of bator you should get, if you can easily afford it, probably the larger one. Hatching is a very addictive hobby and if you get the smaller one, you'll most likely soon be looking to upgrade it. And before you need the extra capacity, it'll give your hatching chicks more room.