Has anbody here tried one of the Sunny Side Up Incubators for 6 eggs?

[piglett]

I forgot to mention this little fact . . . . I probably hatched 500 or so chicks last season. Well I do have to admit that after 3 seasons of about 7 months of hatching I finally killed the first LG I bought.

they are cheep & work a whole lot better than a sunnyside up bator
we have 3 hovabators & now a sportsman

 

[Manningjw]

they are cheep & work a whole lot better than a sunnyside up bator
we have 3 hovabators & now a sportsman

My Hovabator worked great for my first hatch last may. I bought the basic model and added a recycled computer fan for free using a AC to DC power supply that I also had as a spare. Very very cheap way to get a reliable circulated air incubator.

 

[enola]

When I get permanently settled I am going to invest in a Hovabator (or two ).

When I lived in WV I used a round white styrofoam incubator that had a sheet of wire screen that held the eggs up off the formed water wells in the bottom . It was a great incubator, I hatched hundreds of guineas in it.

Can any one tell me what type/brand it could have been? I must be getting senile.

 

[piglett]

When I get permanently settled I am going to invest in a Hovabator (or two

).

When I lived in WV I used a round white styrofoam incubator that had a sheet of wire screen that held the eggs up off the formed water wells in the bottom . It was a great incubator, I hatched hundreds of guineas in it.

Can any one tell me what type/brand it could have been?

I must be getting senile.

there are a bunch of brands that are made out of white foam
& have wire screen on the bottom
my hovabators have rounded corners
but they are not really round as they have flat sides

 

[Roxannemc]

I so much agree on getting a better incubator.For success dont go cheap
I bought a cheaper one first
Just starting out didn't want to waste money if i didnt like it ..... got so excited about hathcing and 21days took forever to come...had no success..
Took 3 hatches before i got one chick ( shipped eggs)

Often not as easy as you think to get a 50% hatch rate ..... better chance with local eggs though .Some ppl are lucky others not so much.I wasnt and i did every possible thing that would help and still didn't do well.Extra GOOD themometers Id Calibrate extra hygrometers etc..

I had bought a Hovabator first not bad incubator but .... Then finally a Hovabator Genesis 1688 b/c the other don't hold the temp and it will often go perfectly for 2 weeks at 99.5-100 then one day for no reason spike to 114. which drive you up a wall. Can kill the eggs easily.
Geneisis doesn't do that. Has a Auto heat regulator
It is higher $ though because of that.
And hint....You don't need a turner .Cost a lot more.
Just Put the eggs in egg carton with holes cut out of the bottom of each egg hole for air circulation then tilt the carton up on piece of wood or something 3 times a day easy
Some ppl tilt the whole bator . instead

OK To get .even a better hatch rate though with a high success rate the Brinsea.Mini
I dont have one.... A lot of $ for holding just 6 eggs agreed but i hear ppl on BYC have GREAT luck with them
Seems to me i havent seen anyone use one that didnt hatch 4 of 6 eggs at least. % wise when you think of it.... not too bad for only 6 eggs at a time
Many hatched 5 of 6 that i saw
.No complaints about it I dont think either. Maybe hatched babies crowded as others hatched but thats all.

GOOD LUCK!!