Help me decide on an incubator!

[dstinett]

I don't have a fan. You just have to keep temperature a little higher. 101-102. With fan I think its 99.5. As long as you lift the lid once or twice a day, they get enough air. Oh. It comes with 2 airhole stoppers. don't use them. it blocks airflow tremendously

 

[WaddleWaddle]

Have you experienced any significant fluxuations with the temp and/or humidity?

 

[dstinett]

Both hold well

 

[WaddleWaddle]

Do you have the auto turner for the little giant?

 

[dstinett]

Yes. It works fine, but you have to lift entire tray to add water or leave some of the egg holders empty. The individual rows are not removable. overall, simple but does its job

 

[gevshiba]

I have the IncuView. I chose it because I didn't like the idea of Styrofoam. It's my first incubator. I've had 3 hatches and another in now. It's easy to see into and to clean. My chicks were hatching early, so I checked the temp. It was reading 99.5, but was running over 101. I've turned it down for this hatch, so we'll see. I don't like that it doesn't give a percentage on humidity. It gives a range for incubating and for hatching. But I haven't had a problem because of this.

As for the small number of eggs it holds, I'm going to buy a Little Giant to use as a hatcher.

 

[IncubatorWarehouse.com]

According to the manufacturers website the Little Giant only holds 41 large chicken eggs. Here's their description: http://www.miller-mfg.com/page/1/Product-Detail.jsp?groupId=622&prodId=94514 Still air incubators tend to have low hatch rates, typically customers add accessories to their little Giant to increase their hatch rates such as fan kits and turners. I'd check out our combo kits. Many of our customers have loved the idea of buying all their accessories together in on kit.
As far as the IncuView, it has had lots of success and the base is even dish washer safe! (That is if you want to wash your dirty tray in the same machine that washes your dishes...)