help on picking a incubator out

[luluann]

I am looking online at incubators. Wanting something good that holds quite a few eggs. Needing input and if you can post link of some you may have seen.

 

[Eggcessive]

I would go for the Hovabator Genesis 1588. It is one of the most popular styrofoam incubators and it holds a lot. It has a digital thermostat and humidity reading, but I would buy a thermometer/hygrometer for about $15 more dollars to doublecheck. I had a couple of others and this is much easier and reliable. They can be had through GQF directly for the best price and shipping. Mine was around $143, and it is 10 X better than my Genesis 1602N

 

[WiscoChiko]

We have this and itsa nice easy to use incubator with good results. http://www.amazon.com/Farm-Innovators-4200-Circulated-Incubator/dp/B007571DFM

 

[missnu01]

I have a brinsea Eco 20...it actually holds 24 eggs. It holds its temperature super well, even though the room it is in goes anywhere between 55-80 degrees depending on the time of day. Not had one temp spike. I also like that even though I couldn't afford the auto turner I can turn the whole thing by hand instead of having to open the incubator and turn each individual egg. I had heard too much "help! the temp dropped off", or "help my temp went too high" with the styrofoam incubators so I wanted something a little better. I thought about building my own, but again I wanted something that I knew was right to begin with, and the brinsea was and is it.

it isn't very large though, and it was about double the cost of the styrofoam ones..it was 164 shipped...so I could have gotten a styrofoam incubator with the turner and all that, but man like I said I don't like all the terrible reports...so I wanted to start out with something better.

 

[luluann]

I do not one that is styrofoam. I have one already. I am willing to spend up to 200$. Maybe more depending how much.

 

[luluann]

I am wanting a cabinet like one

 

[luluann]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001UF8OSY/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1365124646&sr=8-21&pi=SL75
I am considering this one. Missnu01 is this the one you have?

 

[DanEP]

It's the one I have. The eco 20 with the turner. All I do its start it and put water in one channel checking every 3 days and refill. At lockdown fill both channels. I have used it about 10 times now and have never had a bad hatch, always 80% or better. The last one 2 weeks ago was 95% but I was using my own eggs not shipped eggs. It will hold 24 eggs but is really crowded when they start to hatch all tho this has never been a problem. These are good incubators but if you want to hatch over 20 - 24 eggs at a time they wont work unless you use a hatcher and do staggered hatches.

 

[missnu01]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001UF8OSY/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1365124646&sr=8-21&pi=SL75
I am considering this one. Missnu01 is this the one you have?

Sure is. I super wish I had had enough money to get the all digital one with the turner...It turns the eggs, has a digital readout of temp and humidity, and sounds an alarm in the event that the temp does fluctuate into a dangerous level...and it uses a cooling period every once in awhile to simulate a hen leaving the nest. It has been found that a brief cooling period each day improves hatch rates. I really wanted the awesome one...but alas, I'm too broke for all that. Maybe one day I'll be able to get the advance. But the manual is pretty awesome, and I've had no trouble. It's ready to go basically out of the box...you can fit any size eggs in it, even together because you put in the racks and adjust them however you need them...I really like it. As I said it holds temp perfect, no fiddling, no worrying. I don't have the turner, but I turn the eggs at least 3 times a day...

 

[luluann]

I think that is what ill get. It looks and sounds like a good one since I forget to turn eggs