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HELP! Please sell me your older model hovabator :-(

Discussion in 'Incubating & Hatching Eggs' started by exop, Jan 10, 2009.

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  1. Jan 10, 2009 #1
    exop

    exop Chillin' With My Peeps

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    Dear forum members, I recently used a borrowed hovabator, a few years old, to hatch out a clutch of fantastic silkies.

    Unfortuanately, the bottom tray of the incubator was left in a non-chicken-proofed location... where it fell fell victim to some chickens who found out they loved to peck apart styrofoam.

    The new hovabators have curvy corners - this hovabator is from about 5 years ago, I think, and has square corners, so the bottom tray from the new model won't fit on it. I just want to fix the hovabator and make this right. Does anyone have an old bottom tray, or a complete old hovabator, that I can buy? I'll gladly pay the price of a new hovabator. It doesn't have to be in pristine condition, as long as it doesn't look like crubled feta cheese. :-(


    The company no longer makes bottom tray replacements for the old hovabator, and no one has them in stock any longer.

    Thanks for your help- I'm DESPERATE!

    Best - exop in Indiana
     
  3. Jan 10, 2009 #2
    BirdBrain

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    Sorry the chickens got to it. I hope someone comes along to help.

    If you are willing to pay the price of a new hovabator to make it right, why not just buy a new one and give that back to your friend. You can then take the parts from the top and make you a homemade bator. That way you both win!!
     
  5. Jan 10, 2009 #3
    jimnjay

    jimnjay Chillin' With My Peeps

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    Do the LG incubators have the square trays? I was thinking that they do. You could possibly try one of those and see if it will work. They may not be the same size.
     
  7. Jan 10, 2009 #4
    KellyHM

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    LGs are square, but they're not the same size & the top sits outside the edges of the bottom instead of inside.
     

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