Help with incubator question

[Mother_Hen2011]

I am planning on hatching some eggs this spring and I don't have any broody hens so I will have to hatch them with a bat-or and was wondering if some one could help me figure out the best way to do it. Im on a budget so I was thinking about this incubator I found and was wondering if it would be good. Here is the link
http://www.google.com/products/cata...=6X3OTtCxDIKlsALyvfjfDg&sqi=2&ved=0CGkQ8wIwAg


Also, if anyone has stories they'd like to share about problems I might run into and ways to help please feel free to share. Any help really with incubating and hatching eggs would be wonderful!
Thanks in advance for all the help I'm sure to receive!

 

[JenniferNgo]

All you could ever need to know, plus troubleshooting help

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=5

Wish you all the best, it's the most exciting 21 days ever!

 

[JenniferNgo]

OH! and that incubator is just like the Little Giant styro-foam one. So I would say that one online is over priced. We can get the LG around here at about $45-$50 and a turner for $44

 

[Mother_Hen2011]

Awesome thank you!!!

Feel free to share pictures stories and everything else here as well

 

[dbcooper02]

That hovabator is not just like the Little Giant that causes so many people trouble with its electronic thermostat. The hovabator uses a wafer thermostat that is very easy to set and will maintain temp (in a stable environment) with no problems. It is somewhat misleading that the it mentions turbo fan in the ad copy. It has no fan and the air movement in the incubator is the result of heat rising. It is a good starter incubator. I would recommend it over the LG.

 

[Mother_Hen2011]

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Yes I have never hatched eggs before so I want a good starter. I am on here trying to learn everything I can about what to do and what not to do and how to do everything. (My dh thinks Im insane in the brain honestly lol but I dont care.) I have a hen and drake buff orpington ducks that should start laying this spring. Not sure when or if she will sit her eggs so I want sometthing that will be able to hatch chicken and duck eggs. I seen that this bator can hold both and figured it would be perfect. If its a good starter than I will get it on the 15th. lol

 

[cmom]

I have a Hova-Bator 1602n. It is a still air incubator. I did put a fan in mine. The temperature is more consistant in an incubator with a fan than without. You need to keep the temperature in a still air around 101 at the top of the eggs. I have both LG and Hova-Bators. They have all worked fine for me.

I did put a bottle cap on the thermostat control on my LG and it made a world of difference in adjusting the temp.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=601352

 

[TucsonAZ]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=7913506#p7913506