Hovabator Incubator 1602n?

[muddipuppy]

I'm looking to get a small incubator. Any thoughts on the hovabator?
Thx!

 

[SPRING CREEK FARM]

I have 2 of these models with the egg turners. I would recommend that you look at the article here on BYC in the learning center on dry incubation. I live in middle Tennessee and our humidity is naturally high in the summer and I find that I have much better luck when I follow the instructions for dry incubation that are in this article. Seems that when I tried to follow the instructions that come with the #1602, I had a lot of chicks that would pip the shell but not hatch out due to drowning in the fluids because the humidity levels were kept so high that the air cell was too small. Hope this helps you out!

 

[GrannySue]

Hmmm.
I've only done one hatch and that was with a 1602n. Forced air, no hygrometer so I just guessed at humidity.
But they were duck eggs. Maybe that makes a difference.

 

[Whitehouse Quail]

My Hovabator works like a charm; I have a forced air with turner, and I personally don't get the drowning in the fluid with my hatches, *knock on wood*. I just fill a washcloth and the runners at the bottom; they stay at about 50-60% the whole time

 

[SPRING CREEK FARM]

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My 1602s are still air;that is probably one reason for the difference in our results. I don't know what the climate is like in your area either, but back in June we had days of 98 degree heat with 93 percent humidity; you could just walk outside and immediately be drenched in sweat. I keep the incubators in our finished basement in a bedroom with no windows, no drafts, a constant temperature. I still think the humidity is the issue here where I live.

 

[MagsC]

I have one of these. I havent had it for long but the eggs seemed to do better in it than in my LGs.