how well do lg still airs work for duck eggs?

[showjumper_girl2002]

hello

i'm going to try and hatch some of my dad's muscovy's eggs but have never done this before and would like some advice and opinions on incubators. i've done lots of research and now just need an incubator to get started. i'm looking at the lg still air at tractor supply because that's really all i can afford since i don't plan on doing this as a business but just for fun and to add some new scovy's to the family

i've heard both good and bad reviews about it. also, do i need to add a fan for better hatching results?

any opinions/suggestions?

 

[CatDaddyAlbert]

I know folks out here that have used still air incubators for years with great success. You might want to do a BYC search for Still Air Incubator.

The only problem is some like them, and some don't. With fans....some like them and some don't. With digital thermostats like the 1588's...most like them but a few don't.

Most comments are opinions from a lot of really good folks here on BYC trying to help. Read read read. I did, and I do. When a day goes by that you do not learn something from BYC...you're dead

The only thing I can add is that if you can afford it you need a turner to go with it.....oops, there I go with a opinion! Couldn't help myself.

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[showjumper_girl2002]

thanks for the reply. as far as turners go i've read duck eggs do better being hand turned because they do better tilted on their sides rather than straight up and down like with chickens. is this true??

 

[quintinp]

im sure it will be fine

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

If your house is thermostat controlled then a still air incubator is fine but if the house temp changes then so will the temp in a still air incubator. http://cmfarm.us/stillair.html