Well, folks, I have done it. I completely lost my mind. I am now certifiably insane. Why, you ask?? Well -- I ordered a brand new Sportsman 1502 today. I've never even hatched a single egg in my life, so of course the first thing I do is rush out and spend hundreds of bucks on a humongous incubator. Told ya. I'm insane. But I plan on having fun!
Thanks! I do at least have a logical-sounding excuse for getting it. You see, I have fallen in love with bantam araucanas. I now have 7 hens, and I intend to incubate every darned egg they lay. And, even in the depths of winter, I'm getting quite a few eggs (relatively speaking) -- more than a dozen a week. Hopefully I'll be setting eggs every week. So, if I got the small incubators, I'd have to get multiple incubators -- to handle both incubation and hatching. That means more bucks to buy, more electricity to run, more instability in conditions, AND more maintenance. But with the Sportsman, I can set eggs every week AND hatch -- all in the same machine. More stable, less maintenance, less worry. So you see, I really needed it. Really!!
From where I sit today, with two bators, one dedicated to being a hatcher, and needing more room to set eggs, your approach seems oh so logical.
I think you did the right thing. Why start small and have to put out more money to get where you want to be.
Hatching eggs is so addicting though. If I have one spot left in mine I have to find something to put in there.. I wouldn't want to waste any space. If I had any larger than a 42 egg capacity bator, I would be in a world of trouble.....
