Incubator Brands

[pascopol]

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Yes Sir

Why even consider buying piece of overprized styrofoam, when you can get almost 2 Brinsea ECO's ($99 on sale) for the price of 1 GQF 1588.

Brinsea has no weak points, no cons, no iffs or buts, no excuses.

It will hatch every hatchable egg wheater you like it or not.

 

[UmbraVulpis]

Hey JJ, the Octogon 20 only claims to be able to hold 60 quail eggs, how do you fit over 200?

 

[JJMR794]

ITS EASY--- JUST KEEP PILING THEM IN

(no I'M NOT KIDDING)

1 short trip to tsc--- to acquire a sheet of aluminum and 10 minutes in the shed with tin snips produced new dividers that are twice as tall as the stock ones. This allows double and triple stacking. I know it sounds incredible, but i have had (on more than 1 occaision) in excess of 200 coturnix eggs in a single brinsea oct 20. Since it doesnt use a turner and is forced air ( the brinsea models have an external cradle that turns the whole incubator...) it is an infinitely flexible bator! The only thing that ever goes out on them is the fan and that just happens to be easily replaced in 5 minutes or so with the standard computer cooling fan--- bolts right in. I have 3 brinseas at the moment 2 oct 20's and an oct 40. I get the absolute best hatches out of them and swear by them.... keep in mind I am cookin some rare and expensive stuff--- exotic pheasants and migratory waterfowl. Some of the eggs i cook are over 16 dollars a piece. I have both still and forced air hovas and lg's. Had a lyons rollx--- sold that garbage. I am currently working toward a ova easy 380 cabinet or 2... I have had many others, and while some just suck, others are ok, some are even quite nice--- none compare to brinsea. If your deadset on a table top flat square incy--- they make that too.... but theirs is plastic thats insulated, not styrofoam. again disassembles and fits in the dishwasher... Brinsea is the leading manufacturer of home sized units, they are world renown for this and favored by a great many of the worlds zoos and avian theme parks. The only drawback to the oct models is hatching.... while they do this as well as any models i find that some chicks dawdel once pipped.... Because of this laziness and the forced air fan they can and will get "shrink wrapped" if not observed closely. To alleviate this I, like Sam, use the still air models as hatchers.

 

[JJMR794]

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To simplify.......... Sheer hillbilly determination!

 

[UmbraVulpis]

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That I can do.

I think I'll get one of the Octagon 20s next time I have the extra cash. Right now I'm using a home made (not by me, picked up at a yard sale) cabinet hatcher as an incubator and one of the styrofoam, still air LG incubators as a hatcher. Before this I was using the LG as both at once. Not fun.

I have to say I am sorely disappointed in the temperature swings in the LG. During the same period of time, the cabinet has stayed within a 2 degree range while the LG keeps dancing around a 9 degree range.

 

[optic1]

Thanks JJ, I saw the Brinsea site and now I am really confused. Way to many choices but that is a good thing.

So you run lets say an Eco 20 and then move them into a still air when turning stops. Correct?

Which one do you use for still air incubation. Sorry for the questions but it can get expensive when you make the wrong choices and screw things up.

Oh, when you see a chick getting shrink wrapped do you open it up and tear off that membrane?

What would you think of the Octagon Advance EX with the humidity pump. Not necessary. Save for the 190 or 380 instead?

I also am now seeing disinfectant for eggs so are you spraying eggs and when is this done?

I'm just not sure if I want to turn eggs.

 

[JJMR794]

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AUTOTURNING WILL MAKE IT WAY EASIER ON YOU AND INCREASE YOUR HATCH EXPONENTIALLY. UNLESS YOU ARE A PERSON OF LIESURE, RETIRED, OR OTHERWISE AND HAVE ALL DAY TO SIT AND WATCH THE BATOR AND THE HIGHLIGHT OF YOUR DAY IS TURNING IT---- GO AUTOMATED TURNING!!!