Incubator Poll and Opinions

[Three Cedars Silkies]

Quote:
Dang, Deerman...you are a serious hatcher!!

 

[deerman]

Hatch alot but mostly collect incubators

Had even more ,gave away all my styroform one away........

The big jamesway , hold 3,000 eggs, so I dont set it up much.

Have the old metal round sear one my dad got in 1950, hatch my first eggs in it....still works GREAT. Just bid on one on ebay, it sold for 22.00 hold 100 eggs last for years, sure beats the styroform...

The old ones last ,and used ones are as good as most new ones, and a heck alot cheaper.

All mine have been bought used, except the sears that dad bought in 1950.

Just lazy so like the ones you can set and forget it for weeks

Have used alot of incubators , but these are the ones I have now.


HAPPY HATCHING ALL.

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

These have been interesting and eye opening stats to me. I 'm surprised at the high number of folks with Brinsea's considering the cost. But when you consider the cost of shipped eggs, it's really not that much. I have wasted a TON of $$ on hatched eggs that didn't get the best incubating because of incubator issues.

At least now, when I do pay too much for silkie eggs, I'll know they have the best chance that shipped eggs can have to hatch chicks.

I bought the Rcom Suro King yesterday. It's a Rcom "knock=off" of the Brinsea Octagon 20 Advanced EX with humidity control and autoturning. I should have it early next week!!!

 

[cherylcohen]

Quote:
I bought the rcom suro king 20 yesterday, as well!!! woohoo

 

[greenmagpies]

I really love my Brinseas (I have 7 of them). There are no moving parts inside where the chicks are located, so they can't get stuck under any grids or roller
bars. It gently rocks back and forth in it's cradle. The Humidity module H22 dials in the precise humidity. They recover extremely fast when you take the lid
off, because of there size. My hatches are effortless. I just love them!!!

Marilu

 

[SilverPhoenix]

I love my 1588! It's been very reliable and easy to use.

 

[aprophet]

Mine are homebuilt . I have 2 bators that are finished and working, one is kina a mini cabinet the bigger on is more like a tool chest the 3rd one I am working on is a sportsman copy I just need to finish it at first it will have 2 egg turners and 1 hatching tray heat source has been light bulbs so far t-stats have been a johnson controls model I can set it down to a 1* differential best hatch I have had so far is out of 67 quail eggs I had 46 hatch the little one I have bob whites hatching in right now

 

[ga_goat]

have a 'handbuilt' cabinet incubator that uses LG turners (2) and 2 drawers that are sub divided in the bottom for hatching.
have only used my eggs or local eggs and have better than a 90% hatch rate with it usually 30 to 45 at a time .
also have a very old sportsman with a hand crank on top to turn the trays was 3 tray but 1 is disconnected and slides into the bottom for a hatching tray it also has better than a 90% hatch rate ,, between the 2 have hatched about 250 chicks this spring . some for me , some for friends , some to sell .

 

[DarkWingDuck]

I up until now, I've used a Little Giant Still Air Incubator. I've hatched several clutches of birds with it, but the temperature seemed to be fluctuating worse than usual when I last used it. After wasting a round of hatching eggs, I decided to put it aside and ordered the Genesis 1588. I may still use the LG for hatching and drying new chicks.

 

[BrownEggFan]

I recently built a homemade bator and hope to get some eggs in it this week.