Incubator

[-Chanticleer-]

I am looking to buy a relatively inexpensive incubator. Trying my hand at incubating. If it goes well I’ll invest in a more expensive one later. Thanks for any suggestions.

 

[nuthatched]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...eg-incubator-reviews-and-discussions.1586872/

 

[Debbie292d]

The top three I've seen most used as good beginner incubators are:

Maticoopx30
Nurture Right 360
Kebonnixs 12

Larger, higher-end, I can only speak for the Brinsea Ovation 56 EX fully automatic. I own three of those and love them. They hold 56 regular chicken eggs or 64 silkies, and they have auto-humidity.

With any incubator you buy, you should also purchase a hygrometer/thermometer, as they are rarely spot on, and even if they are, they may not stay that way.

 

[jessvolvochick]

Is this a good one?

 

[Susan Skylark]

I had issues with the turner in a similar model (quail eggs) and the top was wired to the base, I really didn’t like it. I like the nurture right 360 as well. I use something like this.

 

[Tex452]

I own 2 NR 360 and 1 maticoopx.
I have had great hatches with all of them, it’s a toss up for which one I like the most, the maticoopx holds 8 more eggs and it was cheaper.

 

[Jazzchick]

I am looking to buy a relatively inexpensive incubator. Trying my hand at incubating. If it goes well I’ll invest in a more expensive one later. Thanks for any suggestions.

Maticoopx 20 egg incubator is terrific
Bought 12 eggs from ebay fertile buff orp eggs. Recieved 14 from GA. Candled at 14 days in (built into incubator) 2 were not fertile. The other 12 hatched perfectly
Hassle free. It does it all. Just needed to add a cap of fuji water every couple days and add the water bottle on thr 18th day to up the humidity. It did everything else. Left chicks in the brooder til.all were hatched...started hatching day 20 through 21

 

[Jazzchick]

Maticoopx 20 egg incubator is terrific
Bought 12 eggs from ebay fertile buff orp eggs. Recieved 14 from GA. Candled at 14 days in (built into incubator) 2 were not fertile. The other 12 hatched perfectly
Hassle free. It does it all. Just needed to add a cap of fuji water every couple days and add the water bottle on thr 18th day to up the humidity. It did everything else. Left chicks in the brooder til.all were hatched...started hatching day 20 through 21

 

[Tex452]

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I have a maticoopx 30 and it does a good job