Incubators Anonymous

[Overoberyl]

Hiiiiiiii!!!!!! What is the best automatic incubator for temp control and humidity? Can I get some references Pleeeeease? Thank youuuuuu!!!!!!

Unless you want to spend a ton of money go with the Hovabator Genesis. It doesn't regulate humidity, but humidity is seriously overrated.

 

[ozexpat]

Unless you want to spend a ton of money go with the Hovabator Genesis. It doesn't regulate humidity, but humidity is seriously overrated.

for an off the shelf bator, I also second the Hovabator Genesis 1588. Its very reliable and roomy at hatch time.

It will set you back about 200 with a turner and can hatch 41 eggs with the turner in. I just check the max/min on the accurite thermometer/hygrometer once a day but never had a major fluctation. I dry incubate and just add water at lockdown.

http://incubatorwarehouse.com/hova-bator-genesis-1588-egg-incubator.html

The Brinsea Octo 20 advance has a built in turner and is about 300 at your door.

http://www.brinsea.com/products/20aeco.html

 

[jfer]

for an off the shelf bator, I also second the Hovabator Genesis 1588. Its very reliable and roomy at hatch time. 

It will set you back about 200 with a turner and can hatch 41 eggs with the turner in. I just check the max/min on the accurite thermometer/hygrometer once a day but never had a major fluctation. I dry incubate and just add water at lockdown.

http://incubatorwarehouse.com/hova-bator-genesis-1588-egg-incubator.html

The Brinsea Octo 20 advance has a built in turner and is about 300 at your door.

http://www.brinsea.com/products/20aeco.html

Oh boy.... I just saw this and I already ordered one

let me see what it's called .....it's a rcom max 20

 

[ki4got]

re: broodies, it all depends on the hen. usually i'll give broodies eggs when they're due for lockdown, or newly hatched chicks, but i won't trust one to sit for the whole time because invariably they forget which nest was theirs, or give up all of a sudden, or, like my last flaky broody, take a look at these peeping chirping things and run away screaming never to go back near them again. LOL

fortunately my super-momma orpingbrooder took on those other chicks plus her own, and managed to cover nearly 30 chicks for the first 3 weeks, until we all went to a swap (me, momma and da bebes) and over half of them found homes.

I think that's going to become a routine for any broodies with chicks that can't stay warm on their own yet, if the chicks are for sale. they stayed much happier with momma, and I didn't have to worry about her rejecting them when i got home, or stressing unnecessarily while i was gone.

I've got a bunch of chicks due to hatch a couple days before a huge swap i'm going to, and I'm taking them with me, so this may be my best option, if i can figure out which broody will do the best job. i've got 4 now that have been broody at least 2 weeks.

 

[Bitterroot]

Oh boy.... I just saw this and I already ordered one

let me see what it's called .....it's a rcom max 20

Those sound really nice. Make sure you post some pictures of it overflowing with eggs.

 

[Overoberyl]

Those sound really nice. Make sure you post some pictures of it overflowing with eggs.

It's a lot to spend for a bator that only holds 24 eggs, especially for an incubating addict. You will be jonesing for more space in no time.

 

[jfer]

It's a lot to spend for a bator that only holds 24 eggs, especially for an incubating addict. You will be jonesing for more space in no time.

Oh no ... Don't tell me that hahahahahaha

 

[maryhysong]

Wheeee! My bator is chirping at me! I don't see any pips yet but it's hard to see into these big redwoods. But certainly talking to me!

 

[ozexpat]

Oh no ... Don't tell me that hahahahahaha

yeah at 21 days per hatch you will only be able to put through 340 eggs per year

you will now have to make a nice hatcher so you can get more eggs into your Rcon after just 18 days. that will give you 3.8 more hatches (76 eggs set) per year

 

[ozexpat]

Wheeee! My bator is chirping at me! I don't see any pips yet but it's hard to see into these big redwoods. But certainly talking to me!

happiness is.................. a chirping bator