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I've put 64 in my hovabator, in egg cartons with the bottom cut out, then I just tilt the whole incubator side to side 3 times a day to turn the eggs. I put the end of the bator on an egg carton. Problem come with hatching there isn't room in there for chicks once they hatch, they have to walk over the other eggs.I have two dozen chicken eggs and two dozen quail and I am getting more on Thursday night. I have a smaller incubator that works fine and I will stack them in there if I have too in the beginning until I can get this one running properly.
Anyone know how many eggs a Styrofoam HovaBator will hold if you remove the egg turner?
I just loaded 10 water bottles into the incubator to they and help regulate the temperature. There were already 5 mason jars of water in there but this thing is massive...I took this pictures before I changed the bulb and added the water bottles and container.
(EDITED TO ADD:I made a water wiggle thing out of plastic bags and put the two probes into it...hopefully in the morning it will be reading 99.5
No stacking, just in cartons, fat end up, 2 -18 packs and 2 dozen cartons and 1 dozen with a "4 pack" cut out of it. I cut the bottom of the cartons out for air circulation, it works well but I prefer the auto turner. I can't remember how many it holds with eggs on their sidesC&T: How many eggs is the hovabator supposed to hold? Did you stack them?
My Brinsea was hatching a day late. I went up 0.5 degrees and had my best hatch ever, all but one on day 21I've been running my hovabator at 100F as the instructions say (forced air) my last few hatches have been a day late. Should I increase the temp and if so how much?
That's a lot of eggs! When you candle in a week, you can toss the clears. That can give you a little room.I've put 64 in my hovabator, in egg cartons with the bottom cut out, then I just tilt the whole incubator side to side 3 times a day to turn the eggs. I put the end of the bator on an egg carton. Problem come with hatching there isn't room in there for chicks once they hatch, they have to walk over the other eggs.
Glad I didn't wipe them off, I had a 77% hatch rate, best rate since last spring!
Thank you!