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Brinsea,
Brinsea,
Brinsea. I have several, in two different styles. The best place to buy them is directly from
Brinsea, too.
http://www.brinsea.com
The Octagon20 Advance EX is perfect for beginners because it's Stupid Proof. Set the eggs, forget 'em for as long as you want. Just check the displays to make sure your temperature and humidity are holding (and they do, in the Brinseas) and candle no more than twice, at day 10 and day 18, just before locking down. (OR you could be like me and not candle 'em at all.) Unplug the turner on Day 18, making sure it IS the turner cradle you turned off, not the incubator. (Okay, almost Stupid Proof.) Then you forget about 'em again for 3 days.
That's exactly what I was looking into. I have found a used one, with cradle, for $125. Only a year old, too!
I have an LG still air right now and I hate it. I have horrible success rates with it. It is always spiking too high then dipping too low. It was up to 114 one day and fried ALL of the 32 eggs I had in it.
Thanks for the input!
i bought 2 still air hovabators, the regular and a picture window. first thing I did was scrounge a couple computer case fans and 2 old 12v cell phone chargers. voila! circulated air incubators. hatch rates on local mutt eggs is about 90%. I don't count the shipped eggs, (ranging from 75% for quail down to 0 for marans but I blame postal for that more than anything.) and the dorkings are having issues resulting from too much inbreeding I think. (tho my last hatch was 5/6, so not too bad!)
my next 'bator will be a homegrown cabinet. i'm gathering pieces-parts and will assemble sometime over the next couple months. i've been asked by a couple people to hatch for them, so we'll see how fast i need the room for ME!