Incubators are "tools".....You get what you pay for, Right?

[sticks22]

Ive been reading alot of posts about the good and bad things about different kinds of incubators. I was wondering if the best incubators are like the automotive tools that you buy. If you buy cheap then youll have more problems than you really want, right? EX. Craftsman vs. tools made from china......???

 

[PurpleChicken]

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Yes, you get what you pay for. With that said there are differences in each price
class too.

My Pics:
$50 - Don't Bother
$100-$150 - Everyone seems to love the Hovabator Genesis
$350 - $500 - Brinsea(lots of room) or Rcom(fully automatic)
$500 - $700 - Sportman or Brinsea cabinets (Ready for a chicken farm?

)

 

[sticks22]

Thanks! Thats kinda what I thought too!

 

[sandspoultry]

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Yes, you get what you pay for. With that said there are differences in each price
class too.

My Pics:
$50 - Don't Bother
$100-$150 - Everyone seems to love the Hovabator Genesis
$350 - $500 - Brinsea(lots of room) or Rcom(fully automatic)
$500 - $700 - Sportman or Brinsea cabinets (Ready for a chicken farm?

)

You are exactly right on the "you get what you pay for"
On thing we always bring up, our first Sportsman cabinet comeplety paid for itself in chick sales with 6 months of buying it.

Steve in NC

 

[The Chicken Lady]

So if you want fewer hatch problems like deformities, etc., does a "fancier" incubator help with that because the chicks will probably develop correctly under good conditions?

 

[PurpleChicken]

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In general, yes, but that doesn't mean an expensive bator will never have a problem.

In fact, since the more expensive bators typically hold more eggs your chances of
deformaties are greater if you hatch more birds.

The quailty of eggs you get counts too. Shipped eggs tend to have more problems
than fertile eggs from your own coop or from someone local.

Finally, you must know your bator. Each bator has it's own idiosyncracies, just
like most of our spouses.

I've had good and bad hatches in my $500 Brinsea. I've also had good and bad
hatches in my Little Giants.