Is this a good incubator -- GQF 1266

[arllcountrygirl]

Can anyone tell me about this type of incubator?
Thanks Amanda

 

[greathorse]

It will be similar to the GQF sportsman that you see everywhere with a few less bells and whistles. You of course want to know if it has an auto turner and if it has an electronic thermostat as opposed to wafers is a plus also. The one I have has some tendency to be a couple of degrees hotter on the top than the bottom. I am only hatching a tray at a time so doesnt matter much. One tray is over 80 eggs. I think it will hatch around 240 chicken eggs at a time.

 

[arllcountrygirl]

Thanks greathorse
It does have a turner not sure about thermostat.
She is asking 200 for it. Here is a pic of it - What do you think?

 

[deerman]

Thats one for hatching larger eggs. Doesnt have a electronic thermostat. No hatching tray either. Still worth 200.00. The 1202 have tray closer together,and hatching tray on the bottem.

 

[arllcountrygirl]

She said that she hatched chicken eggs out of it - Will this be a good one for someone starting out? What would I need?
Thanks in advance
Amanda

 

[deerman]

Yes would be a great incubator to start with. You could just turn off the turner and cover the trays so chicks dont jump out. When hatching time comes

would order extra wafers. I may even have a extra hatching tray.

You will need a water pan.

 

[arllcountrygirl]

Thanks for the info deerman. Not to sound too ignorant, but what are wafers. Don't laugh

She said it had a water pan.
I am still a newbie at this.

 

[deerman]

they are the disk on the thermostat.

That incubator beat those styroform ones with turners people paying 100.00 for.

that one will last for over 20 years

 

[arllcountrygirl]

Thanks -- I appreciate it!

 

[Just-Like-Hatching]

If I was doing it I would buy it. I would replace the wafers that are in it before I fired it up. Then when I got the the money I would replace the wafers with a new digital thermostat. Definately worth the two hundred. You can order the humidity pan for it directly from GQF MFG.