Just ordered Hova Bator 1588 with turner . More than I was looking to spend but went with the best I could afford. Have been collecting eggs all week and by the time it shows up should have 2 dozen to incubate. My roo's feet haven't hit the ground in days
I have one and love it. If need be, I put a piece of bubble wrap loosely over the top, if I'm getting room fluxuations that effect the bator.
Where's everyone keep your bator ?? I'm thinking my cellar because I heat with a woodstove and I get temps at night between 60-64 unless I get up and stoke the stove. My cellar is a constant 50 so I'm thinking a constant lower is better. It's very addicting as my wife will tell you. She says all I do is surf chicken/farm stuff on the internet. Hey when ya grow up on a pheasant farm what do ya expect. It's in my blood as I tell her. Although I'll never reach the 25k+ pheasant farm my uncle has.
Quote:My husband would make some crack like, "Hey, talking about chicks online is better than talking to chicks online, isn't it? What's she complaining about?" Happy hatching!
It is addicting, too true. I have a 1588 and I like it. It maintains a nice steady temp, even with fluctuating room temps. However, everyone did say that they are always perfectly calibrated from the factory, and mine was NOT. It was several degrees too high and I had a lousy hatch until I turned it down. So it will probably be fine but just do check the temp. Nothing is always perfect, right? Catherine
Though my two 1588's are now used primarily for hatchers, I LOVE them. Ive ran them in my bedroom with fans runnign in the winter and in an unheated room during the winter. During the hot summer when the ac was off and no one home and still not a problem. No spiking on the temps, rock steady and great hatches. You can fit a nice 42 eggs in that puppy with the turner. Id recomend you run to walmart and pick up a digital hydromter that reads humidity and temp though. The themometer it comes with should be tossed in the trash. I also recomend you start saving up for a cabinet incubator, after a few hatches, 42 eggs at a time just wont cut it.
Quote:If I get too crazy with hatching I'll switch to quail. More profitable and more marketable to sportsman. Quail eggs I'm sure are just as good for you just need more for breakfast. You should see my uncles incubators. It would make ya drool. He raises pheasants for a living
