My Hatching Journey: the Adventures of a Complete Newbie

[WVduckchick]

I'll be setting some Barnevelder eggs for someone else at the end of next week! 

Awesome! I've already got a request for more golden sebrights

 

[WVduckchick]

Great job Banti!

Very proud of you and happy as can be for you and your beautiful chicklets!

 

[BantyChooks]

Great job Banti!

Very proud of you and happy as can be for you and your beautiful chicklets!

Thanks!!

I never even dreamed I'd get a 91% hatch rate.

 

[FridayYet]

Thanks!!

I never even dreamed I'd get a 91% hatch rate!

You did great!

 

[Lady M]

Alright... I gotta ask, now. Which bator is good for a beginner.....?

... Don't tell the hubby I asked.

 

[BantyChooks]

Alright... I gotta ask, now. Which bator is good for a beginner.....?

... Don't tell the hubby I asked.

I use LG 9200 and love it. However, not everyone does.

DIY ones would be my #1 choice. I have some of the stuff to make one out of a cooler.

Brinsea are very good, you pretty much put them in and forget them until you remove peeping chicks but they are small and hideously expensive. ($300+)

Incuview, farm innovators, and GQF cabinet bators are also common choices....

 

[Lady M]

I use LG 9200 and love it, super easy (NOT the 9300!!!) but quite a few have issues with temps...

DIY ones would be my #1 choice, I have some of the stuff to make one out of a cooler.


Brinsea are very very good, you pretty much put them in and forget but they are small and hideously expensive. ($300+)

Incuview, farm innovators, and GQF cabinet bators are also common choices....

$300?!... Don't these people know we've got chicks to feed? Hahaha

 

[BantyChooks]

$300?!... Don't these people know we've got chicks to feed? Hahaha

The octagon 40 model is $570.

 

[FridayYet]

I use LG 9200 and love it, super easy (NOT the 9300!!!) but quite a few have issues with temps...

DIY ones would be my #1 choice, I have some of the stuff to make one out of a cooler.


Brinsea are very very good, you pretty much put them in and forget but they are small and hideously expensive. ($300+)

Incuview, farm innovators, and GQF cabinet bators are also common choices....

Love my Brinsea and I'm so glad I have mine! You also have to look at your lifestyle. Are you going to be home 24/7 for 21 days and can fuss with a cheap incubator whenever it needs it? Or are you going to be gone for the weekend, work 8+ hours a day, or want reliability so that you know the bator will be the same temp when you get home as it was when you left?

 

[BantyChooks]

Love my Brinsea and I'm so glad I have mine! You also have to look at your lifestyle. Are you going to be home 24/7 for 21 days and can fuss with a cheap incubator whenever it needs it? Or are you going to be gone for the weekend, work 8+ hours a day, or want reliability so that you know the bator will be the same temp when you get home as it was when you left?

Exactly