Question about R-Com Mini 3-egg incubator

[sharron]

on mine, clear plastic tray sitting on the counter, i have a seven egg(small) tray in now, have two little sc eggs in it that i'm hand turning. its still beeping but won't move

 

[Greenwood Chick]

So sorry, I have no idea. Have you called the manufacturer? Have you used it successfully in the past?

 

[sharron]

i would call if i knew who to but i did buy it second hand and yes, it worked fine but haven't used it in a year now and it must have froze up all i can figure.

 

[Bantam Username]

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I have a 7 egg tray in mine too, and the turning symbol and cracking egg won't stop either. Let me know if you figure it out please. I'm a first time incubator.

 

[sharron]

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I have a 7 egg tray in mine too, and the turning symbol and cracking egg won't stop either. Let me know if you figure it out please. I'm a first time incubator.

i just gave up on mine and bought another mini, the mini advanced brinsea and i love it, soooo easy

 

[Bantam Username]

Oh dear, I was hoping for an answer, I've only just bought this and I bought it because it was meant to be easy!

 

[sharron]

me too, plus it was so small and i could hatch hookbill eggs in it but for some strange reason, when it did work i could never get anything to hatch in it then it froze up on me, maybe you will have better luck with yours, hope so

 

[spikennipper]

I used to have one too but got rid of it after a failed hatch, I may have just had a faulty one as it was second hand but I found it to be more of a toy than an incubator it's really cheaply made the ventilation is terrible, even though the temp and humidity is controlled and you just add water to the little port it couldn't seem to control either and the display didn't alert me to the fact, it was blowing hot cold and all in between, I managed to hatch one little quail from it, all the rest were deformed it was horrible, the beeping as it turned was also quite irritating, would never by one again or indeed recommend anyone to buy one, if you are serious about hatching a few eggs better to go for the Brinsea minis IMO.

 

[sharron]

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i agree, the brinsea mini advanced is the way to go, set it and forget it, IF you can, i know on the r-com, altho the eggs were fertile, after about a week, they died in the shell. thought it was me doing it but was the r-com

 

[kelidei]

Until I got my bigger incubators I used the little rcom several times with very good hatch rates... I bought mine new so perhaps if bought second hand the sellers sold them because they had a problem... if true that wouldn't be very nice!!!