How I felt when gachooks revealed her true identity:
She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!
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It's a lot of back and forth. I am just reading reviews/threads online, not speaking to anyone personally. One reviewer loves it, the next hates it. I don't like the temp fluctuation accusations with the reptipro, don't like the styrofoamyness/mess of the Hovabator, but I guess that's better than the temp wildly fluctuating.
We almost decided on less chicks and went with a Brinsea octo 20, but then heard they are so small that it's difficult once the first chicks actually hatch. I want to get a free fridge from CL and build our own, hubbs says that's too big(no such thing ha!) Maybe I will go with a coolerbator. IDK. I just want to get hatching already. lol
Here is my beautiful set up!!!! Bring on the crowds! Oh SC it's from 5-7... not 6 I goofed! Lol!
Very classy! I see red in there. . . lol
How I felt when gachooks revealed her true identity:
Ah, you felt like you could come out of the closet, too, huh?
It's okay, sweetie, I understand. We're here for you.
You voted no on the Brinsea without talking to me? Or Yorkshire? For $200, there's nothing easier. The capacity is smaller, but people that say you can't hatch 24 eggs in it are wrong, and I doubt they've tried. I have learned that after 24 hours I will take out the fluffies, but I have hatched 20 in it without ever removing the lid. Here are the 24 hour progression pics
Yeah, I knew I should have worded that differently
You voted no on the Brinsea without talking to me? Or Yorkshire? For $200, there's nothing easier. The capacity is smaller, but people that say you can't hatch 24 eggs in it are wrong, and I doubt they've tried. I have learned that after 24 hours I will take out the fluffies, but I have hatched 20 in it without ever removing the lid. Here are the 24 hour progression pics
Omg. . . that last one has me dawwing all over the place. lol Well, we can't really afford the auto right now, do you think the manual would be okay?
Whig and Hader were the best duo ever on SNL.Omg. . . that last one has me dawwing all over the place. lol Well, we can't really afford the auto right now, do you think the manual would be okay?
This is a thread where all opinions are given credibility, so here's mine. Amy and rossfam can tell you about styrofoam, and Walnut and sidewing can tell you about a build.
Given all of the choices you listed, my two choices would be the Hovabator or the Brinsea 20 Eco. Which of these 2 matters to you most, capacity or ease of use?
If you say capacity, then go with the Hovabator. Not as stable as a Brinsea, but far superior to an LG, and the most bang for the buck.
If you want something foolproof, that hatches 90% of fertile eggs every time, is a snap to clean, and has a 2 year warranty, then go with the Brinsea. I have the auto model, but have spoken with plenty of people that have the same results with the Eco. All the auto does differently is tell you temp and humidity (which should be double checked anyway) and turn the eggs for you. I needed the auto because of my work schedule, but for $200 it doesn't get any more simple than the 20 Eco. If you get a trustworthy thermometer/hygrometer, then all you have to worry about is turning the eggs. That is very simple in the Brinsea because of the Octagon design. You don't turn the eggs individually, you roll the entire unit back and forth on the flat edges
Whig and Hader were the best duo ever on SNL.
This is a thread where all opinions are given credibility, so here's mine. Amy and rossfam can tell you about styrofoam, and Walnut and sidewing can tell you about a build.
Given all of the choices you listed, my two choices would be the Hovabator or the Brinsea 20 Eco. Which of these 2 matters to you most, capacity or ease of use?
If you say capacity, then go with the Hovabator. Not as stable as a Brinsea, but far superior to an LG, and the most bang for the buck.
If you want something foolproof, that hatches 90% of fertile eggs every time, is a snap to clean, and has a 2 year warranty, then go with the Brinsea. I have the auto model, but have spoken with plenty of people that have the same results with the Eco. All the auto does differently is tell you temp and humidity (which should be double checked anyway) and turn the eggs for you. I needed the auto because of my work schedule, but for $200 it doesn't get any more simple than the 20 Eco. If you get a trustworthy thermometer/hygrometer, then all you have to worry about is turning the eggs. That is very simple in the Brinsea because of the Octagon design. You don't turn the eggs individually, you roll the entire unit back and forth on the flat edges
Awesome. I am going to talk it over with DH and we'll figure it out. He's out building a shed, I took a minute to read up on these incubators again(not to mention downloading a few SNL episodes shhhhhh).
I really think you should talk to several people on this thread and get more opinions. I'm the Brinsea guy, everyone knows that, but Amy hatched 100% in that horrible LG, and Sidewing just had an awesome hatch of shipped eggs in what was quite possibly the ugliest incubator I have ever seen
Seriously, though, the man obviously built a stable platform.
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