Still air or circulated air?

[E.M. Silkies]

Which is better? I've been using a friends incubator. It's a still air hova bator 1602. It seems to work pretty well but I was just wondering what the benefit was of circulated air incubators? I'm looking into buying my own hova bator and wanted to know which is best?

 

[debilorrah]

Personally, I would go with circulated air, and I hear the hovabators are great. I have the Brinsea Octogon 20, it holds 24 eggs and I love it.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

http://cmfarm.us/stillair.html

 

[E.M. Silkies]

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Wow that was very interesting. Thank you so much! So even if I was using a still air I could just put a little fan in there? Just do it before I add eggs and get it regulated?

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Yep.

 

[shelleyd2008]

Still air and circulated air is the same thing, what you're thinking of is circulated (still) air and forced air.

 

[OkieChickenDad]

We use a still air hovabator...from 1985...never had a problem with it at all and the last 5 set avg was 94%. The air colum thing makes sense, but its not the reality for us. I have thermometer on the eggs and one on the screen, plus a wet bulb. The temp on the floor and the temp on the top of the eggs never deviates by more than 1 degree...ever. All of our sets have hatched on time and we have done turkeys and guineas as well. Turning by hand sucks, but I say if it aint broke, dont fix it. If you have the cash, get a nice one with all the bells and whistles, but if you are like my daughter, you get an old still air with allowance money. 3 things I know for sure. I have never seen digital eqiupment and fans under a hen...hens dont turn 3 times a day at even spaced intervals...and still air 'bators hatch eggs.

 

[secuono]

I added a computer fan to my Little Giant, it was really easy and if you can find a pc fan instead of the kit, do it! Far cheaper and it's the same thing!
Also, for a turner, just place a block under the incubator itself. Far cheaper and easy to do, less invasive, too.
Save about $100 this way. ^.^