Thousands and thousands of people hatch successfully in the upright position. Millions of hatchery chicks? Ditto.
The Brinsea is a crowded hatcher. This is why lots of folks incubate in the Brinsea for 18 days, then take them to an inexpensive, but roomy foam hatcher. Lots of room in those 48 egg foam incubators. The idea is that the Brinsea does the delicate, temperature sensitive work well, then the hatching can be done in a roomy foam unit.
I personally see no advantage to jamming the Brinsea full to the gills if you going to leave them in there to hatch. I like to put no more than 20 eggs, large fowl. As always, YMMV.
The Brinsea is a crowded hatcher. This is why lots of folks incubate in the Brinsea for 18 days, then take them to an inexpensive, but roomy foam hatcher. Lots of room in those 48 egg foam incubators. The idea is that the Brinsea does the delicate, temperature sensitive work well, then the hatching can be done in a roomy foam unit.
I personally see no advantage to jamming the Brinsea full to the gills if you going to leave them in there to hatch. I like to put no more than 20 eggs, large fowl. As always, YMMV.
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