What is a good incubator for around $150? Newbie!

[Rebecky54]

Brinsea Eco 20 is the best for your price range. They are on sale now and you can get 10% off with this code. FBEG0211 is the code, 10% off expires Mar 15th

With shipping, it should be right around $150.

Search for Brinsea on BYC and you'll find lots of information about how great they are!

Becky

 

[NeeleysAVLChicks]

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Agreed! Check out the Eco 20. I love mine, holds the temp like a dream!

 

[rsf31tmp]

At my local TSC they are doing Chick Days. They are selling the LG still air for $39.99 and the egg turner (41 eggs) for $39.99 as well. For $150 you could get 2 still air bators and a turner. You could load 41 eggs in one with a turner and then use the other one as a hatcher.

With my math, it looks like $120 for this and then about 8-9 bucks more for tax and you still have $20 left over to buy more eggs to hatch!

The LG Still air works for me as a bator and would be great as a hatcher!

 

[Fiddlehead]

Thanks, the Brinsea was top of my list. Just bought the Eco on the Brinsea website with the auto turner for $137 plus S&H. Now I just need some polish and polish frizzle eggs! Wish me luck!

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

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Good Luck! Brinsea makes wonderful incubators.

 

[pascopol]

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$150 is plenty for the best small bator there is Brinsea ECO 20. When on sale you can get it for around $150 with autocraddle (turner) or $99.00 without turner.

Forget about LG, they have a bad rep and rightly so, lot's of potential problems and frustrations along the way. (Unstable temperature and humidity, need for "stabilising " it for days before use, etc. etc.)

But if you like to tinker with things and can't sleep at night LG might be right choice for you. LOL

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

I like my Brinsea Mini Advance from www.brinsea.com.

It only takes 7 eggs, though.

 

[muddstopper]

I guess it depends on how many eggs you will try to hatch at one time. You can always drive up and down the interstate until you find a cooler that has blown off some construction companies truck. Then purchase a automatic turner from TSC for $45. A hot water heater thermostat for $8, a light socket and bulb out of a old lamp, (free), a plastic dish at Dollar tree for $1, a little wire and tape and for way less than your $150 have a pretty dang good incubator.