what kind of incubator is best

[ma hen]

what kind of incubator is best Lead [-]

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06/02/09 05:53 AM
hello i would like to know what kind of store incubator is best? in the future i would like to buy one,i saw one at my local tractor supply they have a "still air". then i see a fan style, then a manual one or a automatic ,then humidity control at Mc Murrary catalog. they go up in price so quickly lol,just wanted some or as many opinions as i can get

 

[walkswithdog]

chuckle... Welcome to the can of worms. It depends - is the answer.

LG - the ones at TSC and feed stores work, take a good bit of learning and patience and some folks love em and can work em, and some folks hate em and can't get them to cooperate. I got mine to cooperate, just hated other things, size and element and even style in the end. I kept getting burnt on that darn element. It was cramped. However, for the price it is an incubator that will do 40 eggs in a pinch.

The hovabator higher end models are generally better, better foam grade, fan helps, autoturners are very nice.

Then there's weird, 300 dollars for a three egg incubator - color me stunned about that one.

If I were going to buy an insanely priced small batch incubator it'd be Brinsea or LyonX. Both good reliable brands.

After my run in with foam AND discovering that I'd like to hatch more than 20 - 40 eggs at a time. I built my own and am saving for one of the big cabinet bators, built by a man named Dickey here in the US. All wood, pretty, functional and about 300 eggs and made in America. Same price, even a little less, than some of the more common Sportsman/GQF etc. And about the same cost as the large Brinsea.

Incubators are a little like running shoes. You can run in $8 discount tennis shoes or go whole hog, but what matters is how it "fits" you, in the end.

Nobody can tell you what it is that you will end up liking. Because we all have different levels of patience, adaptability and attention span among other things and in hatching those matter.

 

[ma hen]

wow,thanks for the welcome and the answers, i have a very small flock i am very new to silkies,i am used to heavy breed i just posted to the new members.i am trying to get some nice black silkies eggs but it is very hard around here, i only need a incubator for no more than 40. i saw one for 3 eggs with all the gadgets for 160.00 !!!! i went omg!!! i have patience but i can be like a kid also lol

God Bless
Ma Hen

 

[DANNY]

Maybe you should try a 1588 genesis. You don't need to buy from strombergs. Try cutlersupply.com

 

[Chickenaddict]

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I have an LG and have only used it twice, the first time was a very nerve wracking experience trying to get things stable, this time around i left the darn thing alone and just checked the temps every day and added water to the bottom every 3 days. It seems to do better when your not hovering over it for days on end. The first hatch the humidity was wayy too high so some chicks didn't make it, this time im keeping the humidity lower the last 3 days. I have no experience with other incubators so i couldn't begin to tell you what they are like. Good luck with your decision

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ETA the Lg here was $40 but with the turner (also $40) and the fan kit (another $30) it was pretty spendy for a glorified piece of foam

 

[ma hen]

thanks for the Info the women at tractor supply told me she did the same thing the first time worried and checking, second time let things happen .

god bless
Ma Hen

 

[IggiMom]

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Yes, or, they are on Ebay for a fair price and I got mine in two days.

I was very upset when I ordered it from HOme and Barn Basics and it did not come and did not come, and then I finally ordered from a different place and it did come. Frustrating.

Catherine

 

[little brown hen]

I have a question. Can someone tell me if the power goes out and the temp. in the incubator starts to drop when is it too late for the eggs? My power went out yesterday for about 1 1/2 hr's.

 

[dun chick]

IT will probally be okay. It's not like we are having horribly cold weather right now. I tend to think heat affects more versus normal cold temps unless it is frigid weather with no heat (less than 65 degrees).