What's the best incu, help?

[aussieheelr]

A broody. They automaticly know when to turn, keep the temp just right and don't require electricity.

 

[matthew1985]

sportsman 1502 wit auto waterer real nice i love mine.

 

[walkswithdog]

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Having sat through three disasterous broody hatches this year and rescuing three stomped hatchlings and losing others.

Ya know what, broodies just don't get the perfect award either.

 

[RonnieAtkeson]

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Having sat through three disasterous broody hatches this year and rescuing three stomped hatchlings and losing others.

Ya know what, broodies just don't get the perfect award either.

Or the sit back down on the wrong nest. Love my broodies but i have more confidence in my good old electric zapping incubators.

 

[NancyDz]

I have a Lyon turn X for sale in the Buy, Sell . Trade area....

 

[walkswithdog]

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Having sat through three disasterous broody hatches this year and rescuing three stomped hatchlings and losing others.

Ya know what, broodies just don't get the perfect award either.

Or the sit back down on the wrong nest. Love my broodies but i have more confidence in my good old electric zapping incubators.

If I REALLY want to see a chick or poult from a specific egg - I hatch it. Though I openly admit I dropped an egg this year, and the dogs unplugged the bator fans once, I still hatched MORE live chicks and poults than the chickens did.

And rescued over a two dozen broody's eggs and cracked eggs and stomped hatchlings because the bator was plugged in and going.

The BEST bator is the one you know how to use. Brinsea, Dickey, GQF, Turn-X are all awesome if you learn to use them and get them set properly.

My Darthbator (homemade) isn't automatic and I hand turn but I know it well so I get good results. My antique incubator has a turner that you use but it's not automatic. I'm not an auto-needer I guess. As long as the temps hold I like hands on. Then again, I'm retired and I'm home and I like being involved and don't mind glancing at a thermometer a few times a day.

Any bator can be unplugged, blow a thermostat, have a fan quit, have a turner fail - it's far rarer in those quality bators to have parts fail, and I learned to tape fan plugs and incubator plugs to their surge strips.

Some attention needs be paid to all of them just to check for ugly surprises, or you'll come home to fried eggs at some point. Those require the least attention.

Best of luck deciding.

 

[Badhbh]

Seconded on the R-Com. I cringed at the price, but it works. I set it and don't touch it again (but to fill the water reservoir) until it's time to turn off the turner and take out the dividers. Then I don't touch it again until everyone is hatched

I just hatched 14 out of 16 yesterday, and those two were because they weren't fertile.

 

[Badhbh]

Oh, and I have this one
http://www.jmtdistributors.com/rcom-20-digital-incubat.html

But i'd REALLY like this one

http://www.jmtdistributors.com/rcom-pro-20-u20.html

I love the idea of monitoring my eggs from the computer

 

[walkswithdog]

Badh yeah that part would really rock...

 

[QuailKeeper]

for smaller amounts of large eggs (41 w/ auto turner- chicken, duck, etc.) and good sized amounts of quail eggs (120 w/ auto turner) i like the hova-bator w/ a fan.