which incubator do you use

[robopetz]

Gee thanks for rubbing it in! No, I'm just kidding. I am jealous though. Congrats! You set anything in it yet?

 

[red golden]

I use a homemade cabinet bator and hatcher.

 

[chantopz]

By far, the best of my 3 bators is the r-com. Brinea mini is so so, Jano is better and holds more. When I recently got too many quail eggs I piled em in, will see if they hatch!

 

[stefan333]

Gee thanks for rubbing it in! No, I'm just kidding. I am jealous though. Congrats! You set anything in it yet?

LOL. I got 4 BBS Orps in it. They've been incubating already for a week. The other 5 eggs I had didn't seem to survive the temp swings in my LG.


P.S. Oh my word, I just finally understood how to respond to a post correctly. I kept hitting the reply button, thinking that would show the original post and it never seemed to work, but ya, you gotta hit the quote button.

 

[robopetz]

By far, the best of my 3 bators is the r-com.  Brinea mini is so so, Jano is better and holds more.  When I recently got too many quail eggs I piled em in, will see if they hatch!

I had my eyes on a rcom too. More pricey though.

LOL.  I got 4 BBS Orps in it.  They've been incubating already for a week.  The other 5 eggs I had didn't seem to survive the temp swings in my LG.


P.S.  Oh my word, I just finally understood how to respond to a post correctly.  I kept hitting the reply button, thinking that would show the original post and it never seemed to work, but ya, you gotta hit the quote button.   

Keep us posted on your hatch. Yes, we learn new things all the time. Now it's easier on your to reply. Lol

 

[stefan333]

I realized something else today. It was the stupid thermometer I had in my styro bator that kept messing up. I put it inside the Brinsea to double check it, along with 2 other thermometers. The point is that my styrofoam bator works just fine, and now it's sitting with 41 empty egg spots in it. I just had to order 30 more hatching eggs cause it was so lonely.

 

[robopetz]

Hah you are definitely addicted! Do you have O.C.D. Too? Obsessive Chicken Disorder. Too funny!

 

[James the Bald]

I'm using a Farm Innovators 4200 with automatic egg turner. It was a package deal that had a egg candler with it. The Quail rails were made by Little Giant (Flemming Outdoors told me that parts from LG and Farm Innovators automatic egg turners are interchangeable).

 

[stefan333]

I'm using a Farm Innovators 4200 with automatic egg turner. It was a package deal that had a egg candler with it. The Quail rails were made by Little Giant (Flemming Outdoors told me that parts from LG and Farm Innovators automatic egg turners are interchangeable).

I have the LG bator and put the FI egg turner and fan in it, cause Tractor Supply didn't have them in stock, so I went to Rural King. I bought a basic LG, incubated a set of eggs, then decided the next time I wasn't going to turn them by hand anymore. And I had a dragged out hatch, so decided the fan might help. It took a bit of easy wiring up, though, for the fan.

Hah you are definitely addicted! Do you have O.C.D. Too? Obsessive Chicken Disorder. Too funny!

Ha Ha! Yes, I do. I thank God I built cheep 8x8 coop hoops. Only cost about $150 for one coop. Now we're building two more -when the weather decides it wants to cooperate, and we're adding an electric fence for their play yard. We're getting rid of our bunnies this week, too, just so we can make more room and concentrate more on our chickens. I don't even care about having too many eggs. To me it's not a money making adventure (other than my Lavender Orps that I want to breed and sell hatching eggs when they get old enough), but a way to share the love of chickens and give back to my community. My neighbors will be happy, and I heard the Salvation Army Homeless Shelter will take free farm eggs. We also have one of those big freezers, so that'll help. Thank God, my human children love devilled (we call them angelled) eggs and chicken, cause we're gonna have a booty load.

 

[robopetz]

And.... They are just so much fun and entertaining! Lol that's great that your giving eggs away. I'm sure they all will be happy, especially the shelter. Kudos to you for that. I too just give away my button quail eggs and quails themselves. Awesome!