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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: North Base Farm on May 13, 2013, 02:23:28 pm

Title: Choice of incubator
Post by: North Base Farm on May 13, 2013, 02:23:28 pm: Can anyone recommend a simple incubator for trying to hatch for domestic use?
Title: Re: Choice of incubator
Post by: HesterF on May 13, 2013, 02:27:25 pm: How many eggs will you want to hatch? I've got a Brinsea (new this year) based on recommendations of others. It's one of their bigger ones but they do a whole range. I couldn't get the very small ones because I wanted it for goose eggs too but worth looking at - their website has a useful section to compare their different types. Mine is all singing, all dancing, controlling temperature/humidity/turning (except when the cradle was broken but that's been replaced now and touch wood is still working). But you can get the manually controlled ones for much less than I paid!

H
Title: Re: Choice of incubator
Post by: Dan on May 13, 2013, 03:07:23 pm: You might find these recent similar threads useful:

http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/forum/index.php?topic=33286.0 (http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/forum/index.php?topic=33286.0)
http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/forum/index.php?topic=33778.0 (http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/forum/index.php?topic=33778.0)

Dan
Title: Re: Choice of incubator
Post by: PIGBOY on May 13, 2013, 04:20:30 pm: I have a R-com King suro incubator and it is fantastic, have a look on P and T poultry!
Title: Re: Choice of incubator
Post by: sidds on May 13, 2013, 05:05:26 pm: We have an R-com 20 pro, bought it second hand over 2years ago and would definitley recommend, never let us down. It's fully automatic and a lot easier to use than semi automatic...
Title: Re: Choice of incubator
Post by: graham-j on May 13, 2013, 11:06:14 pm: Hi,another vote for the Brinsea Octagon 20,the eco version is reasonably price,very simple to use and very little to go wrong.But above all it dose the job.

Graham.
Title: Re: Choice of incubator
Post by: Bodger on May 14, 2013, 08:31:36 am: I'm two weeks into using my brand new Eco 20, I'll tell you if I'd reccomend it in about a weeks time. :fc:
Title: Re: Choice of incubator
Post by: artscott on May 15, 2013, 01:02:03 pm: We have a hovabator, nice and simple and if you are on a buget you can add extras like the auto turner and fan at a later date if you feel you need them.
Title: Re: Choice of incubator
Post by: hughesy on May 15, 2013, 06:22:46 pm: I'll second that. If you want a cheap incy a hovabator will accomodate a lot of eggs and will do a good job so long as you don't mind fiddling with the thermostat a bit to keep the temp right. I can thoroughly recommend the r-com suro too but they've got a bit expensive since we bought ours.