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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: wolfie on August 03, 2008, 10:29:45 pm

Title: Recommend an incubator??
Post by: wolfie on August 03, 2008, 10:29:45 pm

Hi , has anyone any tips / advice/ recommendations for incubator buying.  It;s not for commercial use, but we would like something for about  2 dozen hens eggs. From the ads it appears there are various degrees of automation, we are unsure as to what we might need. All advice  gratefully received. Many thanks.

Title: Re: Recommend an incubator??
Post by: Rosemary on August 04, 2008, 11:15:26 am

We had a Covatutto and it let us down three times. We now have a Brinsea and it has been completely reliable. It's an Octagon 10 which is too small for what you want but the make has been good.

I woould recommend an automatic cradle for turning unless you are awfully well organised.

Title: Re: Recommend an incubator??
Post by: rorsa on August 07, 2008, 12:26:49 pm

I have an R-Com 20 Pro which is fantastic - all you have to do is top the water up every few days, it does everything else for you.

Title: Re: Recommend an incubator??
Post by: Pebbles on August 09, 2008, 04:00:24 pm

We're having our first attempt at hatching. Our eggs are going in to a Lyon TX6 today and more will go in to a Little Giant which we're waiting to arrive from the States. Will let you know how they do.

Fingers crossed!  :chook: