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Stacey

Joined: 18 Jul 2005
Posts: 8380
Location: Kernow

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 06 7:58 am Post subject: Which incubator do you favour?

Our old novital has finally biten the dust I think. We aren't getting any succesful hatchings from anything - chickens ducks etc so we want to buy a new one. I've seen a couple of brinsea automatics for about £140. Are they any good? Better than Novital (who I haven't really been very pleased with)

Also - is an automatic any good for duck eggs? Do duck eggs need turning the same way chicken eggs do or could that be where we're going wrong?

saffranne

Joined: 23 Aug 2005
Posts: 428

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 06 10:05 am Post subject:
mine is a 24 eggs maino,and it has been very good,it is only a year old bought it on ebay brand new from p&t poultry it is semi automatic,have been very suceesful hatch with it,have not done any ducks yet

sunnyside

Joined: 23 Oct 2005
Posts: 96

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 06 11:39 am Post subject:
very pleased with my brinsea octogen 20 automatic. first hatch got 18 out of 19 eggs hatch-the fail was a damaged egg set in error. it is definatly worth buying a humidity reader too though-many people reckon doubles sucess rate.

Gai

Joined: 31 Dec 2004
Posts: 408
Location: Ireland

Posted: Thu Apr 06, 06 6:39 pm Post subject:
I use a Brinsea Polyhatch as it takes most sizes of poultry eggs. It hatched geese, ducks and chickens for me last year. Success rate was around 75%.

alanb

Joined: 13 Sep 2005
Posts: 20
Location: birmingham

Posted: Tue Apr 11, 06 1:57 pm Post subject: Incubator

we have been very pleased with the Manio 24 with all the assorted egg trays its a self turner and easy to see whats going on the humidity tray is a bit big for incubating but a small film pot filled once a day keeps it at 55%
its easy to clean and when sat on two old mouse mats quite quiet.
we have used it as hatcher by turning the top round you stop the turning mechnism. it needs only one plug nort like some with separate power to cradle. alanb

Stacey

Joined: 18 Jul 2005
Posts: 8380
Location: Kernow

Posted: Wed Apr 12, 06 8:04 am Post subject:
What with geography and my husbands inability to delay gratification (oooer missus) we ended up with a brinsea octagon 20 DX from the agricutural suppliers. He's put a batch in already so we'll see what happens. Thanks for all the input

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