Favorite Incubators or advice?

boykin2010

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I have a GQF Sportsman that I keep packed 24/7.
I have a brinsea octagon advance ex
and I have a LG styrofoam incubator

I have the best hatch rates from my GQF, then brinsea, then LG.
I use the brinsea as a "drier" for the chicks occasionally instead of an incubator when my hatching trays are full. I am setting about 80 eggs per week.
I have had good hatch rates out of the brinsea though. My problem was that it only holds 24 eggs - and that wasn't near big enough for me.

I had poor hatch rates with the LG and have found the temperature and humidity are hard to control during incubation.
 

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We have only used three times our FarmInnovators incubator but so far so good. It is easy to use, clean up nicely, and we have had good hatch rates. We got the circulated air one with an egg turner on Amazon.com for a pretty good price.
 

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Well...our cheapie styrofoam incubator has hatched us a great batch of chicks again...had 20...but one poor little chick had it's insides trailing out of it...had to dispatch of that poor little thing...so have 19 healthy chicks in the brooder now...very cute and will get pics later...I am so tired today and ready to be a couch potato with a heating pad for my back and a nice big bag of fattening chips and Amerian Idol soon :)
 
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