Open Contest Battle of the 'Bators—16th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

[Kjnannay]

Awesome, I’m jealous!


The view is quite impressive! Definitely an advantage.


Wow, that’s some high humidity. I wonder if the hygrometer is off.

No idea if it is...but we've been hatching 50% for the most. We did have one set that only 2 chicks hatched. We think the cold in the barn had something to do with that

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

Love your setup.. ours the humidity reads 70%.. not sure how to lower it. I'm thinking it's wrong.. like the creativity with humidity idea!!!

Is the vent wide open?

 

[AinaWGSD]

• Manufacturer- Brinsea
• Model- Ovation 56 EX
• Egg Capacity- 56 standard chicken eggs
• What I like about it- easy peasy and rock steady! We pretty much set temp and humidity once at the start of incubation and again at lockdown and it maintains temp and humidity perfectly. Also a big fan of the large viewing area during hatching...huge improvement over the styrofoam incubator we started with!
• What I don't like about it- I'm not thrilled about the beeping noise it makes as the turner rotates. Husband thinks he's funny and has taken to calling "they're turning!" every time he hears "beepbeepbeepbeep" Also, the lid design allows fluff to get between the layers but is difficult to clean between the inner wall and the outer walls. But in the end these are very minor complaints.