Help! I want to hatch more chicks, but don't know which to pick!

[chuckmill83]

I wanted to get an incubator to hatch at least 50 eggs at a time. I’ve used smaller incubators, but they are hard to keep up with, even with small batches. Any suggestions on ones that can allow me to hatch more eggs without having to constantly monitor temp and humidity?

 

[Debbie292d]

Brinsea 56EX Ovation automatic is one. Just make sure it says automatic as that's the auto humidity. They all auto-turn.

You'd still need a thermometer/hygrometer to set it up as no matter what incubator as rarely is one correct on temp or humidity.

 

[chuckmill83]

Brinsea 56EX Ovation automatic is one. Just make sure it says automatic as that's the auto humidity. They all auto-turn.

You'd still need a thermometer/hygrometer to set it up as no matter what incubator as rarely is one correct on temp or humidity.

I got ya, just want something that's as hands off as possible, since we still work and can't be constantly watching it for the 3 weeks, thank you! I will look into that one. our first batch was a homemade setup, including hand turning which was stressful, but we still got 6 out of 14 to hatch, so we felt lucky!

 

[Debbie292d]

I got ya, just want something that's as hands off as possible, since we still work and can't be constantly watching it for the 3 weeks, thank you! I will look into that one. our first batch was a homemade setup, including hand turning which was stressful, but we still got 6 out of 14 to hatch, so we felt lucky!

We have three of those. They are really, "set it and forget it." We have them hooked up to a gallon jug of distilled water. The two on the left have eggs at various stages, and the right is where they go for lockdown.

One of them is a Brinsea Connect, which has an app on my phone I can check, but I found I really didn't need to as it's always spot on. It's nice though as if you ever needed to, you can change the humidity, temp, or turn off rotating from your phone wherever you are.

 

[casportpony]

I wanted to get an incubator to hatch at least 50 eggs at a time. I’ve used smaller incubators, but they are hard to keep up with, even with small batches. Any suggestions on ones that can allow me to hatch more eggs without having to constantly monitor temp and humidity?

I think these are your high-end optios:

• Brinsea
  • https://www.brinsea.com/p-587-ovation-56-ex-fully-automatic-digital-egg-incubator.aspx
    
  • https://www.brinsea.com/p-722-ovation-56-ex-connect-app-controlled-incubator.aspx
    
• RCOM
  • https://rcom-incubator.com/collections/frontpage/products/max-50-do-avian-incubator-mx-50-do
    
  • https://rcom-incubator.com/collections/frontpage/products/pro-50-do-digital-incubator-px-50-do
    

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