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    Quote Originally Posted by Deborah View Post
    You will not fit six clutched of BP in here. Dimension are a little over 16 inches X a little over 19 inches.

    To the OP for the price range you are mentioning the best would be to build your own, you can often pickup a fridge for free and than you will spend about $200 for a reliable t-stat, heat tape and egg boxes, additionally you will be able to grow into it not having to upgrade the following year.

    That's my incubator I can incubate 20 to 30 clutches depending on the tub size I use, between T-stat, heat tape, fan, all the egg boxes and egg crate I spend about $200 / $250

    Are there shelves in that or are the tubs just all stacked on top of eachother?
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    Re: whats a good incubator

    Quote Originally Posted by Mike41793 View Post
    Are there shelves in that or are the tubs just all stacked on top of eachother?
    No shelves, the tubs are stack on the top of each others, they can be added if need to be.
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    Re: whats a good incubator

    Quote Originally Posted by snake lab View Post
    Build your own. Way more bang for the buck. If your incubating 40 dollar eggs then a hovabator with a cheap thermostat is fine.
    I would NEVER recommend using a cheap thermostat on any incubator, and the wafer thermostat that comes with it, while reliable, will give you gray hairs trying to keep it adjusted.

    Go Herpstat or Helix. You want a top quality proportional thermostat with a reputation for reliability.

    That said, the Hovabator holds temperatures fantastically, usually better than the majority of homemade incubators. I use them exclusively. I tried making a whole closet incubator, but stabilizing it was just an incredible pain. The Hovabators have never let me down...plus, with only 5 clutches per unit, I don't have 'all of my eggs in one basket'....if something were to ever go wrong with an incubator or thermostat, I wouldn't lose everything.

    That's definitely something to consider when you are thinking about incubators.
    A great big one may seem efficient, but several smaller ones is safer.
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