Are some egg incubators better than others?
What features should you look for in portable poultry/chicken incubators?
After doing the research we reckon we are now incubator suppliers of the best chicken egg incubators for sale in Australia. Once you’ve read our findings you might agree…
Pros and Cons of Popular Portable Incubators
Buying a small chicken incubator can be confusing. What features of egg incubators are really important to a successful hatch? We did the research on popular poultry incubators to find out. The results may surprise you!
Should the Chicken Incubator Have a Fan?
Many egg incubators for sale are available without a fan. From this you might think, as it’s an optional extra, that a fan’s not that important in a chick incubator. The truth is that chicken egg incubators without a fan are a waste of the money and many hours you were planning to invest in hatching chickens.
Why? Because, the single most important factor to success when it comes to hatching chickens is maintaining proper temperature conditions!
A recent trial of popular portable egg incubators bought without fans (Hova Bator Incubators and the Little Giant Incubator) found that the temperature distribution within the units was so poor that the corners were 4 to 5°F colder than the center.
The trial concluded that “Equalizing the temperature of the internal air with the fan kit can therefore be expected to stabilize either the Hova-bator or the Little Giant substantially.”
So make sure your incubator is fitted with a fan!
Should Portable Egg Incubators Have Electronic Temperature Control?
The same trial compared the Hova Bator incubator, which has a crude wafer-style thermostatic unit, with the Little Giant incubator in which temperature is electronically controlled.
It found that temperature in the Hova Bator fluctuated one to two degrees - both higher and lower than the desired temperature - every ten minutes, corresponding to cycling of the thermostatic switch. It also took a lot longer to recover temperature after the unit had been opened.
The researcher concluded that "The electronic control is clearly superior...".
So get a poultry incubator with electronic temperature control!
Why Should Egg Incubators Be Easy to Clean?
Because eggshells are porous, germs can easily get in and infect your un-hatched chicks. Infected chicks either fail to hatch or die soon after. That is why poor sanitation between hatches is a common cause of disappointing hatch results.
According to manufacturers, egg incubators made of foam should not be cleaned with anything other than plain water, and should not be scrubbed. So how can you get them clean? It is very difficult to restore foam units to the hygienic state necessary to safeguard your next batch of eggs.
So go for a poultry incubator that is easy to sanitize!
The NEW Fantastic-Farms Poultry Incubator:
Brand New Model With Clear "see through" Top
Our Fantastic-Farms Poultry Incubator is top of the range of Manual Turn egg incubators for sale in Australia.
PLEASE NOTE. We worked with the factory to produce this incubator to Australian Standards.
All our incubators have been run for a 2 hour period and we reset the temperature to the correct range for incubation.
We are also chicken breeders on our 5 acre property and we have written a very simple to use
10 page instruction manual so you can incubate your own eggs
Here's why it's the BEST...
Fully automatic, precise ELECTRONIC TEMPERATURE CONTROL.
150MM FAN for excellent air circulation and even incubator temperature.
EASY TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE- unlike foam incubators!
LARGE 60 CHICKEN EGG CAPACITY.
Suitable for ALL POULTRY - Chickens, Ducks, Goose, Turkey, Quail etc.
Separate water channels for HUMIDITY MANAGEMENT.
PORTABLE incubators.
Includes detailed INSTRUCTION MANUAL and INCUBATION GUIDE.
CE Approved - MANUFACTURED TO AUSTRALIAN AND NZ STANDARDS.
12 MONTHS AUSTRALIAN WARRANTY.
Sorry for the listing but we have just run out and the next shipment of incubators has been delayed until the 10th of October
We are very sorry for the trouble it may have caused...regards Graeme
Avoid disappointment and don't waste your time and money on anything less!
If you have any questions
please call us on (08) 9571 1936
or contact us through Fantastic-Farms.com
Cheers for now!
Meg and Graeme.
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