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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:05 pm 
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Hello everyone, I am looking at getting an incubator and want to know the pros and cons of manual versus auto turners? Cheers


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Hi Jaffa, The real difference is with manual turners, the eggs should be turned three times a day & that means opening the bator to do so loosing heat each time, not to mention being there to do so. All our bators are Auto's



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Hi,
Semi autos could also be an option,you just have to remember to turn them...!!

I use an auto & 2 semi autos-i turn them 7.30am & 7.30pm each day-advantage over manual is that you will not have to open the door,advantage over Auto is you dont have to pay as much.Disadvantage over auto is you have to remeber to turn it :!:


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Im learning lots about Incubators :idea: , had no idea about semi auto ones. Do they have a handle on the outside to turn the eggs :?: with me memory i'd forget to turn them :-? is there a lot of price difference between semi & auto :?:




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Depends what size you want & what brand....

here are a few prices off Multiquip :) :

http://www.multiquip.com.au/searchdb.ph ... Incubators


E1 E1 Incubator - Semi Automatic (144 Hen Egg Capacity, 36 Eggs Weekly)
$1380.00
E1A E1 Incubator - Fully Automatic (144 Hen Egg Capacity, 36 Eggs Weekly)
$1960.00
E2 E2 Incubator - Semi Automatic (288 Hen Egg Capacity, 76 Eggs Weekly)
$1740.00
E2A E2 Incubator - Fully Automatic (288 Hen Egg Capacity, 72 Eggs Weekly)
$2310.00
E3 E3 Incubator - Semi Automatic (576 Hen Egg Capacity, 144 Eggs Weekly)
$2540.00
E3A E3 Incubator - Fully Automatic (576 Hen Egg Capacity, 144 Eggs Weekly)
$3200.00

1.2-COV12M 12 Hen Egg Capacity - Manual Hand Turning
$205.00
1.3-IMST12M 12 Hen Egg Capacity - Manual Hand Turning
$260.00
1.4-IMST12A 12 Hen Egg Capacity - Fully Automatic Turning
$335.00
1.5-IMST16M 16 Hen Egg Capacity - Semi Automatic Turning
$483.00
1.6-IMST16A 16 Hen Egg Capacity - Fully Automatic Turning
$636.00
1.7-IMST24M 24 Hen Egg Capacity - Semi Automatic Turning
$529.00
1.8-IMST24A 24 Hen Egg Capacity - Fully Automatic Turning
$690.00
2.1-IMST35A 35 Hen Egg Capacity - Fully Automatic Turning *ROLLING TRAY FOR MIXING EGGS*
$879.00
2.2-IMST35AE 35 Hen Egg Capacity - Fully Automatic Turning & Digital Thermostat *ROLLING TRAY FOR MIXING EGGS*
$1320.00
2.3-IMST36M 36 Hen Egg Capacity - Semi Automatic Turning
$590.00
2.4-IMST36A 36 Hen Egg Capacity - Fully Automatic Turning
$807.00
2.5-IMST36AE 36 Hen Egg Capacity - Fully Automatic Turning & Digital Thermostat
$1128.00
2.6-IMST54M 54 Hen Egg Capacity - Semi Automatic Turning
$704.00
2.7-IMST54A 54 Hen Egg Capacity - Fully Automatic Turning
$885.00


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Thanks Kai thats great information, so from around $180-$600, thats a big difference just to remember to turn the eggs. That would buy a lot of Ginkgo biloba (for the memory-I think :lol: ) which one do you use?



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Jeff Trescott wrote:
which one do you use?



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IM72A,E1 Semi Auto & E2 Semi Auto


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Have you had a good run with it, some incubators I hear are not very good, guess it depends on the price :!:





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Hi, I bought a semi-auto used Brinsea Octagon 10 incubator from ebay for $157. Before setting the eggs I downloaded a calendar from www.timeanddate.com which you can customise however you wish - then most importantly - noted 3 to 5 times daily on my printed calendar, every time I turned my incubator and also kept note of temperature variations. Only had a couple of days where the time between "turns" ran longer than they should have, but chicks hatched ok. :-D


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Thats very helpful whirlyhen, very good information coming in this topic, I think it will help a lot of us. Its amaizing whats on the internet, you can get just about anything :shock:




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