This unit has:<\/h2>\n\n- Plastic coated Styrofoam construction with plastic coating on the outside to reduce breakage and make cleaning easier. It also helps hold temperatures constant<\/li>\n
- It has various size self turning egg racks available<\/li>\n
- Unit has digital temperature controller<\/li>\n
- Unit has DIGITAL humidity indicator!<\/li>\n
- Unit has automatic forced air circulation which greatly improves hatches!<\/li>\n
- Unit has a count down timer to help you remember hatch date!<\/li>\n
- Package contains standard thermometer also provided.<\/li>\n
- Unit has closable air vents built in<\/li>\n
- Unit comes with a candler but is to large for quail eggs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Out of box to full usage was less than 30 minutes! We removed the regular egg racks and replaced with the quail size ones. Added water, added an external thermometer through one of the ventilation holes and plugged it in to allow it to cycle. It did this inside of an hour!<\/p>\n![\"We](\"http:\/\/ultimatepicklejar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/inc1.jpg\")
We have a few eggs in the unit to test it. It is holding temperature perfectly. The digital controller cycles often and temps hold within 1\/2 degree at most. We ordered these from Kentucky and it was a very hot trip for them. We lost 10 due to breakage and do not expect a very good hatch rate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n![\"Future](\"http:\/\/ultimatepicklejar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/inc3.jpg\")
Future meals in the making :)Notice th elow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n![\"Probably](\"http:\/\/ultimatepicklejar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/inc4.jpg\")
Probably the best looking unit we found so far in it’s class for incubating and hatching your quail eggs. Maybe when I retire we can go to the Sportsman model cabinet model.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nUPDATE: 7-31-17<\/p>\n
Our first hatch came off without any major hitches!. The egg were delivered to us from Kentucky and in early July with temps in the mid 90’s, we were surprised to get such a good hatch!<\/p>\n
We lost 10 from breakage and 15 showed no development. From these we hatched 21 babies! The eggs were from 2 strains and it did seem that the brown ones hatched 12 hours ahead of the white ones!<\/p>\n
We also scored another incubator from Sheila’s son and family which she set up to hatch in. It is the Hovabator and has better water rings than the one we used to incubate in.<\/p>\n
It took only a few hours to get the little fellas to eat and drink. We did have to grind the food in a “bullet” as these wee ones are really “wee ones” \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n![\"New](\"http:\/\/ultimatepicklejar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/final100_1445.jpg\")
New quail babies!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Out of box to full usage was less than 30 minutes! We removed the regular egg racks and replaced with the quail size ones. Added water, added an external thermometer through one of the ventilation holes and plugged it in to allow it to cycle. It did this inside of an hour!<\/p>\n UPDATE: 7-31-17<\/p>\n Our first hatch came off without any major hitches!. The egg were delivered to us from Kentucky and in early July with temps in the mid 90’s, we were surprised to get such a good hatch!<\/p>\n We lost 10 from breakage and 15 showed no development. From these we hatched 21 babies! The eggs were from 2 strains and it did seem that the brown ones hatched 12 hours ahead of the white ones!<\/p>\n We also scored another incubator from Sheila’s son and family which she set up to hatch in. It is the Hovabator and has better water rings than the one we used to incubate in.<\/p>\n It took only a few hours to get the little fellas to eat and drink. We did have to grind the food in a “bullet” as these wee ones are really “wee ones” \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n