Cheap Amazon 12 Egg Incubator [How To Use]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.พ. 2021
- Did you buy an Automatic egg turning 6, 9, or 12 Egg Incubator off Amazon? Did the instructions SUCK?!
In today's video we will walk you through how to use one of the off-brand 12 egg incubators with automatic turners. They are a great deal on Amazon but man do the instructions SUCK! Once you learn how to use it you will be hatching eggs in no time without spending a fortune on a fancy incubator.
We will lead you through setting up the turning tray, difference in hatching floor, and how to add water. We will go through how we maintain the humidity and temperature. This is our favorite cheap incubator, but it needs a little finesse to make it work perfectly every time. We have hatched dozens of chicken and quail eggs in the exact incubator shown.
The branding on this incubator changes regularly but you may have bought this automatic 6, 9, 12 egg incubator off amazon under the name of Janoel, Vivohome, HBLife, HatchMate, Good Mother, or DirectWholesaler16. Don't fret, these are all the same machine and with a few helpful hints you'll be hatching your own chickens, quail, or ducks in no time!
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Thermometer/Hygrometer we suggest:
Govee shown in the video: amzn.to/3dhP1PY
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The hole on the top is a vent only.
Not to add water into it.
Yes! I agree vent only. I also use it to poke my hygrometer through to check humidty
I have ALWAYS wondered about those "cheap but not really cheap" incubators on amazon! Thank you for the review!
Thanks. Like your style.
GREAT PERSONALITY LOVE YOUR VIDEO
I purchased the exact one on Amazon, it had worked for Me! No complains, I do believe you purchased the European model, The one I bought now says Farenheit, buy these are worth to buy 2 for more egg hatching, they Work! Also the hole on top is a vent and not a water refill, lifting the lid to pour water in is equivelant to a hen whe. She gets up to eat and drink water, but also yes the price went Up!
Very informative thank you 😊
Awe thanks!
Can you make a video be more specific on setting the temperature I read the instructions and talks about lower setting upper setting parameter setting etc etc how do you set those
Hi and greetings from Germany! I do have the same incubator and it's working fine for now, its only day 2 but i do have a question. I have a humidity reader inside, and when i pour in 100ml of water, the humidity is really high like 80% :o now i'm adding like 10ml only every 7h and humidity is 50%..do you think the reader is broken?
The reader in the incubator never really worked that well for me. I use a separate one and also I use a dry hatch method so I'm not terribly concerned over the day to day humidity.
@@reaganskopp a dry hatch method?so you don't use any water at all for humidity?
Actually there is a humidity setting when you hold down the set button for a few seconds.
How do you set the ls hu la etc etc
Can you please release a video on how you do your quial eggs in it? Thats what I'm going to use it for also. If you buy one now, it has F and C, something I noticed people saying in the Amazon reviews a lot too that it's only.
Thanks for the good review
Well this isn’t my full time job but I’ll do my best to make a video next time I hatch!
Where do you add water and how much do you do? Planning to put in 6 random chicken eggs from meyer
I just put the equivalent of a kids medicine cup in at first. Then replenish when dry. Then I do it again when I put them on lockdown. I’d encourage you to get a Hygrometer. If you live somewhere humid you may not even need water except at hatch. Your environment impacts the incubator.
Ok thanks
If you hold the set button down for a second there is a few other options such as humidity lol.
HU is not a humidity reader
@@marymyers6900 i have the same one. If you hold the button down you can change temperature and humidity period
Thank you so much for this video! I’m hatching chicken eggs with my kindergarten class with this exact machine.
This is my first time and I’m freaking out. Do I need to change the temp during incubation time? The instructions say I should change it but videos say to leave it the same? Please help 😂
Do you have a second thermometer inside the machine? I recommend it. Then you can make sure that the eggs stay around 99.5. Don’t panic! Remember a chicken gets off the nest a couple times a day for up to 15 minutes at a time. A little variation (not going too high) will be fine. I keep mine 99.5 and around 50% humidity (sometimes less) until near hatch. Then I try for 65%-75% humidity at hatch. I don’t change the temperature. Hope that helps!
@@reaganskopp how many ml of water do I need to put in to keep it at 50% humidity? I’m just going to follow your steps!
@@ashleydoudna4854 you probably aren’t going to like this answer but: I pour like a medicine cups worth of water in the bottom. Then when that is all gone I do it again. Then I put a generous dose of water (you’ll see moisture on a bit of the plastic) maybe two kids medicine cups worth at day 19 when I take the turners out and then DO NOT OPEN until they are done hatching. It will be hard to do. You will want to open it. But don’t. Hatching is really the only time you want to keep the temperature and humidity real steady.
@@reaganskopp I've read 1/4 cup every 2 days.
Until lock-down that is.
The hole is for venting. Not to add water.
OMG! 🤦♀️. Well there is my blonde moment for the... year...
I use it to stick a thermometer in
@@reaganskopp lol... yeah I was like maybe run a tube or straw through it ? lol
@@monteself6826 I just leave it be now that helpful folks explained it was for venting. I have a little squeeze bottle I use to quickly add water by just opening the lid slightly.
Do I ever have to add water at the bottom?
Yep. While I “dryish” hatch I am usually hatching in early spring and running very dry oil heat. I add a little water when it gets real dry and right before hatch.
The whole is for some moisture to escape not to put water in