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17-Oct-07, 02:50 PM
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Does anyone use either of these incubators? If so, how good are they? Are there any other brands anyone thinks I should take a look at?
Cheers,
Chanty79
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17-Oct-07, 03:04 PM
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I haven't heard of those brands before but I'm using a Hovabator at the moment and it seems to be doing the job well. They aren't exactly huge, I have managed to fit six chinese food containers into mine (enough to hold approx 3 clutches of vitticeps eggs) but they do hold a pretty steady temperature. The viewing window is handy too. I've also got a bar fridge incubator, as the Hovabator isn't going to be big enough to get me through the season.
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17-Oct-07, 04:16 PM
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multiquip has been around for years, they are a good reliable
unit.
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17-Oct-07, 04:19 PM
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yes they have been around for a long time never heard of a problem with that brand ,never used one but i just make my own
Mick Quote:
Originally Posted by beeman  multiquip has been around for years, they are a good reliable
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17-Oct-07, 04:28 PM
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I looked into getting a multiquip, they come in bigger sizes but they are pretty pricey - thats seems to be the only downfall.
The larger kimani looks pretty good too, its cheaper than a multiquip of the same size but they are in WA so freight might be a bit. All comes down to what size you want and how much you want to pay. They look more acurate than a home-made job but home-made is much cheaper.
Last edited by lozza; 17-Oct-07 at 04:36 PM.
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17-Oct-07, 04:45 PM
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Yep I have been going with a homemade the last two seasons but decided it was time to get a little more serious about incubation.. I do have my eyes on that multiquip
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17-Oct-07, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Chanty79 Yep I have been going with a homemade the last two seasons but decided it was time to get a little more serious about incubation.. I do have my eyes on that multiquip | I have a Kimani and another commercial unit but still use my old fridge incubator as a preference. The commercial ones are just too damn small for practical use.
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17-Oct-07, 09:33 PM
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Chanty
The trick is to find an experienced incubator man who has the time to build you an incubator from an old fridge - I know plenty of them but none has any spare time 
Good Luck 
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17-Oct-07, 10:23 PM
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i bought a secondhand Multiquip E1 chook incubator on this site last year and I took it the factory to be converted into a specialist reptile incubator last week.
I am due to pick it up next week so i will tell you how it goes.
When i was in their showroom I saw a full-on reptile incubator that would take 20 clutches easily. It looked the size of two tuckerbox freezers put together.
Buy Australian is my tip and Multiquip have a great name.
Happy Hatching
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18-Oct-07, 07:30 AM
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I used to breed Emus and had many large incubators.. Multiquip is an excellent incubator. I had 8 very large ones, and wish I had kept a couple now.....
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18-Oct-07, 07:47 AM
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NOTHING and I mean NOTHING beats my old single door Westinghouse, been using it for years and have a hatch rate of better than 95%.
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18-Oct-07, 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by The Devil NOTHING and I mean NOTHING beats my old single door Westinghouse, been using it for years and have a hatch rate of better than 95%. | How is it set up? Heat cord, lights?
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18-Oct-07, 08:36 AM
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I use lights in the bottom and a 25 watt heat cord up the top, it's a fairly big fridge, also twin fans.
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18-Oct-07, 12:22 PM
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i have a multiquip one it works great. i have hatch macs in it at 45 days.
if only they were bigger
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18-Oct-07, 12:26 PM
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Which multiquip model do you have Tristis?
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