Guest Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Please see this thread, viewtopic.php?f=63&t=55471 as it's in the quail section i don't think it's getting much attention although lewis has been very helpful. as an incubator can be used generically, can I put the question here please so I can get more advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 is this one any good do you think? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Forced-Air-Incubator-fan-assisted-hatch-your-own-eggs_W0QQitemZ280426840385QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Pet_Supplies_Poultry?hash=item414abe0141 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 I had great success with a Novital Covatutto 7 incubator and a Novital brooder, I bought both from Ascott and they were less than £90 together plus postage off their Ebay shop. The incubator holds up to 7 hens eggs so will hold considerably more quail, and the brooder holds 12 chicks for 1 week but I had 5 in there for 4 weeks (with an add on cardboard box for a run) , changing the bulb after 2 weeks so it was a little less warm. I imagine you could get quite a few quail in the brooder. Both are plastic and very easy to clean. Now is a good time to buy incubators! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poached Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 hi i have a r-com mini which comes with a quail tray and it does everything apart from you have to up the water i am now using a r-com king suro which hold up to 60+ quail eggs and i have hatched 4 silie chicks in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 thanks guys, if you happen to have urls for where you bought yours from I'd be very grateful xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 what about this, good value do you think? http://www.ascott.biz/acatalog/info_PY367.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 just found them on ascotts ebay site, the brooder and incubator come to £104 including postage but it comes to almost £120 on their web site have bought them, thanks claire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Blimey Justine, you don't hang around!! Just a few tips for the incubator and brooder: The bulbs used in both are standard and you can buy them in the shops so if you haven't got spares, make a note of the sizes when you get them and have a look at places that are clearing their stock of opaque bulbs (I've seen them in Wickes, same as incubator bulb, 2 for 30p). Whatever you do, don't put eggs in the incubator or chicks in the brooder until you have spare bulbs. If the bulb goes you may well lose your chicks/eggs. Having said that the bulbs were fine in mine and I am sure will last for ages but the insurance of spares saves many sleepless nights! When you get your incubator and brooder they will come in a huge cardboard box (probably from something like coffee, I think Ascott recycle packaging!), worth saving this as an emergency run for the little ones! I chopped my box in half heightways and pegged some old net curtain across the top to stop the chicks flying out, it gave them extra space to run about and venture out from the brooder when they were a couple of weeks old. I can use the top half of the box upside down next year for my next hatch. You will need a 500ml water bottle and some small clean pebbles for the brooder. The bottle is filled and inverted onto the water trough and provides a supply of clean water for the chicks. Obviously the pebbles go in the water trough so the chicks don't drown! When you open the brooder there is a piece of paper, printed with diagrams, roughly circular with odd shapes missing. Do not throw this away , it is a template for the base of the brooder, which is a hard plastic grille. Cut some, no lots, of paper to the size of the template and you will have a steady supply of sheets for the bottom of the brooder, these will need changing at least daily until the chicks are big enough (and have feet big enough) to walk on the grille. I found the brown packing paper ideal as it is a bit thicker than newspaper. You will need to clean the brooder once a day. I found the easiest way to do this was to put the chicks in a cardboard box and clip the top off the brooder and sit it over the cardboard box, make sure the top of the brooder is sitting on at least two opposite sides of the box! It took me just 10 minutes to clean the bottom half of the brooder, everything just clips apart. If I remember anything else I'll post it on here. Good luck with the hatching Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 just found them on ascotts ebay site, the brooder and incubator come to £104 including postage but it comes to almost £120 on their web site I know, when I bought mine last year there was a considerable difference between their website and their ebay shop, I think they can change the prices faster on ebay, and I always look there first as the ebay shop prices are very competitive They have some great farmhouse kitchen stuff, I bought my mum the electric mincer for her birthday, it is brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 when i make my mind up to do something I don't usually hang around thanks for all the advice, don't suppose you have pics of your cardboard box brooder/run or any of your hatching? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 p.s. when you say you changed the bulb after 2 weeks, so it was a little less warm, what did you change it to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 p.s. when you say you changed the bulb after 2 weeks, so it was a little less warm, what did you change it to? I used a 60w bulb instead of the 75w supplied with the brooder. The light bulb is attached to a plastic 'stick' with all the electrics in and a plastic cage around the bulb, the stick has little dents up the sides so you can lower and heighten it in the brooder, lower for more heat and higher for less. When my chicks got to two weeks old they were almost touching the bulb cage at it's highest so I put a lower wattage bulb in for them so they didn't get hot heads They need less heat as they get older anyway. You could take the stick out and use it in a home made brooder if you needed to There's a thread around somewhere with pics of my brooder with chicks in. *scuttles off to have a look* Edit: Found the first thread viewtopic.php?f=5&t=42021 It shows a couple of good shots of the brooder, scroll down the page for pic 2 The blue bit on the feeder trough comes off for really small birds like quail, and when they get bigger you can clip it back on again! Hope that helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 that's great, thanks claire I've just ordered a couple of books from amazon too by katie thear; one about rearing quail and the other about hatching/incubating etc lots of homework to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Good luck with it all Justine, it sounds really interesting, are you going to post about your experiences? You've actually got me thinking now, I have the equipment already I may be over in the quail section swatting up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 of course I'll let you know xxx I've registered here too, maybe see you over there? http://www.coturnixcorner.com/forum/index.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Go for it Claire ... I'll see you on CC aswell It all seems a bit quiet over there, I hadn't been on for a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 I've registered here too, maybe see you over there? http://www.coturnixcorner.com/forum/index.php Nooooooooooooo a whole forum devoted to quail, with cute chick pics too. I think I may need to have a long think about this, they are very cute though Go for it Claire ... I'll see you on CC aswell It all seems a bit quiet over there, I hadn't been on for a while Don't encourage me, please!! Are you sure you haven't been on there recently? I thought I saw you name on several threads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Are you sure you haven't been on there recently? I thought I saw you name on several threads I meant before this week I hadn't been on in a while, I used to go on all the time and it was busy, then it changed domains and we got a few more posters then recently its all slowed down a bit Hopefully a few new members will get a few threads going again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 the kit turned up today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 You soon got that all sorted ... roll on next year now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 the instructions are funny, obviously translated by someone foreign; too many examples but this is one of my favourites! Keep both the machine and the packaging out from the reach of children, minors, incapable people and animals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 I have a funny feeling that at some point they refer to chickens feet as paws too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Good job I didnt buy one it would have been confiscated on the grounds that I am a child Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
