Hatch your own baby chicks at home with the full view table-top Chick-Bator incubator from McMurray Hatchery. This incubator is designed for home use and features a crystal clear top for a complete view to watch as your chicks hatch. Holds up to 50 chicken or duck hatching eggs, or 130 quail eggs. NOTE: Egg capacity is calculated without and automatic turner in place. Optional turner and egg trays sold separately below.
The full view table-top Chick-Bator incubator insulates and warm the eggs uniformly like a polystyrene Hova-Bator. It features an easy to read temperature display, crystal clear top, insulated plastic base, plastic grid floor, and a convenient external auto-fill water tank and trough system to maintain proper humidity levels. The thermostat can easily be set to the appropriate temperature required for the type of hatching eggs being set. This incubator can also be set as low as 80°F to accommodate non-poultry eggs such as reptile eggs — provided that the room temperature is low enough to allow it.
Can the turner be turned off when it is time to stop turning, or does it need to be removed?
The last three days of the incubation, it is advised to remove the automatic turner and set the eggs on the wire screen for hatching. We do not recomment leaving the eggs in the turner the last three days as the chicks could possibly get tangled up in the turner while hatching, causing injury.
Can i use the quail egg turner for bantam eggs?
Quail eggs are even smaller than bantam eggs. We suggest using the chicken egg turner for bantam eggs.
Do you have to take lid off to add water
Yes, you will need to lift the incubator lid when adding water to the reservoir at the bottom of the incubator. Please add warm water for the humidity and be quick when lifting the lid so you do not lose the heat within the incubator.
Will the goose turner work for duck eggs?
It can depend on the size of the duck egg. Most can fit in the chicken sized turner.
Can the option that includes the goose egg turner also work with chicken eggs?
Chicken eggs will not fit properly in the goose egg turner. You would need the chicken egg turner for chicken eggs.
When you buy this incubator with the chicken egg turner, can you buy the goose egg turner to go with it? Or do you have to buy two separate units?
You may purchase accessories for the Full View Incubator, such as the Replacement Goose Racks (sku #2GRR) to fit on the automatic egg turner. Or, you can purchase the complete turner with goose racks attached (sku #2GT), that will fit in the Full View Incubator.
https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/incubator_accessories.html
will the chicken egg turner work for Narragansett turkey eggs?
If you can fit the turkey eggs into a large egg carton, and close the lid comfortably, then the turkey eggs would fit in the chicken egg turner. Otherwise, you may need to utilize the goose egg turner for your turkey eggs.
Do you have to put water in the window incubator
Yes, water is added to the bottom of the incubator, into the reservoir channels.
I just purchased the incubator with smaller windows last year. Will my turner, etc., that I already have, fit into the new one with the bigger windows?
Yes, it is the same turner used in the picture window or full view incubators.
My Hoverbator incubator is about 4 years old and has recently stopped producing heat. The fan still works but I discovered as I went to turn the eggs, the inside was room temperature. Is there a replacement part I can order to fix it?
Thank you!
Do you have the full view or picture window incubator? We do have replacement parts available, but it will depend on which incubator you own for what parts are needed.
how many quail eggs will the automatic turner hold?
The turner will hold up to 120 quail eggs.
How many chicken eggs does the automatic turner hold?
The automatic turner will hold 42 chicken eggs.
Can the chicks stay in this incubator once they're born?
Chicks can stay in the incubator mostly until they dry, but the hatched chicks seem to help encourage the others to hatch, just by being in there. Usually, just keep them in there for a few hours. Then they need to be in their brooder situation.
