Candler for hatching

[Finnish]

How many of you use these and which one is a good make.

[Game & Pursuit Falcon UK]

Brinsea cool lume works excellently, without moving the egg around too much. Also try the buddy heart monitor, worked reasonably well for me last season. The cool lume does what it says on the tin it dosent heat the embrio when candling.

[Finnish]

Cheers K have you got any links to these mate.


Finnish

[Game & Pursuit Falcon UK]

No, but for gods sake dont buy one from Brinsea buy from interhatch of Chesterfield. For some unknown reason its far cheaper to buy Brinseas products from a supplier than the manufacturer! Me thinks they may be greedy on the profit margins.

[Finnish]

So K would this one be any good....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Brinsea-egg-candler-for-hatching-eggs-incubator_W0QQitemZ7740053975QQcategoryZ3211QQssPa geNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Game & Pursuit Falcon UK]

Its OK but not the cool lume and they do tend to warm up hellish quick. If memmory serves me right thats about the cost of a new cool lume from Interhatch. Buy the cool lume youll never regret it!

[Finnish]

Ok cheers mate thanks for your help.......

[BlackShaheen1]

i have used a mini maglite in the past . but the buddy is great just put the developing egg in and it tells you the heart beat . but it dont iluminnate. the candeler on ebay is ok. remmember in the old days they used to use a candle.

[Game & Pursuit Falcon UK]

Yep your right but they didnt apply the candle to the egg. Which you need to do with the Ebay candler. There fore risking damage to the embrio. I too have used a mag light and would have to say never again as the light is too far diffused for absolute accuracey.

[Talon]

allso try these ppl finnish .there usally cheeper than brinsea even though its brinseas products.

http://www.hatchitincubators.com/

[Moses]

talon i bought my incubator fae them too, nice helpful people right up tae 9pm at night, always awesome for advice, i got the brinsea candler from them , gonna test it on the 10th day

[Stephen]

hows yours coming on moses i got mine up and running with 100 quail eggs in it and a few birds to start me of

[Moses]

hows yours coming on moses i got mine up and running with 100 quail eggs in it and a few birds to start me of


thats excellent mate was this the digital octagon mate the 60 egg one


mate a full week on monday afternoon after that give it 3 days will check with the egg candler, i wish i had took brians advice and gone for an octagon, it looks so easy

i hope mines good as well and i do hope they hatch :D, got my thermos yesterday after i broke the first one

is this the one u got

cheers
http://www.dblrsupply.com/store/brinsea/octagon40.jpg

[Stephen]

yes a octagon 40 dx holds 120 quail eggs has built in digital thermometer
so hope i get some to hatch and 10 birds 4 japanese and 6 chinese painted
one laid a egg in the box on the way home lol

[Moses]

yes a octagon 40 dx holds 120 quail eggs has built in digital thermometer
so hope i get some to hatch and 10 birds 4 japanese and 6 chinese painted
one laid a egg in the box on the way home lol

lol mate did u go to keiths tae collect it :D


mate i bid for the same one as yours yesterday, it was a new one at discount price buy it now price was 175.00 quid from hatchin incubators, i dont know maybe it was a recalled fixed one but i had the highest bid at 140.00 it was on offer i missed the deadline and didnt get it, i was out that time when it finished

see how it goes, looks so awesome mate and easy to run, i saw brians other one, his is a different octagon, they look alot easier to use

all the best bud and happy qualling :D

[Hawkmaster]

What is best at a reasonable cost to do Goshawk eggs?

[Jeremiah Johnson]

I bought three oct 20 ......... but I found the digital thermo display to be out on all three ranging from 0.3 to a full degree above display temp

I also think they are a bit gammy made which has made me think a bit..

however people have great succses with them ....... but to my way of thinking ..

If they cant be ****d to calibrate the digital thermometers what else cant they be ****d to get right??

so I getting AB newlife incubator next year

[Roel_Birds]

Good thinking. I threw out my Octagon 20 some 3 years ago. The temperature differed 1°C from the center to the sides. I used it as a wet incubator and it killed every egg I put in it.

[MickeyDredd]

A mate of mine who breeds a fair bit swears by the Buddy.

[Zappa]

i find the turn x the best, small but holds a lot of water if u need to get the humidity up high.......

[Finnish]

Candler bought from Lewis.(Hatch-it Incubators) Plus two Octagon 20 and i found that the thermometer is quite a bit out you need to get spot checks. They work very well...:D

[Talon]

i find the turn x the best, small but holds a lot of water if u need to get the humidity up high.......

i use the same.its a cracking little incubater. just a bit noisey though.
other than that there great.

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Candler bought from Lewis.(Hatch-it Incubators) Plus two Octagon 20 and i found that the thermometer is quite a bit out you need to get spot checks. They work very well...:D

finnish mate beware of brinsea spot checks i bought three found them all to be a tad out by small varing amounts ...

I recommend you get a certificated thermometer from russel sciebntific labs around a 100 squids well worth putting your mind at ease

[Sparrow Hawker]

finnish mate beware of brinsea spot checks i bought three found them all to be a tad out by small varing amounts ...

I recommend you get a certificated thermometer from russel sciebntific labs around a 100 squids well worth putting your mind at ease

I've found the same thing, there is away to calibrate the Brinsea Spot checks as they sell them already calibrated although you have to pay extra, does anyone know the best way to calibrate them?

Cheers,

SH

[Finnish]

Now you have said that i did pay extra for the calibrated one's:D

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Now you have said that i did pay extra for the calibrated one's:D


Do they come with a certificate .... fin to my way of thinking if they cant be ****d to calibrate them in the first place they gonna do it special?

I mean it aint as if its a garden thermometer is it ... It's a freaking device that is supposed to be accurate to within 1 tenth of a degree

Trust me ger a certificated scientific one

Jez

[Sparrow Hawker]

I'm not 100% certain but I think I've seen them advertised somewhere saying that they come with a calibration certificate.

SH