Brinsea OvaEasy Hatcher EX Series III Cabinet Hatcher

Description

The OvaEasy Hatcher EX Series III is designed to complement the OvaEasy EX and EX Connect Series III setter incubators to provide a high quality, high-capacity multi-stage incubation system. However, the OvaEasy Hatcher EX Series III will also work with other incubators as setters including the smaller OvaEasy models.

Up to 192 hens’ eggs are held in 4 removable trays with removable covers to prevent the chicks escaping

The OvaEasy Hatcher EX Series III features Brinsea’s proven advanced digital control system which is both accurate and easy to use and fitted with an improved back-lit display for improved readability. Incubation temperature (in °C and °F) and humidity are continuously displayed along with temperature alarm and egg turning status. The incubator control system includes room temperature alarms to warn if the environmental temperature goes outside the optimum range. The control panel allows the user to adjust the temperature, ventilation and turning easily. Temperature and humidity levels are shown on a calibrated digital display on the front of the panel. A button on the control panel also illuminates the incubator interior making egg inspection easier.

Humidity is a crucial factor in the success (or otherwise) of hatching eggs, the OvaEasy Hatcher EX Series III puts accurate control of humidity into the hands of the user. This model has an integral humidity hump which effectively maintains the humidity level precisely at the level the user sets irrespective of changes in room humidity and so overcomes problems that can commonly lead to eggs failing to hatch – especially in the latest stages of incubation. A water bottle is supplied.

Multiple small fans blow air in laminar flow around the egg chamber to provide much better temperature distribution than a single large fan. This approach, coupled with the high levels of insulation mean that temperature is extremely evenly distributed throughout the egg chamber, ensuring good hatch rates, time after time.

The OvaEasy Hatcher EX Series III has a fully protected steel chassis which is rigid and rust resistant with laminated high density polystyrene sides providing good thermal insulation and smooth, easy to clean surfaces. The transparent, double glazed door provides thermal insulation plus convenience of the total visibility of eggs and hatched chicks. Regular cleaning of incubators is important and this is made easy by the lift-out shelves which leave the interior empty for improved access.

Why use a separate hatcher?

Developing embryos need different conditions as they near hatching point which can be a problem if mixed with eggs at earlier stages of incubation. The specific requirements for eggs in the last 48 hours of incubation are:

• Turning of the eggs should cease – mechanisms can damage emerging chicks.
• Higher humidity levels are required than at earlier stages of incubation. High humidity reduces the chance of membranes drying and becoming tough as the chick hatches.

The other distinct advantage of using a separate hatcher is that the debris associated with hatching is kept away from the setter and the hatcher can be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected between hatches. At no stage in the system are incubation conditions compromised.

Maximum Egg Capacities

Egg Capacities (approximate):
Quail – 500
Partridge – 272
Pheasant – 224
Hen – 192
Duck – 140
Goose – 72