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GQF 1502 Setup Guide: How to Run Your First Batch

To complete your GQF 1502 setup, place the cabinet on a level surface in a room kept between 75°F and 80°F, plug in the unit, and let it run for 24 hours before adding eggs so the #3258 Digital Command Center thermostat can stabilize at 99.5°F. Fill the mois...

GQF Sportsman1502 vs GQF 1202EClassic Sportsman: Which Cabinet Incubator Is Right for You?

If you have outgrown a styrofoam tabletop unit or you are setting eggs by the hundreds instead of the dozen, GQF's cabinet incubators are usually the next stop. The two most popular models in that lineup are the GQF Sportsman 1502 and the GQF 1202E, and at f...

GQF Sportsman 1502 Review: Is It Worth $700+?

Ask in any poultry forum which cabinet incubator people actually keep running year after year, and the GQF Sportsman 1502 comes up more than any other model. It's a cabinet-style automatic egg incubator and hatcher combo built by GQ...

How to Clean and Sanitize a HovaBator Between Hatches

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HovaBator Egg Turner: Do You Really Need the IncuTurn?

HovaBator HumidiKit Installation: Achieve Automatic Humidity Control for Hatching Eggs

Incubating Duck Eggs in a HovaBator: Complete Humidity & Temperature Guide

Duck eggs are not chicken eggs with thicker shells. They lose moisture at a different rate they sit in the incubator a full week longer, and if your humidity is off by even 10%, you'll know it on hatch day: either as a duckling stuck to a membrane that turne...

HovaBator vs Little Giant: Which Styrofoam Incubator Wins?

HovaBator 2370 vs HovaBator 1588: What's the Difference?

If you have narrowed your search down to these two incubators, you are already ahead of most first-time hatchers. Both come from GQF Manufacturing, both wear the HovaBator name, and both are proven, American-made machines that backyard chicken keepers have r...

How to Set Up the HovaBator Genesis 2370 Step by Step

If you just unboxed a Hova-Bator 2370 Circulated Air Incubator with Electronic Thermostat, the good news is that this is one of the simplest incubators to get running correctly. The bad news is that "simple" doesn't mean "foolproof." Most failed hatches with this unit trace...

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