HELP: Brinsea Octagon 40 DX

[Ireland-or-bust]

Hi all,

I just picked up a Brinsea 40DX and have a question...

It clicks a bit when its moving, is that normal? the manual says
its the motor under strain. I do have 48 large hen eggs in there.
I swapped them for 48 slightly smaller eggs and its still doing it.
It only doe sit when its right over on its side.


Thanks,
Mark.

[Muddypause]

Can't help, I'm afraid - I've absolutely no idea what a Brinsea 40DX is.

It has a motor, contains eggs, it moves and tips onto its side...hmm...Something to do with making industrial sized omelettes, maybe?

[Stonehead]

Hi all,

I just picked up a Brinsea 40DX and have a question...

It clicks a bit when its moving, is that normal? the manual says
its the motor under strain. I do have 48 large hen eggs in there.
I swapped them for 48 slightly smaller eggs and its still doing it.
It only doe sit when its right over on its side.


Thanks,
Mark.

Yes, they do click. We have one and it's enormously reliable, but the clicking is useful audible fail safe. If it stops, there's a problem!

[Stonehead]

Can't help, I'm afraid - I've absolutely no idea what a Brinsea 40DX is.

It has a motor, contains eggs, it moves and tips onto its side...hmm...Something to do with making industrial sized omelettes, maybe?

LOL. It's one of the better incubators.

[Millymollymandy]

lol I did start thinking 'What on earth " when I started reading this and actually double checked that I was in the livestock section.

[Ireland-or-bust]

So we're saying its working fine then?

Its just that my hens seem to lay over sized eggs every day.
They won't even fit in to regular large grade egg boxes.

I was worried it was too heavy.

Its been on 24 hours now and still working so looking good.

Its just that if you buy a 48 egg incubator, you expect it to
work with 48 eggs in it. (which i have.)

thanks,
Mark

[ohareward]

Hi Mark. If you 'Google' Brinsea 40DX and click on the second site, you will see other people are having problems.

Robin

[Ireland-or-bust]

Hi,

Checked that out.
Was just someone on a rant about brinsea. But its from 2005 anyhoo.

Its been running 2 days now and its still clicking at full tilt.
Not stopped yet tho. So may well be able for it.
Next time i'll put less/fewer eggs in i think.
That does however mean that the 48 egg incubator does take 48 tho...


Mark.

[Stonehead]

We've had ours for three years and many hatchings. No problems unlike the infuriating Italian incubator - the fan has just gone on it, again. The thermometer has failed three times and the turning motor three times.

And when Brinsea say 48 eggs, they mean 48 medium-sized hen eggs. Not the big ones from the likes of hybrid layers and a few of the traditional layer breeds.

I can certainly fit 48 Scots Grey in an Octagon, but if I were to try with the ISA Brown eggs (about 30% bigger) I'd expect to get somewhere in the mid-30s.

If you have a look at the instructions, they give you guidelines for egg numbers based on species (quail, bantam hens, hens, ducks and geese etc). Match the size of your eggs to those and you'll find yourself with a much better idea of how many the Octagon will take.

[Ireland-or-bust]

Hi,

Thanks stonehead, confirmed what i thought.
I may remove a few.
My hens are hybrids and lay massive eggs.
Getting pure breeds here is impossible.
Seem to be only interested in eggs volume.

Thanks
Mark

[Camile]

Hello,

I'm not much help about incubators because I don't use any, I have my very own army of broodies now ..

but I did find it difficult to find pure breeds at first ..

but now we can getter a better choice of poultry ..

it just takes way longer to find them ..

Good luck with the hatch,
Camile