Gotchickens
Incubator with eggs and a brooder plate set up for newly hatched chicks

Spring Hatch Incubator and Brooder Plate Set

Incubator, brooder plate and thermometer for the first three weeks

The incubator holds a small tray of eggs at a steady temperature, with a clear lid so you can candle without lifting the whole thing off the tray. The brooder plate gives chicks a warm, dark place to tuck under, and it runs cool to the touch on top, which matters when children help with morning checks. The set is sized for a backyard hatch, not a commercial floor, so a keeper with a few hens and a bantam pen can run one clutch at a time.

In the set
Incubator with clear lid, brooder plate, thermometer, and a short turning and plate-height guide.
Hatch size
One small tray of eggs per run. Suits a few hens and a bantam pen, not bulk hatchery volumes.
Condition
New stock, checked and packed at the shop. Plates and trays wipe down between clutches.
Why a plate
Chicks shelter under it and set their own warmth. No open bulb hanging over dry shavings.
  • Clear lid lets you watch the hatch and candle without disturbing the tray.
  • Plate height drops as the chicks feather out, so they stay warm without overheating.
  • Thermometer sits inside the incubator or beside the plate for a quick daily read.
  • Guide covers turning routine and the first three weeks after hatch.
Ask about this set See the galvanised laying nest bank

Who wrote this page

Thandi Mokoena keeps the hatch notes for Gotchickens

Thandi runs a small laying flock and a bantam pen on a half-hectare smallstand outside Heidelberg, and she has been setting spring clutches in a tabletop incubator for the past six seasons. She wrote the turning schedule and the plate-height notes that ship with the Spring Hatch Incubator and Brooder Plate Set, mostly because she got tired of explaining the same candling mistakes over the phone.

Her part of the shop is the hatch and brooder side: incubator trays, brooder plates, thermometers and the small stuff that decides whether chicks make it through the first three weeks. If a clutch stalls at day eighteen or the plate sits too high for week-old chicks, she is the one who answers.

Reach the hatch desk

Phone
+27314007870
Shop and advice desk
470 Cronje Trafficway Apt. 069
Baloyishire, WC 8080

Morning calls get the quickest answer, before the coops are cleaned and the day's orders go out.

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