18 Mini Egg Incubator Digital Automatic Hatcher with Egg Turning for Chickens Ducks Goose Birds

1: The directions appear to have been translated from Mandarin to English by someone who doesn't know how to speak English very well at all. I tried to look up videos on the product and there are very few that help I don't see any that matched the product exactly.2: As far as I can figure out the temperature control is only in Celsius and there is no way to change it to Fahrenheit. This is slightly annoying but can be figured out.3. There is no humidity gauge so it is hard to control what the humidity inside the incubator is which seems to be an important factor in hatching eggs.4: The area in which to put water for humidity needs to be refilled at least every other day if not every day but doing so lowers the temperature of the incubator every time which interferes with the incubation process.5. Once hatched the chick was caught up on the wires hanging down and they had to be taped to the side. We had one out of 16 chicken eggs hatch and it needed to be assisted on the 25th day. I bought a humidity and temperature gauge to put inside and plan on putting a wet sponge in the area for humidity control hoping to increase our hatch rate.Update since original review...we purchased a humidity/temperature detector and found that at even the maxed out temperature settings of 40°c/104°f and encased in the foam outer casing the temperature of the unit averages 92 to 95°f. To hatch chickens you need approx 100.4°f. Also it is difficult to regulate a consistent humidity level. We will see how many eggs actually hatch...they are due in 3 days.

Reviewing the basics. These are the three things most important for incubating eggs:1. Consistent and accurate temperature - this incubator seems excellent though we didn't verify2. Regular egg turning for the first 17 days - top notch - much better than the tilt method3. Consistent and accurate humidity - not possible with this incubator. No humidity sensor.Pros: - the egg turner was a major factor in purchasing this model - it did as it was meant to do: the eggs turned regularly and for as long as I programmed it to - it is quieter than our previous incubator by a lot; even the egg turner is quiet - the customizable ability to use smaller or larger eggs is nice - easy to program once you understand the basics of how the buttons work - easy to see through the bottom to monitor eggs/chicks - egg candler: I admit I thought this was silly but after using it I will say it is a fantastic add; it made marking the air pockets super simple and works for all size eggs we hadCons: - no humidity control or monitoring whatsoever - what is the humidity? we have no idea. This is a major fail in my opinion (and as evidenced by our low hatch rate) because it is one of the top 3 needs for incubating. It is so sad to see chicks die in the shell because they cannot finish the hatch. - the only way to turn off the egg turner is remove the rollers and unplug the connector switch - because of the egg turning rollers, the eggs pile up at one end and need to frequently be moved back to the other end of the rollersFinal review: We like the idea of this design most especially because of the egg turner, but not knowing the humidity and being able to adjust as needed caused tremendous anxiety over whether our eggs would hatch. It's an investment of time and attention (not to mention the eggs) that was mostly wasted. If they update this incubator to add humidity detectors/monitor we'd be big fans.

Does not look like the pictures. Instructions leave much to be desired I ended up having to look up videos on other incubators to kinda piece meal how to work it. Quality seems less than half of what was shown in the pictures

I revived it in the mail and it does not look like the pictures. It does not have much of a window to look inside and the built in thermometer does not match the temp on any of my other thermometers that I have compared it to. I have had it plugged in for a couple day to get the temperature some what stable before I put the eggs in, but the temperature keeps rising and falling like crazy. I’m afraid to ruin the eggs if I put them in.I am going to see if I can get a refund.

all of the chicks kept dying in the shell. I should have checked this sooner, but the thermostat was off by 10 degrees, even after being set as high as it would let me.Also on an annoying subject, the high temp alarm beeps every time it heated, which was about every minute or two.Over all - this product was garbage - and that is where it went!

The folks do not care about the problems. SAD SAD NOT GOOD. after many many attempts still no responce 05 14 2020

Works like supposed to

have not tried to hatch any eggs yet