Farm Innovators 41 Egg Digital Circulated Air Incubator w/Auto Turning & Humidity Control

Looks like some people had some problems. That wasn't the case for us. First off I don't fret over my eggs getting a little chill. My broody hens hop off their nests to eat and drink and get in some scratching and go back even when it is cold out and still have good hatches. I figure no biggie then if I have to open the incubator sometimes.I couldn't quite figure out how to set the temperature and found the instructions unhelpful, but it came programmed for a 21 day count down at 100 F so I just let it go. The other thermometer was reading 1 and 2 degrees cooler. I set 9 eggs to give it a test run. 1 egg was not fertile so I tossed it. I had 8 fertile eggs running now. I had 6 out of 8 hatch. Not bad. What was weird though was they hatched out over a 4 day period. Was about to throw out the last 3 on day 3 from the first hatched when I heard chirping coming from one so I put them back. About 24 hours later 1 hatched bringing the grand total to 6. I have had this happen with my hens too so not completely weird. When with my hens getting off the nest with babies I just throw a heat lamp on the eggs for a couple days so they can finish hatching.Temperatures stayed spot on. It is Spring so I am not running heaters most of them time, just throwing on sweaters when chilly and opening up the place when warm. We were having about a 25 - 30 degree swing in the house temperatures when I was running the unit. Temperatures stayed level in the incubator. One thing I learned years ago is just keep it in a shady spot where light doesn't get to it from a window. That seems to be the only thing that will throw my temps off.Turner worked fine. Someone else had an issue using an extension cord. Maybe it was their unit or their cord, I can't tell you. Mine did not have that problem though. I used an extension cord for my turner with no problem. I had the heating unit plugged into a wall though. Don't forget to pull your turner out and lay the eggs on their sides a couple days before hatch!Overall I am happy with it. It was practically plug and play. My first digital until and I loved that aspect of it over the knobs! Seemed I was always having to tinker with those.Give it a little water sometimes and adjust the plug on top to get humidity where you want it.I was really nervous the big window would lose heat but it did not. It was great having a clear view of all the happenings.Another big plus was the plastic shell around the styrofoam. My old ones did not have that and were damaged easily. I did not realize this unit had that so pleasant surprise.Only thing bad with this unit was the egg candler. Since I bought it without it advertised as included I am not going to knock it for that. But the only eggs it worked for were my white eggs. It did not work for my green ones at all.I was worried with so many poor reviews but it worked great for us. I hope it will work as well when we use it again. I will update if I have an issue with it. I do wish it had a longer warranty. The 30 days on it is why I immediately ran a test batch to check for problems. Now I have 6 chicks that are barnyard mix breeds that I don't really want but I will go ahead and keep the girls for layers this Summer and sell them this Winter. I wish I had more time so I could have separated my flock for purebreds. That alone is a 30 day waiting period. Plus if I could have waited to hatch it would be warm enough to brood outside instead of my bathroom :( I would say give it a try, and be ready to toss chicken eggs in as soon as you get it to catch issues other people have had so you can do something about it. Doubt if you'd have enough time for Duck or Goose eggs before warranty expires.UPDATE. Hatches geese. I used a zip tie looped to make a ring on the floor of the incubator and set eggs in so they wouldn't roll around. Goose eggs too large for turner. It is still working great for us and I would buy again. Warranty still stinks though if they haven't updated it.

I purchased two of these Farm Innovator Incubators. I have had foam incubators before that only hatched 40%ish. I am happily surprised by my first hatch. I set two incubators with 82 eggs. I thinned out a dozen after candling. My first incubator hatched 29 out of 35 eggs. WOW! The 2nd incubator is currently hatching with 17 so far. I expect a few more as a very successful hatch. I love that there are 2 openings to fill water with a baster. Holds humidity well. Has a countdown to hatching day. Day three remove turner, candle, increase humidity and watch the babies arrive. Buy it!

I am extremely disappointed. I have several incubators and was looking for one that held more eggs and chose this incubator based on reviews and farm innovators reputation. Now I wish I hadn't. Set 41 eggs, removed 1 infertile, the remaining 40 showed growing life. Hatch day came and all eggs sat dormant. Thankfully, they began to hatch the following day (it happens sometimes, so no biggie). While my other incubators hatched quickly with only a couple early stage losses, this incubators hatch was SLOW! Now it is day 23 and hatching just finished. HUGE bummer and financial hit (we sell chicks) out of 40 eggs, only 18 hatched. The other 23 were late stage losses. That is a 57.5% loss! I plan to contact the seller and attempt return.****UPDATE****Out of the 18 that hatched, two had splay leg which I have NEVER had with my years of incubating, and another died the day after hatch. I know not all eggs will hatch and not all hatched chicks will survive, but I fully blame this incubator! I did contact the seller and they worked with me and allowed me to return the incubator after Amazon's 30-day window. I cleaned the incubator completely, ensured no damage had occurred since it is Styrofoam and thin plastic, and carefully packaged it back in its original box with all parts. Taped it up well and dropped it at FedEx with the label the seller provided. I expected a less than paid refund, though I was truly hoping for full refund, but hey - I did end up with 15 healthy chicks after all. But no - seller only refunded me $60! I paid more than double that!!!Purchase this incubator if you are looking for low hatching rates with chick deformities, a stupid and difficult to use water system (it leaked all over the table and was difficult to fill!), high humidity issues with condensation and uneven warming, and far less than par refund when you just want your headache gone.I have several other incubators that are FAR better!!

So far soo good, it’s keeping it’s humidity and temperature but I will keep you guys updated on the hatch rate!!

Everything working as it should. Fast delivery.

I'm skeptical so far. I already feel lied to. This until said it was plastic. But what I recieved was a Styrofoam incubator with a poorly fit thin plastic casing on it. It even has wrinkles because it doesn't fit right. I was under the impression this would replace my styrofoam one as a newer model, but it doesnt appear to be as sturdy as its predecessor. Took me a bit to get the lid to sit on correctly as they are not the same size by a half inch all the way around, meaning it doesn't even seal. I Will be starting it up today for tomorrow's batch of eggs, and will be monitoring 5 points inside for heat and humidity consistency.We will see how it goes. So far, I'm worried it was a waste of time.Will update review as I go.