Sailnovo 12 Egg Incubators for Hatching Eggs with Automatic Egg Turning and Clear Lid, LED Display for Hatching Chicks Quail Birds, Small Egg Incubators Gift for Kids, White

I bought this as a Christmas present to me so I can film a How-to video on hatching Chicks and after about a month of researching models in this price range I chose this one & so far I am impressed with it. It's quiet and seems to function smoothly. Like other Users, I also kept the Styrofoam box it comes in because with it being Winter in a drafty house I want the best conditions possible for the eggs and the box REALLY helps hold heat.I breed Silkies & Giant Cochins as Show Chickens and I have a "yard variety" of chickens as well so I will be hatching a variety of Chicks with different egg sizes for this project starting next week. I just got it yesterday and it did great on the 24 hour test run. It works in Celsius so aside from having to consult with Alexa on temp conversions it's very easy to operate so far.The instruction booklet is very helpful. But I admit I had to ask my husband to figure it out for me and the two of us together did get it figured out within a few minutes.. it's actually VERY easy to set up once you understand it. The booklet itself contains a wealth of information & pictures that a Beginner with Incubators will find very helpful. I myself have never used one before, I have a few Broody Hens but since I need to increase my production of Silkies & Cochins before Spring this was the logical choice and I am documenting it every step of the way, fails & allI will be back to update on this throughout the process and will adjust the rating if need be.UPDATE:I am on Day 3 with my eggs. I mixed a few Silkies eggs with my yard mix of Jersey Giants/ Mille Fleur Belgian Bearded d'Uccle Bantam eggs, my Jersey Giant & her mate the Mille Fluer make beautiful babies so I'm going to go for variety with this first batch. Some of the eggs I am using are HUGE so they took up a lot of space and I only got to use 9 total.It's easy so far and the machine does all of the work but I have to add the water which is kind of a pain while I am figuring it out because it's a chore to actually see how much water it still has in there and how fast it's evaporating and moving the whole thing to get a look would be too much. My fault, I should have tested all of that on my test week & I didn't. Lesson learned! Did I mention that the candler works GREAT? in 3 more days I will be checking my eggs to look for development and I will post a couple pics next time.UPDATE: Every single one of the 9 eggs I have in this batch is developing nicely. I'll update next time with hopefully a picture of 9 healthy baby chickies :)

Basically what other buyers described. I wish I had keep scrolling to read ALL the reviews. The temperature gauge stop working on day 14. I tried to do everything in my power to keep the eggs alive. I figured out the heater was also malfunctioning and was 10 degrees off and it would not heat high enough in the end to hatch the chicks. All my chicks died. I had to put in a humidity hygrometer but somehow after I got the temperature even by using a nesting box heater on top of the incubator, the humidity shot up to 90% and ended up killing the remaining 5 eggs that I had. I had incubated 14 eggs. All died. So upset. The incubator leaks in the bottom. It’s stupid because in order to add water (for humidity) you have to take off the lid and the lid does not fit correctly on the incubator anyhow. So you can kill your chicks that have pipped by opening the lid to add water. Also , You can’t really view your eggs because the lid is dark. The incubator also heats unevenly. The left side will be 102 degrees. The middle at 100 degrees and the right side at 98 degrees. The back will also heat at 102 or higher! This was while being set at at 38.0 C or 100 F. I’ve never felt so defeated and upset in my life!! This incubator is a piece of crap. I almost put up a picture of my dead birds but instead I put up the pictures of my effort to try to heat up the incubator so my eggs could hatch. I tried to keep the incubator properly heated with 3 different thermometers which in the beginning were all giving me 3 different temperature readings. I tried to keep the eggs in the middle of the incubator. I used a space blanket to hold on heat and stabilize the temperature in the end but then the humidity shot up and the remaining live 5 eggs died on Day 25 from disproportionate development due to incubation temperature either being too high or too low depending on where you set the eggs and shooting humidity to 90%. To be honest, I can even vouch for the egg turner either. I gave it one star because people need to see this incubator does not work and it will be a nightmare if you buy it. I actually got so stressed dealing with this incubator that I got physically ill. I love my chickens. I became really depressed as they were all dying on me.

We love this incubator and the only thing I have an issue with is the rotating piece to turn the eggs, ours broke after my first hatch. I’ve searched the sellers page and can’t seem to find replacement parts to buy.

I purchased a 2nd one of these due to too many eggs, and Id like to share with you some helpful tips. The temp setting on the top is off, I purchased 2 mini thermometers/hygrometers to go inside of each one and they both read lower temp than what is showing on the unit. Please raise the temp on the unit and monitor the internal separately purchased thermometers for a few hours to make sure it stays stable before placing your eggs. Also DO NOT pay attention to the water adding instructions. I filled the middle section only as stated in instructions, and the humidity is through the roof! Way too high. I have just added a squirt of water each day into the middle and it stays at a good 35-45%. DO follow instructions on last 3 days is before lockdown to add more water so that is stays at the 55-65% recommended. I can see what the reviews mean by making sure lid is completely closed, it is easy to make that mistake with this unit. Take a few extra seconds to check really good and make sure its really closed, press down on the sides to make sure. Its easy to think it closed correctly, and if you leave a gap you will lose heat and moisture but the alarm will sound to let you know. But if no one is home to hear the alarm, you will lose your whole batch. All in all with all the precautions I take to make sure everything is good, this is a decent priced incubator for my needs. If you can spring for the more popular nurture right 360 then I would go for that. As soon as I have more egg batches I will probably buy that one as well.