HBlife Digital Egg Incubator for Hatching 9-12 Chicken, Quail and Duck Eggs, with Fully Automatic Egg Turning and Temperature Display, Hatcher for Turkeys, Birds, Parrots and Poultry

I hatch out eggs all the time. Mostly duck and quail eggs. I was looking for something small to hatch my duck eggs since I do better with smaller batches of eggs.This works great! We are a few days out from lock down but all the eggs are developing and the babies are active. I normally have one or two eggs that stop developing around this time. This is a forced air incubator, which I think positively effects the hatch rate. I normally get pretty good #'s but, if everything stays course my hatch rate will be 100%. The fan works great to keep the temperature even throughout the incubator. The nice thing about this is that it has a egg turner that you can use in the incubator or if you are hatching birds, like ducks, that hatch better when hand turned you have the option to omit the turner. This incubator arrived quickly which is great. One thing to keep in mind is that the temperature gauge is in Celsius, not Fahrenheit so you do need to pay attention when setting the temp. I set my incubator temperatures for 99.5 Fahrenheit when hatching eggs which equates to 37.5 Celsius. For me the gauge is a accurate representation of the temperature, it isn't even off by a little bit. The only thing I would question is it's ability to hatch geese eggs. My ducks are larger and so are their eggs and it is a bit of a tight squeeze in there. I don't think that I would be able to fit geese eggs in this incubator. Once the babies hatch I will update my review with photos.

After researching incubators I came across this model and based off what I found, it was a solid incubator that could produce a good hatch rate. The instructions that came with it are not too helpful but there are YouTube videos that provide good instructions on setup and functions.Once it arrived I immediately plugged it in and was able to mix and match 12 mallard eggs into the tray so that I wouldn’t have to rotate them by hand. After 5 days all 12 of the eggs had embryos forming in them. It is now day 8 and they’re still doing well. (Will post an update on how many hatch).The incubator had a small crack in the top portion of it that wasn’t a big deal but could affect the lifespan of the incubator. I messaged the seller about it and he sent me a whole new unit for FREE!! I thought that was rather nice and I greatly appreciated it!Pros:-Customer support-Cost-Auto-turning-Solid build-Pretty accurate temperature-Easy/simple set-upCons:-No humidity gauge (just buy one for $20)-Only reads in Celcius (not a big deal but in the US we use Fahrenheit)-Instructions are no help (seriously don’t use it, just go on YouTube)

I hatched my 3rd clutch of chicken eggs (largefowl Ameraucana) in this incubator. The automatic turner can hold up to 9 eggs, but being the aspiring (and new) chicken breeder I am, I wanted more. 9 is great if you're a beginner, and automatic turning is great if you don't have the time. But I do not mind hand-turning, which means I was able to fit 12 (and then 13 - we'll get to that later) large chicken eggs in it comfortably. Note, I have a second set of eggs in the incubator, I was able to fit 17 with a large third-party thermometer in there that probably took up the space for about 3 eggs. I think you could fit 18 max, and it would be a bit of a tight fit, but I believe enough room for the chicks to hatch. I don't know that I would advise this, though! Anyway, back to my original point: PLEASE NOTE, I cannot speak for the egg turner, as I have not and do not intend to use it. Keep that in mind while you continue reading.Ok, I love this incubator. My third hatch, I had a 75% hatch rate! The two remaining chicks that did not hatch, I believe were due to self-errors of humidity control. Now, let's go through the pros and cons.PROS: 1.This was super easy to use. Put your tray in, plug the incubator in, set your temperature, add your water, and set your eggs! No real assembly. Tip: if you are going to manually turn like me, I recommend using the second "hatching tray". It is much lower to the incubator's floor, in comparison to the first tray, whose only purpose is to bring the height of the eggs close enough to the top of the machine so that the egg turner can work. I used the first, and then lazily did not switch to the second, because who has time to move out-and-then-in 12 eggs? The chicks were a little too close to the ceiling of the bator, but thankfully the manufacturer put a grate to protect the chicks from the heating unit, and vice-versa!2. Plastic, which means easy cleaning!3. Small and light weight, which means I can have it in my office without it taking up too much space.4. Although it's small, it holds a decent amount of eggs for a beginner. 9 eggs is great, but it can also be 12 eggs!5. The manual is pretty straight forward in my opinion, the only real thing you have to do it place the grate correctly and match up the egg-turner to the metal rod from the top of the bator.CONS: 1. The incubator trays are a slick plastic, and seem to be on a tilt. When chicks hatch, they need a textured surface to walk on, as they need to get their footing and begin exercising their baby legs! If they cannot get their footing, they can develope spraddle leg, or splayed legs. This will mean the chick is a temporary "special needs" chick, and she will need some focused attention and spraddle-leg remedy knowlege from you! With my second clutch, I put down a single paper towel with holes in it, to allow the water in the bottom of the incubator to evaporate and rise.2. The setup for humidity is not a great one. This was especially a con for my situation, which was that I had an incubator go haywire and kill all but one of my eggs. I placed that last egg in this bator, and it was about 5 days behind the eggs already in it. The reason this is such a con for a staggered hatch is that, when the first chicks hatch, they leave nasty gunk in the water, especially if you leave them in there for a while so as to not disturb the humidity for the unhatched chicks. If the waste from the egg and chicks is allowed to sit long enough, it can cause a nasty bacteria overgrowth, which can lead to infection and fatality of your still-developing embryos. Fortunately, this did not happen for me, the chick hatched out fine 5 days later. I also took out my chicks no later than 24 hours post-hatch.3. The temperature only displays celsius. Not a huge deal, but it'd be nice to just know the temp without converting!4. This thing had a bit of a smell the first time I fired it up. It went away after about 24 hours. Hopefully nothing too bad!5. Bator is pretty sensitive to humidity. I noticed it doesn't take much water at all the get the incubator to the right temp. Now, I do live in Georgia, and it is rainy on/off currently, but even with that, it could fluctuate to as low as 30%, and then when adding a small amount of water it jumps to 60%. (This is based off of my third party thermometer, an Acurite wireless indoor/outdoor thermometer/hygrometer combo)Final thoughts: Overall, I really like this incubator! It worked great for its intended purpose. A few cons that can be solved by adjusting somethings within the bator, and not setting up embryos for infection by avoiding staggered hatches in this bator. I don't like that it gets the water so nasty, perhaps a third, separator tray could be added to catch egg/chick waste, while keeping water clean. I am still very happy with this purchase, the price point is fantastic for what it is. I'm always leary to buy from unheard of manufacturers for an incubator, but this brand impressed me!

I dont normally leave reviews but this product is so great I feel the need. I read tons of reviews on this incubator and others before deciding on this one for my duck eggs. I have read alot of blogs and posts about duck eggs being difficult to incubate but this product made it super easy. 8 eggs in and 8 little ducklings out. Easy to maintain the stability of temp and humidity and temp can be easily adjusted at hatch time. The automatic turner was a dream come true. I only had 8 eggs but I can fit 9 mallard eggs comfortably in the turning tray. The temperature is in Celsius instead of Fahrenheit but conversion wasnt a big deal to me. The only downside I could find with this incubator is that the directions arent very clear. However their are tons of instructional youtube videos as a guide so that was fine. If you are trying to grow a small flock this incubator is the best.

Even More Amended Review:TL;DR: I still think it's junk and that you shouldn't buy it.Luckily, the 111°F incident I described below didn't kill all of my eggs. They are hatching out today and it looks like I'll get ~75% to hatch. I completely gave up trying to control the temperature using the built in system or trusting the digital readout in any way. There is a built in utility to correct the thermostat using your own thermometer, but it doesn't appear to actually do anything. I wanted to run the incubator at 37.7°C, but no matter how I changed the correction factor the actual temperature of the incubator stayed the same. In the end I wound up wrapping the incubator in a towel and about halfway wrapping it in a hoodie. I then controlled the temperature by moving the towel to cover slightly more or less of the top of the incubator. This resulted in the machine thinking it was over temperature by ~2°C and flashing for weeks on end, but when I measured the temperature at the level of the eggs with two different lab thermometers it was right where I wanted it. With a few days practice I was able to adjust the towel to compensate for day/night changes in house temperature and keep the incubator within a degree of where I wanted it.Ultimately, the only good things I can say about this are that it A) turned the eggs as it was intended to do and B) has a heating element that functions. The thermostats, controls, instructions, housing, general build quality, and all the rest are exactly what you would expect from the cheapest import junk.Amended Review:Below I've left my original review, it's my impressions after a few days of using this. A couple days later and my perception has changed significantly. This thing is trash, DO NOT BUY IT.The temperature controls are not only inaccurate (basically the gist of my original review, "it's inaccurate, but you can correct for that.") but they are also nonsensical. The instructions tell you to wrap the thing in clothes "or other warms" to help keep the temperature even. Fine - it's completely uninsulated, add insulation, that makes sense. I originally completely wrapped it in a bath towel with only a small hole where the vent is, but the thermostat couldn't keep the thing warm enough. Last night I added a hoodie to the mix, so hoodie around a towel around the incubator, still with a hole for the air vent. This morning the thing was flashing that it was overheated - it was over by 6°C (11°F) according to its own thermostat! I don't know how long the eggs were at 111°F, but it'll be a miracle if anything hatches.I could understand poor equipment - a bad thermostat maybe - that thought that the temperature was 38°C but instead allowed it to get up to 44°C, but WHY ON EARTH would the controller keep the heat on if the temperature was already above the upper limit?!?!? Use it to make yogurt maybe, something that doesn't need precise temperature control. It's not worth using for eggs, it'll just kill them all.Original Review:It's cheap, plain and simple. The housing is essentially two plastic bowls that fit together - there is no insulation at all. The temperature control was already corrected when it arrived, but it was corrected in the wrong direction by almost two degrees (tested against two quality lab thermometers). There is a substantial temperature gradient across the incubator, even with it wrapped in a towel to help retain heat and keep the heat evenly distributed. I'm either going to have to buy a cheap styrofoam cooler or use insulation board to build a box for it - otherwise there's no way I'm going to have a good outcome. Still, it's what I've got, so I'm stuck with it. Knew I should have just built my own.

Purchased this incubator to be able to have a hatching incubator and could conintunously be incubatoring and hatching. Also wanted to try and find a incubator that was better for my quail and duck eggs then the $250 incubator I own. I was hesitant because I worried that paying less meant I would be getting less BUT that was NOT the case!!!This incubator has more room, is extremely user friendly, easier to clean, a better design, and more versatile then my other smaller incubators. I was so impressed at how well this incubator fit my quail and duck eggs and rotated them just as efficiently as chicken eggs.Important highlights:Fits quail and Duck eggs just as well as chicken eggsEasy to cleanSimple operating instructions and usageLock down was easier and safer with the raised platform design to protect against drowning.Extra bonus: blocks worked perfect to divide my hatching so I could divide eggs by hen and would know what chicks belonged to which momma!

I bought one of these 2 years ago and it’s been great, I’ve successfully hatched several chicken eggs with it. I acquired some Turkey eggs and needed more room for them so I bought a second one. When I received it, it read in Fahrenheit, (the first one I bought read in Celsius), and I couldn’t program this one, the temperature was way off from what it read. So I sent it back and got another one, this one also read in Fahrenheit and I still can’t program it but The temperature was closer to what it read and I had to get the eggs started so I kept it although I’m still not happy with it. I wasn’t successful in hatching the turkey eggs, 1 out of 8 hatched, not sure if it was the incubator or the eggs. I don’t understand why the first one I bought works so well and the others don’t. Especially the not being able to program it!! So I give three stars because the first one works great.

HIGHLY recommend this incubator! We successfully hatched 8/12 fertilized chicken eggs. However, the 4 Silkie eggs that did not hatch I believe were already growing before the incubation and so the growth was interrupted by a few days. So we could have had 100% hatch rate, if not for that error. This was our first time to incubate eggs, and this incubator was so easy to use. The instructions are a bit confusing, as it seems it has been translated from another language but not in proper English/structure. We were able to easily read between the lines and figure it out though. We bought a separate thermometer as suggested by previous reviews, to ensure temperature and humidity matched what the machine said. It was only off by a few tenths of a degree. Overall, the incubator was very easy to use; you can change temperature as needed, only needed water every 2 days, and the auto-turning tray was FABULOUS! Very much a set up and leave type machine. It did all the work and we just monitored the process. My kids loved candling and watching the chicks grow. Would buy this again without a thought! We now have 8 new baby chicks and hope to incubate again soon!

I've hatched six groups of chickens out of this incubator and so far so good. It hatches them well. Of course it depends on how fertile your eggs are but it works great

La incubadora es una excelente opción para quien busca iniciarse en el tema de la crianza de aves, es totalmente automática y en el modo automático le caben unos 12-15 huevos de gallina. El termómetro funciona de manera aceptable ya que tiene un desfas de +1.2 ºC yo recomiendo antes de iniciar que de compre un higrómetro y un termómetro aparte del que incluye la máquina. Respecto al porcentaje de eclosión se pude resumir en un 80% de efectividad. Gallinas 20-21 días y codornices 16-16 días en eclosionar. LO RECOMIENDO MUY AMPLIAMENTE.