Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I did a lot of research before purchasing this incubator. It paid off. Very easy to use, though the instructions made my head hurt. I left the temp set at 38c, put water in when necessary and 21 days later 6 out of 9 eggs hatched. This is the first batch of chicks I have ever hatched. I had a broody hen sit on 9 eggs recently and she only got 4 to hatch. Don't waste time or money on any thing else. If you want to hatch bigger batches buy two. We have hatched two more batches since the first review. The second 4 out of 4 hatched and the third 12 out of 12. This thing is so simple to use. Ignore the directions they will just make your head hurt. Make sure it is clean, put in the turner grid, (it has rails on top of the grid for the turning frame to ride between. Pour a little water in the bottom then place the eggs in and close it. Every two days check to see if it needs water if so add a little and close it back up. There is a metal pin that sticks down from inside the top. Make sure when you put the top back on that the pin goes into the slot of the handle of the turning frame, that is how the eggs are turned. On the 18th day remove the turner, remove the eggs, remove the turner grid and replace it with the hatching grid and close it back up. In 3 days you have chicks. It will hold 9 large brown eggs (Rhode Island Red) and 12 smaller eggs. (Ours are white and from a breed called Silver Grey Dorkings.) If you want simplicity and reliability this is the right incubator. Ooops p.s. When removing chicks after they have hatched I sometimes put in a paper towel soaked in hot water to replace the humidity lost when the incubator is opened. Other than this I do not concern myself with humidity. Other than a little water from time to time you set this and forget it and everything comes out great.