Smart Chicken Incubators for Hatching Eggs with Automatic Turner Small Poultry Duck Quail 12 Egg Incubator Temperature Control Display Hatcher Machine (Mechachick, ℉)

I bought this in the middle of a set of eggs that were already incubating (my old incubator was starting to go out). When this one came in, I had a couple days of incubation left before lockdown so my review can only reflect a few days of incubation and the lockdown & hatching.Incubation - this was easier to maintain the humidity around 45-50% than my other incubator (large styrofoam one). Humidity is always the biggest pain so that was nice.This cute little house incubator has a way to turn the eggs but I did not get a chance to use it as I simply manually rolled them because I had a couple incubation days left.The temperature was easy to adjust. It shows in Celcius so I simply dropped two tiny temp/humidity thermometers in the incubator so I could watch the levels.To adjust the temp all you have to do is press the gear symbol and then push the + or -, then wait and it will stop flashing and set at the new temp.I did not use the candler.You can definitely hear the fan. I tuned it out pretty quick as just background noise, it may bother some people though.The water tray reservoir is very easy to fill and you do not have to open the incubator up to add it.Lockdown/Hatching -For coturnix quail I need to bring the humidity up to 65 to 75%. I was able to get it up there by completely filling the reservoir and adding a folded up paper towel inside (presoaked with water). It did drop a little on me up until they starting hatching.I really appreciate this design even though it only holds a small amount of eggs because the clear viewing windows on the sides make it easier to monitor the progress and as an added bonus the baby chicks came over and huddled at the window to watch me.When you remove chicks after they have dried out and still have some hatching inside, it does lose heat and humidity (which again is normal for incubators). I appreciated that this one has an alarm when the heat gets too far off of the setting you set. The alarm goes off and continue to go off until it reaches temp again.I would recommend if you buy this that:1.) you get a tiny humidity/temp thermometer for in this to double check the temps it is reading inside while in use (regardless of which incubator(s) you use you should never trust its sensors, that is a quick way to loose an entire set of eggs)2.) I think like... maybe you could fit 6 chicken eggs in here... maybe. This is better suited to quail and other small bird eggs.3.) I used water to presoak the paper towel I placed it in to boost humidity during lockdown and help maintain it. I did notice that the paper towel directly in the center of the tray had browned edges on the upper part (not sure if it was being scorched?) so I would say place any pieces of paper towel by the clear edges so you can see it and so it is farther from the heat.4.) Make sure anytime you have get into this that you make sure it is reseated properly on the base/bottom tray so that it doesn't leak humidity and heat.Other thoughts:I wish that it had a switch to turn a light on inside the incubator to see into it easier (if it has one I missed it).I accidently overfilled the reservoir and it spilled over the side onto the counter so be careful not to overfill it.I paid about 30 or 35 dollars for this and I think it was well worth it. I will definitely keep using it. I do think that unless you are doing a super small amount of chicken eggs that you won't find it very useful.I also would worry that the chicken chicks could possibly get burned on top of their head maybe... given how low the ceiling is and how tall they would be. You could definitely still use this to incubate and hatch up you would want to have a separate brooder set up and at temp already going and waiting so you can remove them immediately upon hatch to place in the brooder.

I have never hatched eggs before and this product has delivered!! Every egg that has been fertilized by a chicken, I was able to hatch successfully with this product. It is incredibly easy to use, clean, and is quiet. Highly recommend if you are only looking to hatch 12 at a time. I may upgrade to a larger one but for now, this works perfectly. I should also note that every chick that I have hatched with this product has also survived and are thriving in their new homes.

Yes I would buy again and the only thing is unless you're able to check this thing often for humidity levels you won't like it. I had it in my bedroom so I could check often and trying to keep humidity up was a struggle. I got one of those hygrometer things to go inside of it and temp was off by about 2° but I mean it turned automatically and I had an egg hatch so I was satisfied

I have been very impressed with this simple to use incubator. We have hatched our 3rd round of chicks and we have had a higher hatch rate each time. 1st round 6/12 hatched, 2nd round 7 out of 12 hatched and this last batch 11/12 hatched. It regulated the humidity and the self turning function is wonderful. I would definitely recommend this product. We are putting a fresh round of chicks to incubate again today. I did not candle the eggs beforehand. My kids also adore the clear cover so that they can watch the chicks hatch. It is also very easy to clean. Very happy that I bought this. Worth every penny.

Does not get to temperature.I have tried it all. I have the incubator set at 103° F, the incubator claims it is 102°F. I wanted to know the moisture so I bought a separate thermometer with a hydrometer, and the temperature is 96°F. I even switched thermometers to verify. Aure enough its 96°F.Not happy. The poor babies are likely to die even after i transfer them to a functional incubator. Ill be getting a refund for this product.

First time hatching chicks. 9/12 hatched. The three that didn’t weren’t fertilized. No way to see humidity. Held temp stable even when opened. I didn’t heed the lockdown period and took chicks out when they were ready. All hatched within 3 days of each other. No instructions for water. I filled the bottle twice, then made sure the bottom of the container was almost full when it was time to hatch.

I have hatched 3 sets of chicks so far and it has worked great.

I’d save up for one that’s better quality and tells you the humidity. It stopped working on me and I took it apart and cleaned it an it started working again. Hatch rate on this is 60%