Features:

  • Brand new and good quality unit for incubating Eggs
  • Simple style, made of durable healthy PP+ABS material
  • Digital Fully Automatic Egg Incubator - Fits 12 Eggs
  • Automatic egg turner, (note: It is invisible to see the turner work, but it did turn and work, And you don't need to turn the eggs manually.) It can hatch chickens, ducks, fowl and geese,etc.
  • Automatic temperature controlling ensure the machine in an optimistic environment, Rohs, CE, C-tick Approved
Set it and forget it!

Before purchasing an incubator, I researched my little heart out. There are so many different ones to choose from and so many different options. As my husband and I both work nearly the same shift each day, we were looking for something more along the lines of "set it and forget it" as we don't have the time to be home rotating the eggs as much as they need. That is exactly what this was! The egg turner works perfectly and like others have said, it turns VERY slowly throughout the entire day, so of course you're not going to see the eggs turning unless you sit there and stare for 24 hours straight. You can hear it turning inside. The top of the incubator is pretty self explanatory. There is a button to set the temperature and one to see the current temperature. The temperature is in Celsius, however you can easily research what temperature you need it to be set at in Celsius very easily. The 100 ML it suggests you add to the bottom for humidity, is not nearly enough. I did what another suggested and added what I felt was necessary (which was about 1 cup). I DID NOT use a hygrometer to measure the humidity in the bator. I literally put 9 chicken eggs in the incubator in the auto egg turner crate, 1 c water in the bottom, set the temp to 37.5 degrees Celsius, put the lid one while making sure the auto turner was in the slot to properly rotate the eggs throughout the day and let it do its thing! I checked every other day to make sure there was still water in the bottom for humidity and added it when necessary. Day 14 we candled the eggs to make sure all were growing and had 3 that had never been fertilized so we cracked them open to make sure and tossed them. Day 18 I put the bator on "lockdown".. We hatched 1 chicken early on day 19 and 3 more on day 20. The remaining 2 hatched on day 21. I'm very happy with this incubator as we had a 100% hatch rate considering 3 had never been fertilized. If you're having troubles with this incubator, like others have suggested I would say your eggs were never fertilized to begin with. I would highly recommend this product to anyone!

Cant Beat The Price

I ordered this so we could start hatching our own chicks. I have some Black Crested Polish and some Buff Cochin's that I would like more of and since this was on sale I thought it would be a good time to grab it. I was able to fit 9 eggs in the tray (4 Polish and 5 Cochin) with enough room for them to properly rotate. Once plunged in the unit heated up quickly and has maintained the correct temp and humidity. I appreciate that there is a hole on the top of the lid so you can add an external digital thermometer / hygrometer without having to open the lid. The display will flash when the temp drops down below your lowest temp setting but it does not make any sound. It would be nice if it included an audio alarm as well. The instructions are not as bad as others posted but I did have to read through it a few times to fully understand. If all else fails, Google was very helpful. I am only on day 3 of incubating and will update this as I progress through our first hatching cycle. Update: Today my chicks started hatching!! All alive and well. This incubator did exactly what it was supposed to with little to no effort on my part. All I did was add water every week. I believe that a lot of the bad reviews were due to human error or there was something about the eggs they were using.

Fantastic little incubator

1. Open the box. 2. Locate the instruction booklet. 3. Throw instructions away. 4. Go to Youtube and watch videos on how to use this incubator. Seriously, it's very easy to set up and easy to use as long as you don't try to read the instructions. Does an excellent job of regulating temperature. Turning tray holds 12 guinea eggs with plenty of room outside the turner for additional eggs if you don't mind manually turning them. One drawback of this unit is that it does not have a monitor to measure or regulate humidity. (Do yourself a favor and buy the ETHMEAS digital thermometer/hygrometer; it works great.) Humidity is raised by adding water to the bottom tray of the incubator. It took a little trial and error to find the right amount of water to keep it at the humidity I needed. I didn't like having to open the incubator to add water, so I drilled a small hole near the bottom and inserted a 6 inch piece of aquarium tubing. Stuck a small funnel into the tubing and now I can add water easily while keeping the incubator closed. About 50ml every other day works for me, but that will be different for everyone depending on surrounding air temp, humidity, etc.

I have zero experience and just randomly thought it was a good idea to do as a learning experience for my ...

So let me just say that this is my first time ever incubating eggs. I have zero experience and just randomly thought it was a good idea to do as a learning experience for my 3 year old son. Buying a incubator was very tricky because almost none of them - cheap or expensive - had like splendid reviews. That is most likely because incubating eggs does not only depend on the incubator but external factors as well. I incubated 12 eggs and got 12 chickens! People I know that has done this before had assured me that I will lose some of the eggs and that not all of them will hatch. Well all of them did hatch. I also never bought a thermometer nor a hygrometer. Personally, I feel we sometimes get too scientific with things. A mother hen doesn't have any of these things and there are hens all over the world with different climate. It was a risk I took and one that worked out. I placed my eggs in this device, set the temperature to 38 degrees celsius and placed a cup of water in the bottom. At one point I had to leave the state for 4 days and left my husband to watch it. When I came back he had a ton of water in the bottom, like 2 cups. At another time the water ran dry and there wasn't any water at all. At the end it all worked out and I had 12 chickens. I did buy my eggs from a University with a poultry program so its likely my success also had to do with the fact that I started with good eggs. This device works and did exactly what it needs to do. I must also note that I didn't use the turner because I couldn't fit 12 eggs in there. so I turned it by hand 3 times per day. Once when I get up in the morning, once when I come home from work and once before I go to bed at night.

Great Chick Gitter!

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.

Rookie with great results!!

This was my first time incubating chicken eggs. Six out of seven hatched! Being my first foray into incubation, I did not want to spend a lot of money on the endeavor, but wanted the bells and whistles this unit has to offer (auto turner, circulated air, adjustable thermostat). I HIGHLY recommend this product for clutches of no more than eight eggs. It looks like I listed a lot of cons below, but some of them are merely pointers that I learned. PROS: - Great Price Point - Many features - Maintains a stable environment (a note on this below in the cons) - Fantastic results CONS: - Poorly written instructions - Advertised for twelve eggs, but cannot fit more than eight eggs. - Instructions say to keep a blanket over the unit to assist in maintaining the temperature. I got a Four degree Celsius spike one evening doing this! It worked better keeping the unit in an enclosed electronics-cabinet to avoid drafts and temperature swings. - Instructions say to add 100ml of water to maintain humidity. NO! I added 30ml as needed… about every other day. - No hydrometer included. Get yourself a digital hydrometer used for cigar humidors.

Awesome unit and outstanding first hatch.

This was my first attempt hatching eggs. We had bantam silky eggs that we ordered by mail, and 2 eggs that a hen abandoned in the last week. We decided to take a chance and added standards to the incubator while the bantams were already incubating. Both hatched a week earlier than the bantams. I didn't use the automatic turner as I believe that life touching life is necessary for a good hatch. I turned the eggs 3x a day and held them for a moment. I made sure that while I was doing that, fresh air came into it. We had 8 of 8 bantam eggs hatch, one died during the hatch but the other 7 are doing fabulous one week out.[Standards 2 weeks out] I never adjusted the temperature after the first day. I did have to buy a humity meter and I did my best to keep it between 65%-75% during the two hatches. I incubated them on my kitchen counter where I could keep an eye on them and they could listen to music while I was cooking.

Perfect for this backyard chicken farmer, see my pros and cons list for details!

UPDATE: 4/7/2017 Sorry this update is late. Unfortunately the first batch of eggs did not make it, trial and error. When I opened them up it was obvious MOST had died about a week ago. Some weren't even viable. One that did hatch just didn't make it. HOWEVER.......I started a new batch that day with FRESH eggs that I knew were absolutely fertilized, still warm, straight from the nesting boxes. These eggs hatched about three days ago and out of 8 eggs 5 hatched. The trick is to make sure that there IS NOT as much water about a day before they hatch. When they started hatching the heat from the eggs raised the humidity and the chicks just weren't getting dry. I eventually had to put them in their brooder before they were completely dry and they are doing very well! I plan on starting another batch in a few weeks. So far the brooder has held up impeccably well despite being run for nearly 2 months straight! AS FOR THE TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION: I put a BRAND NEW thermometer in the incubator and realized that the thermometer I had was wrong (and subsequently tossed out). SO, the incubator IS in fact keeping the correct temperature however be sure to check it if you're unsure. Still a great purchase!! Before I had given it 4/5 stars, I'm updating it to 5/5! _____________________________________________________________________ As of today 3/4/17 this item works VERY well for the price that it is. It fits 9 Jumbo sized chicken eggs quite well but can't fit anymore than that. I put my fertilized eggs in there just yesterday and WILL update when hatching day arrives including the condition of eggs. It seems fairly simple enough, the directions seem to have been translated so the english is a bit hard to decipher. The directions could certainly be clearer and it was a little difficult to read the wall of text, the pictures were definitely more helpful. Right when you open it there are several trays, the white ones and the black one, a little bag with a fuse inside, the power cord, and the tray dividers. Place the smaller of the trays at the bottom, this is the hatching tray and also allows the larger white tray to reach the egg turner. I put about a 1/4 cup of hot water on the bottom including a wet paper towel to help with humidity. The egg tray is simple enough, arrange the eggs so that they have room to turn and place the dividers. The picture they have in the directions is probably for medium/large sized chicken eggs. My jumbo eggs were definitely snug and only 9 of them fit. This is adjustable so if you are going to be doing larger eggs such as turkey or smaller eggs such as quail it WILL accomodate them. The eggs have been in there for approximately 24 hours. I had them in a homemade incubator for a little over a week so I know they are viable and I have definitely seen movement. This incubator is completely hands off HOWEVER I did place an instant read thermometer inside (through the little hole at the top) and it reads 95-100F when I set the temperature at 38.4C. This is something you may want to look into. A little cooling is ok since in nature Mama bird isn't on the eggs 24/7. As long as they don't cool off too much I don't see a problem. I really love that it turns them automatically and I haven't had a problem with that. RESIST THE URGE TO OPEN AND CHECK ON THEM. All in all I believe this is a great purchase. It is perfect for a small backyard chicken keeper like myself, doesn't take up any space, is fairly quiet other than the small fan noise like a computer, and keeps the temperature regulated near perfectly. PROS: Doesn't take up any space QUIET Tray is adjustable (HOLDS 9 JUMBO CHICKEN EGGS for me) Temperature is near perfect Automatic turner works very well Small CONS: Temperature does fluctuate a bit (about 5 degrees), put an instant read thermometer inside if you're concerned. No way to monitor humidity other than purchasing a reader Like I said, perfect for a small farmer. This is perfect for me to hatch out some chicks to refresh my flock without purchasing hatching eggs or hatched chicks. Some things I just thought about to help with the temperature fluctuation would be putting it with towels around it maybe nestled in a cardboard box. Or keep it someplace in your house where it's naturally warm. I have mine in my bedroom where it does tend to be on the cooler side. I WILL UPDATE WHEN THE CHICKS HATCH! They're due the 14th of March.

Not to shabby

Have had some issues with temperature fluctuation. After a bad first and second hatch it seems best to do a dry incubation with this model up until lock down. Then the sponge method seems to be the best for keeping an even level of humidity for several days. It also says to set the temp for 38° c but my second Fahrenheit thermometer inside reads that at about 91-93 which is too low. Upping the set temp to 39° c results in 97-99° f, which is where we have kept it at with good results. You could probably set it at 40° but that could get possibly too high? The tray itself holds 9 normal sized chicken eggs. I have tried every conceivable configuration to fit more than 9 regular sized eggs with zero luck. Currently I'm incubating 10 with one outside the tray, but it rolls with the tray as it moves so we'll see if that one hatches. The bantam eggs I have had in there easily fit more than 12. I debated giving this 4 stars because of the temp problems and the issues with late chicks and mortality I've had but now that I've figured this out and can pass this information along I feel like it's worth 5 stars. This is a pretty cool, budget friendly incubator.

75% hatch rate!

This product did exactly what it claimed it would. Before purchasing I read the reviews on several models and brands and none of them received stellar reviews. The price was right so I decided on this mini Magicfly. I used it to incubate 20 button quail eggs and to my surprise ended up with 15 chicks with 2 of the eggs never being fertilized. I opted not to use the automatic egg turner even though that feature was fully functional, simply because the tiny nature of the eggs. I turned them by hand 4 times a day instead, which worked out just fine. The only other purchase I made was a cheap hydrometer to place inside to accurately read humidty and temperature in Fahrenheit. I agree the instructions were a little hard to follow but I had done so much research on a successful hatch that I had zero issues. Even with your more pricier incubators you'd never be able to just set it to return weeks later for your hatch date. I truly feel if anyone was unable to produce chicks with this product it was simply operator error, lack of effort or eggs not being fertilized. My advice would be to set this up 24 hours in advance to allow it to successfully read whatever temp/humidty level needed before placing the eggs inside. I had to adjust water input daily, which I used cut pieces of sponges instead of pouring in the bottom so I could remove or add if levels weren't what they were supposed to be. The temperature inside the house around the incubator absolutely is a factor so adjustments will need to be made. Bottom line if you don't have the time to put into the incubation process you shouldn't be attempting to raise chicks of any kind anyways. Product worked perfectly!

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