Brinsea Maxi 24 Advance Egg Incubator with Automatic Egg Turning and Temperature Control for Hatching 24 Chicken, Duck, or Other Eggs,- Optimal Flexibility with Mix & Match Sizes

Great incubator for a small farm! This is the first incubator I have ever used, and I managed an 83% hatch rate on my chicken eggs (which I hear is really good!). 20/24 eggs successfully hatched; the other 4 were not viable at the 10 day mark, so these may have been a fertility/egg viability issue. I followed the instructions that came with the incubator and it worked perfectly. It monitors ambient air temperature of the room, which helps to make sure it functions optimally. I had to move it to a climate controlled space, and kept the air temperature around 67°F. There is no humidity gauge, but the incubator instructions tell you how to maintain a good humidity level. The water input spout is small but easy to judge if more water is needed, which I was able to keep in check by adding water 2x a day. Zero smell until hatching began, then it was only right over the machine. Cleaning is no mean feat- hatching is dirty business! the bottom tray was easy, but the cover had to be partially disassembled to properly clean, which should probably be done after each hatch. The manual covers cleaning the machine as well, so I had no problems figuring it all out.

I had great luck with both of the 2 of these that I purchased. Temp was a bit off so I had to monitor that with a secondary thermometer, but it holds temp and humidity very well. I wish all of them would automatically come with the screen that shows humidity, but that wasn't a huge issue, I just didn't realize it was the model without the humidity reading. I had a 100% hatch rate in my incubator with shipped eggs even. I would def. encourage people to purchase the Brinsea incubators. I have owned several other brands and the Brinsea is by far the most reliable. The clear dome is also great for the classroom and my students loved getting to watch the chicks hatch. This incubator is also much easier to clean than my previous incubators.

I purchased this along with the insert for small eggs to hatch quail. This allows me to hatch 40 quail at a time. Using this, I am getting excellent hatch rates in a nearly hands-off system. I literally load the eggs, set the hatch day, stay mindful of the water level, and swap out the insert for the cardboard hatching mat about 2 days before hatch and that's it. It couldn't be much easier. There are less expensive options, but I'm absolutely sold on the simplicity and the quality.

The incubator works great for chickens and small ducks. I would NOT recommend hatching large ducks or geese. I incubated 5 American Buff eggs and they were too big for the motor and the incubator is NOT tall enough to hatch geese. The geese can't stand once hatched.

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I bought this because Brinsea has a great reputation and I hated fiddling with my last incubator and having to open it to add water. I thought this would be worth the money. It is not and in fact led to more loss than the cheap incubator I tried previously. All my eggs were fertilized and I had already hatched from the same flocks before with a 90% success rate so I was quite dismayed when I saw losses by the second candling. This continued with the 3rd candling to the point where I decided to put an expensive temp and humidity sensor in the brooder and track it. I had set the incubator for 99.8 deg. It was 98.9 and the humidity was only 37% even with me carefully keeping one side of the water cup totally filled. So I bumped the temp to 100.2 and filled the whole water cup. Result - 99.5 deg and 47% humidity. Update: The heater seems to be failing entirely. I have been having to increase the temp in the Brinsea over the past week just to keep it the same as it was the second week I started tracking temps and this morning I woke to find that display 98.4 even though the incubator is set to 100.9. I have now removed the few remaining viable eggs to a different setup and am returning this incubator with PREJUDICE!

Love this incubator, high hatch percentile. Wish it had a candler tho

22 out of 24 eggs hatched first batch! I'd say that's great! Very easy to use and I will add I lost power a few hours a few different days and the hatch rate was still great! As long as you make sure there's water in the reservoir it's pretty much set it and forget it! Also when you get it make sure you sign up for your 3 year warranty! You only have 30 days from purchase to register it! Happy hatching!

It worked well until the display that shows the temperature fogged up. Definitely give it another go next season. I got 17 out of 24.

Alle befruchteten Eier sind geschlüpft!!!!!

This item breached Australian import conditions and was investigated. It was found to be used. and has been allocated a case. An Australian Post-biosecurity Response (PBR) officer attended our site and confirmed that the incubator was used and clearly had feather material around the small circulating fan blades. The goods are currently secured at our site pending further information.