You can watch the miracle of a hatching chick! This plastic incubator has a clear dome, egg cradle, 110-volt light bulb assembly to produce heat, thermometer, and instructions. Use to hatch eggs that you can obtain locally or order item LD-INCUBAT which comes with four quail eggs. Capacity is 2 duck eggs, 3 chicken eggs, 4 pheasant eggs, or 8 quail eggs. Size is 7" in diameter and 6" high. Grades K-12.
Note: This incubator requires egg turning, temperature monitoring, and temperature adjustment 3-4 times per day, every day of the incubation period. Adult supervision is required to ensure hatching instructions are followed carefully. The successful hatching rate is typically 25-50% when instructions are followed. Due to many variables beyond our control, successful hatching is not guaranteed.
We ordered the incubator without eggs and then ordered 8 eggs separately so we could be sure to have at least a few little baby quail. The egg supplier sent 9 eggs, which was nice, and they all fit inside the incubator. The incubator instructions, however, were VERY poorly written and ambivalent about many things: for example, it says "turn the quail eggs 2-3 times a day" but does NOT adequately describe HOW to turn them! End over end? From side to side? Is it the position of the egg that matters, or just the motion of turning? I found a slightly better set of instructions on this website just now as I prepared to write this review, but its too late: none of the 9 eggs hatched. Its now day 23 and nothing ever happened. I feel awful--like we've killed some babies! But I know we did everything we could--temp. monitoring, humidity level, turning the eggs 3x per day then stopping 3 days before supposed hatching... Supposedly this product can be utilized by children, but my brother and sister are teenagers and I'm an adult and WE couldn't make it work! I'm very disappointed.
Alright....
By: Nicole
April 21, 2008
The instructions weren't as clear as they needed to be. I ended up looking at the picture of the incubator online to double check how it should look, and ended up making adjustments. It was easy to set up and adjust, but I had problems keeping the thing warm enough, even with adjustments to the placement of the bulb. You get what you pay for I guess.