My daughter and I have been greatly pleased with your product. We received the product by a week earlier than expected to arrive, therefore it came as a surprise that afternoon. My daughter carefully set-up according to instructions & turned the eggs twice daily, monitored the temperature & water. Only 1 egg hatched but she is the sweetest, healthest, active chick "Beth" as we call her. We also are now turning 3 chicken eggs and as of right now 1 is on its way to hatching we are hearing little beeps. For the size and price of this product we believe it's well worth it's value.

I would recommend this product, provided you're going to be at home to turn the eggs several times a day. I didn't expect anything to happen because several times when I was turning the eggs, it would cause one or two of the other eggs to roll around, even though I was very careful. Also the temp. shot up once in the incubator. The due date for the hatching passed & we had given up hope, but the next day, my son noticed a small little hole in one of the eggs. To make a long story short, we now have 2 little baby quail & were able to be right there watching as they hatched! Robert & Shirley (the names we gave them) are so cute & doing well.

I was pleasantly surprised when our first baby quail hatched, then 3 days later our second quail hatched. We carefully turned the eggs daily 3-5/day until 3 days before they were to hatch. We closely monitored the temperature and humidity. I was amazed at how well this little incubator works.

We bought this gift for our nephew. It came in great shape. I'm sure he'll be thrilled with it and I'm looking forward to the "finished" product. It was exactly what we were looking for.

After reading the reviews, I almost did not buy this product. We have a bigger incubator and last year we did ducks. I really wanted to do something on a much smaller scale this year so i decided to give this a try. I recived my lil incubator and eggs and set it up right away. we turned read and followed all instruction and 17 days later (last night) we were excited to see our lil hatchling, still hoping for at least 1 more out of the 4 eggs but we are happy with one. We have learned hatch rates are not great with in class (homeschool) incubators. we had 13 duck eggs and 4 hatched last yr. so im very pleased with this product

This was a huge waste of money. We were so excited about doing this for a homeschool science project. We were VERY diligent in making sure that we followed the directions perfectly. After the time had come and gone for the quail to hatch, we decided to break one open and see what had happened inside. To our horror, there was a baby quail inside. It had feathers, a beak, little feet, everything. I am not sure at what stage of development it stopped, but it never hatched. We did not check the rest of the eggs. This was too upsetting to myself and the children. So we got some eggs from my uncle who actually raises quail on a farm. But he has the $700 incubator. So we tried 6 more eggs. None of these have hatched either. We won't be breaking them open. I definitely think if you want to do a project like this, go ahead and get a REAL incubator. For us, we are not spending any more time or money on this experiment.
[HST adds: For the price, this is usually a good tool for learning about eggs and hatching. The eggs do require daily attention, though, with turning and temperature adjustment. We aren't able to guarantee successful hatching rates, although they are typically 25-50%.]

We were so excited about using this for a homeschool project. We were learning about animal birth and growth. I thought it would be a wonderful experience to use a live prop and actually experience the birth of an animal. We found this website, requested 2nd Day Air (because of the frailty of the eggs), and waited. After a few days, I called the company to see what was taking so long. They said that this product was not available for 2nd-Day Air. Their supplier of this particular product only offered 1-2 week Priority Mail delivery. They offered to take the additional shipping charge off for 2nd Day Air and change it to the 1-2 week rate. So we waited again. Finally the eggs arrived and I set it up immediately upon delivery. I was very careful when handling the eggs. The yellow incubator is lightweight to the point that the cord to plug in the light bulb weighs it down. You also have to add a tiny bit of water so the eggs can "breathe". We set it up just right. We were very diligent in turning the eggs when we were supposed to, and we kept the eggs at just the right temperature. Three days after the hatch date, still nothing happened. None of the eggs hatched. I called the company again today and they said I would have to write a letter to their supplier requesting additional eggs. I would also have to include $2 for shipping and handling. These eggs are extremely fragile, and must be climate-controlled between 98-102 degrees F. I'm not gonna pay an additional charge for something that the supplier should be aware of in the first place: the frailty of the eggs. If you are going to sell something, be sure you know all about it!
[Home Science Tools adds: Live quail eggs are dormant until the incubation process begins. Unfortunately, successful hatching is not guaranteed; you can typically expect a 25-50% hatch rate, though. Search our website for "Incubator FAQ" for more information.]

I have been happy with everything I have received from Home Science Tools except this one. Even so, I cant put all the blame for the failure on them. Frankly, with a seven watt bulb I could have made it myself. But I have to say that while regulating temp was tricky at times, it will rise to the required temp and hold it consistently. However, after watching and waiting, keeping the temp right, turning the eggs daily,nothing happened except for its preparation of soft cooked quail eggs.One of my daughters dropped and cracked an egg while turning two days before the hatch date and nothing was inside but yolk. After the hatch date we cracked the eggs to see if any development had occured by which to check it against embryo life cycle charts but all of the eggs contained only yolk. The incubator worked fine;the eggs were apparently duds or something went wrong in the process.Obviously, the eggs and hatching cant be guaranteed.But still I feel sure that it can work, it simply didnt this time.
George Fear