12 Egg Incubator with Humidity Display, Egg Candler, Automatic Egg Turner, for Hatching Chickens

UPDATE (March 2025): I have consistently used this incubator for numerous hatches and it works beautifully every time. I haven’t had a single issue with it and I’ve successfully incubated dozens of baby chicks and grown my flock of yard birds. I took extra care with my last batch of eggs, ensuring that I selected only the most healthy eggs (instead of selecting a dozen without candling them) and all TWELVE babies hatched and were healthy. My favorite feature is the clear lid that allows you to watch the entire hatching process. When days 20-21 comes around, my kids and I gather around and watch as the babies pip and eventually find their way out of their shells. It’s such an amazing experience. If you’re looking for an excellent incubator for an excellent cost, buy this one. It doesn’t disappoint. Original Review: This wasn’t my first time hatching eggs, but it was my first time using the Kebonnixs incubator. I was very pleased with the results. I found it was easy to operate, kept both the temperature and humidity stable, and it reliably turned the eggs each day. All around it turned out to be a great product for hatching a small batch of chicks. I started with a dozen eggs, two of which had to be pulled before hatch day (one was infertile; the other had an embryo that failed to develop). Out of the ten that we had left, nine of them have successfully hatched. We’re giving the last chick a little more time to make a late appearance, but even nine out of ten chicks is a very satisfactory hatch. If you’re looking for an affordable, small, easy-to-use incubator…this is a great option! I’m very happy with my purchase and look forward to using it again to hatch another batch of baby chicks.

It works and it’s easy peasy! I used them for quail eggs. I was able to easily adjust the incubation time from 21 to 18 (21 days is typically for chickens a d 18 days is for quail). So far I have 4 out of 16 that hatched and several others with pips in them. I’m just happy that any hatched lol! If any don’t hatch, I would blame that on the shipping conditions being below zero temps and having to double up eggs in 4 spots to fit them all. Humidity was very easy to adjust and I never had to open the incubator for any reason.

10 of 12 eggs hatched. All 12 had a live embryo day 18. It seems to do the job of keeping the temperature right. I had to sometimes run a vaporizer when my house got too dry. I also had to run a dehumifier one week because it's the middle of winter but got up in the 60s and rainy. Depending on where you live and time of year, it might be good to have access to ways to change the environment if needed. I kept the incubator humidity around 50% days 1-18, then tried for 70% for lockdown but ended up at 68% mostly. While the eggs were hatching, I had huge spikes in humidity...in the 90% + range. They all had good air sacs going into lockdown. Like others have suggested, I made a mat from grippy shelf liner for hatching from the dollar store prior to placing the eggs in the beginning. Use the turning piece as a template (I included a picture of the mat I made). When it was time for lockdown on day 18, I was able to take the turning piece out, put the mat in, and then re-place the eggs quickly. All chicks that hatched were healthy with no leg issues. It is pretty crowded in there if 12 eggs take. I think the two that didn't hatch were at the mercy of the early / on time hatchers punting them around in there. The seller is pretty thorough with their instructions. Overall, I'm happy with this unit as 83% hatch rate isn't too shabby. I'm running another incubator right now and I think this one holds conditions steady better. As others have said, be sure that the little tabs on the lid are properly lined up or you will notice a temperature and humidity drop.

I had some bantam eggs to hatch and the last incubator I had used is an old manual one. I was ready for an upgrade but didn't want to spend a lot. After reading the reviews I decided to try this one. I was a bit apprehensive about the temperature and humidity sensors due some of the reviews. A digital thermometer placed in the bottom read 96.2 and a mercury thermometer read 98.4. I took a leap of faith since Kebbonixs went to such pains to explain why their temperature sensor is accurate. I really fretted about the humidity because my digital hygrometer and one made for a reptile tank both read 6 to 8 percentage points lower than what the incubator sensor read. It seems to be very sensitive to outside humidity levels. I have an evaporative cooler and when it was on the difference between the hygrometer in the bottom and the built in sensor was greater. I kept the humidity reading on the incubator as close to 55 as I could. It's nice to be able to adjust it some with the vent. During the last three days when the egg turner was removed the built in hygrometer reading was only one percentage point higher than the one I placed in the bottom. Of course the humidity level in the incubator was higher and maybe this counteracted the tendency for the sensor to be influenced by outside humidity. The egg candler works pretty well in a dark room. At day 15 I was able to identify 8 out of 11 eggs with normal development. Two had died in the embryo stage. I had already removed one rotten one. The night of day 16 the lid was not locked in somehow and the next morning I noticed it because the humidity was low. The house was pretty cool but the incubator compensated and I did not lose any eggs. I did not want the chicks hatching on that slick plastic. That would have been a mess so I ordered hatching mats made for the Brinsea Minni II incubator. The Amazon description said they were 9 inches so I thought I could modify them pretty easily. They turned out to be only 8 inches in diameter so I had to cut up two of them and was able to nearly cover all of the floor of the incubator. Hey Kebbonixs, why don't you make hatching mats for your incubator? When I got up on day 21 one chick had already hatched and the other 7 hatched the same day. I left them in until the next day but took most of the shells out because it was crowded and I didn't even have a full dozen. When I cleaned the incubator there was an accumulation of small black fibers in the water vat and on the floor. Also, down from the chicks had got caught up in the fan and accumulated around the elements. What were the black fibers from? They were very fine and would not be good for a chick to inhale. I cleaned the fan and elements with an air can. I can say the incubator performed as advertised. I fiddled with the humidity a lot but at least it is set up so that can easily be fiddled with. It would be nice if it had a little cap to keep bugs and debris out of the outside water filler. I'm giving it a 4 on accuracy because I still have my doubts about the humidity sensor. What they explain about temperature appears to be true because my chicks did not hatch late, although I lost two fertile eggs for some reason but it may not have been the incubator. There were a couple of hickups and I emailed Kebbonixs and they responded promptly. They appear to have very good customer service and they stand behind their product.

Excellent little incubator. This is my second year using it. It holds temperature and humidity extremely well.

It arrived broken

Excelente producto, aun funcionando.

Guter Inkubator im vergleich mit einem ohne Luftfeuchtigkeit Kontrolle Hat im Vergleich ein deutlich besseres Ergebnis als ein günstigeres Teil 4 brutzyklen benutzt hatte ein gutes Ergebnis Aber waren trotzdem bei jedem Mal welche dabei die nicht geschlüpft sind obwohl geschiert und bei manchen Eiern musste ich nachhelfen und etwas Schale entfernen War ca. 50/50 erfolgsquote Ansonsten guter Inkubator man sieht alles hält Temperatur gut ist leicht zu bedienen Lautstärke ist annehmbar

Na doch recht kurzer Lieferzeit kam der inkubator bei mir an. Der Karton der Maschine war leicht beschädigt und geflickt. Ausgepackt und festgestellt das keine Anleitung vorhanden ist, kein Problem... man kennt die Dinger und es ist kein hexenwerk diese bedienen zu können.... jedoch ist es gar nicht möglich eine Temperatur oder Wendezeit einzustellen! Das Hygrometer zeigt praktisch immer die selben Werte an, im Bereich von 50-60% egal wie viel Wasser drin ist, oder wie weit die lüftungsöffnung offen ist... was natürlich am Hygrometer der Machine liegt, da mit externen getestet. Das Licht zum schieren der Eier war leider auch schon bei Erhalt defekt.... die Temperatur ist fix auf 100F eingestellt und hält sich dort angeblich gut... absoluter Blödsinn... die Temperatur pendelt von unten nach oben und variiert dabei um satte 3 Grad ! Somit ist ein ausbrüten eig unmöglich... schade, da er doch vom Material her einen sehr guten Eindruck macht. Geht natürlich zurück...