Hatchalong and Ebay no-name Incubator review

[Winter Creek Coop]

Hello friends.

I thought I would post a review of a no-name incubator I am testing out from ebay. We loaded it full (23 eggs) a week ago with barnyard mixes to give away to some friends. It really probably only holds 20 chicken eggs at a time but I squeezed in a couple banty eggs too.

As you can see there is no brand, but it says Egg Incubator Type: NLF1-24 It was only $59 on ebay. It has bar style turners which work fine so far. It had temp control in celcius and a humidity monitor. It is a forced air unit. The main unit is plastic that sets inside a styrofoam outside case. The shiny tape was added by me to keep from boogering up the edges of the styrofoam taking the lid on and off. I recommend this. It also has a built in candling lamp.

So far so good. Follow along for the next two weeks to see how it goes.

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

Well surprise! We had 10 of the 23 hatch yesterday and last night. Today is day 21. We have had one more hatch this morning. I can see a couple more pips working. I am pretty pleased with this incubator so far.

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

Oh I forgot to mention one of the main reasons I bought it to try. It is dual power and can run on 12 volt DC. After the rolling power outages I thought it would be nice to have a temporary power option.

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

A little update...

This thing has been great so far. All of the eggs I have candled seem to have developed well. It has been really consistent on temp the whole time. The egg turner works great. If the hatch goes well Wednesday and Thursday then I am gonna say this is a pretty good unit for under $60!

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

I'm also trying out a cheap eBay and Amazon incubator. One comes in like 4 or 5 days and the other I'm using right now. Definitely going to get a better one though. I'm thinking of a Farm Innovators or a NR360.

I hope yours work too!

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

What is that spotted egg from? 4th one going right in the 5th row going down.

I am not sure which chicken it is from. Its from a community nest. I love speckled eggs though.

 

[Justso]

I just bought a slightly different style bar type turner, I'll be setting eggs around Wednesday. Thanks for the tip on protecting the styrofoam edge! Fingers crossed!

 

[Justso]

I'll be setting 15 of a blue egg layer. I hope I have better luck than in the past.

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

I'll be setting 15 of a blue egg layer. I hope I have better luck than in the past.

We have nine days left.

My last hatch we had 2 out of 3 blue eggs hatch out.

 

[Justso]

We have nine days left.

My last hatch we had 2 out of 3 blue eggs hatch out.