Ovation 28 Advance

It's obvious why Brinsea is an authority in incubators. This incubator is extremely reliable, easy to disinfect in-between hatches and holds it temperature like the fate of the world depends on it. The user interface is easy to use and simple to remember from year to year.- Update 11/30/22 - This incubator is still running like a clock. It's never had any sort of technical hiccup or blip and I can't even count how many lovely chicks I've hatched from it over the years. Thanks Brinsea!- Update 11/6/24 - Still doing amazing! I want to give this incubator more stars but I can't. I've never had a single issue with it and the chicks just keep hatching perfectly every time - THANK YOU BRINSEA! If you're wondering if this incubator is worth the investment - YES, yes it is. I now have two of these things and they're fabulous.

I managed to get this at a super price when it went on sale. I do like this incubator, and it does a great job of getting eggs to develop. The temperature is quite accurate and steady. There are a few things I don't like though. The turner trays don't accommodate larger chicken eggs, the turner mechanism is difficult to line up after opening and then replacing the lid, and it sucks to refill the water reservoirs for humidity. Other than that, its great for hatch rate. I use this as my "setter" incubator for batches I start at different times, and use smaller incubators to hatch out the batches.

work good held temp very well. rh was a little tough to control. put 32 eggs in removed infertile eggs only 3 didn't hatch other incubator had 11 not hatched same number eggs each one.

I've been using this incubator for a few years now and truly regret I purchased brand.I've hatched many many chicken eggs and have asked around. We all conclude that the fan on this particular brand dries the eggs when in lockdown and there are lots of shrink wrapped chicks.**I have another smaller incubator and the same thing. Ugh! IMO it's the brand, not just a specific model.IF the chick hatches quickly, with 2 hours you usually won't have issues. But the others that take 1/2 a day or longer WILL HAVE ISSUES getting out of the egg.I never believed in assisting a chick out of the egg until this incubator and all the shrink wrapping issues. Heartbreaking....I will be purchasing another brand this weekend.IMO people are giving it good reviews because they haven't hatch many times yet with this incubator. I try to wait to provide reviews after I've tested it. AND yes, I've had it a few years and this year I'm just fed up.

This is the second incubator I have purchased of this model. The first achieved 98% hatch rate routinely. This one I was only getting 25 to 30% hatch rate. I replaced the turner and heat coil and now am getting a 95% hatch rate. I waited to long to return it thinking I had just got some bad eggs. Customer support was a pain but once I spoke to them they were helpfull. It took a Facebook post to get a reply though.

I have several of these. They work well and getting the humidity level maintained is reasonably straightforward. The controls are easy to set and the unit maintains temperature well. Egg turning also works as advertised. These are very good home / (very) small farm incubators.The instructions omit discussion of turkey eggs. The standard egg racks that come with the incubator are fine for smaller heritage turkeys (e.g. Royal Palm, Norfolk Black) but you'll want the larger racks (sold separately) for the largest turkey varieties.This incubator also holds most duck eggs comfortably (except Pekin eggs - get the larger rack for those too).

I purchased this item about 2 years ago. The fan of the original item broke only after two usages, and Amazon replaced it right away. The second unit worked fine for the first season, although the fan began to make awful noises after 2 batches. This year, the fan is now making an incredibly loud noises, and the egg turner stopped working completely. Since the product has 3-year extended warranty, we contacted the manufacturer via email. Email directed us to call them. We called several times, but they never pick up the phone. We left messages but they never returned calls. It is a very expensive machine with poor durability and no customer support. It was a great machine while it worked, but it broke down very fast.In addition, the cover under the fan is inadequate and new hatchlings periodically get caught in the fan. We had several that lost wings and legs, and it makes a bloody mess. I do not recommend this product.

I was researching incubators to hatch Quail eggs and heard good things about the Ovation 56 Advance. Read the user manual and realized that I needed large egg carriers which had a divider to hold s the smaller Quail size eggs.Setting up the temperature on the digital display was pretty easy. The turning feature worked perfectly had set it to turn at 60 minutes.The humidity display was the best it took away the guess work and followed the instructions in the manual regarding how much water needs to be added.The RM + alarm sounded on the first day I set my eggs and thought OH NO something is wrong. But then checked in the manual regarding the alarm and noticed that the incubator had the sun rays pointing directly on to the lid that had increased the temperature, without the alarm I would never have known. I changed the position of the incubator and that solved that. Really happy with that feature.My son just loved to see the progress from eggs to chicks.They started hatching on day 18 and only lost 4 of the 70.Cleaning the Ovation 56 Advance was easy but for my next use I will buy some hatching mats I saw on Brinsea website to keep the bottom from getting dirty.The Ovation 56 Advance is very easy to use. Highly recommended.