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If you are going to use this incubator, I would recommend putting it inside of a styrofoam open box or surround it with newspaper, towels or packing material. I filled it with turkey eggs, and noticed early on that many of the eggs that were on the outer rim were not developing . I took about half of them out on day 11 figuring that they may not have been fertile. Over the next 10 days, all but three of the eggs that were on the rim stopped developing at some stage , and yet every single one of the 6 eggs that were in the middle developed completely and are ready for hatching . This tells me that heat was escaping out of the edge , and the colder air from outside of the incubator was causing the eggs on the outer circle to have inconsistent temperature. It is summer and the incubator was only 3 or 4 feet away from an air duct , which I am sure created colder outside air than I should have allowed . I am still going to give it 5 stars because it is a very well made incubator , and I will use it again , but with the mentioned recommendation of keeping it away from any air vents that can help taint the temperature, and by insulating the exterior of the incubator. I am going to hatch another batch and will update after I see the results with the differentials. Update 7/8 on DAY 26 , after my turkey poults had pipped the exterior shell, the incubator died. The healthy chicks died in their shells, as there was no heat to create humidity , nor was there any heat . I tried plugging into different outlets , etc. nothing . Surely for this money I would expect more than 26 days of use. Not to mention the $75 I paid for the eggs, and I had to drive 3 hours to get them. What a waste !