Eggology Out Of Business

What Happened With Eggology and Why It Matters

The company known as Eggology sold smart egg incubators and incubation accessories online for several years. Then they stopped. There were no dramatic press releases, no official closure statements you could pin to a date. What happened was more typical of small e-commerce equipment sellers: they ran out of stock, customers started complaining about units not responding to support tickets, and the site gradually became unresponsive. By early 2025, the domain was still up but nothing was shipping. That is basically Eggology Out Of Business status, whether anyone ever formally declared it. I ordered a replacement fan controller for my Eggology Incubator Pro from their site in late 2024 and the order just never arrived. No refund notification. No shipping email. The customer service address returned a bounce. Their social media accounts stopped updating months earlier. That is the practical reality most owners are dealing with right now, especially if you own one of their larger models like the 80-egg or 140-egg capacity units. Let me be clear about what this means and what it doesn't mean. The brand is defunct. You cannot order parts from them anymore. Their app, which some units connected to via Bluetooth, likely has backend services that are degraded or shut down. But the hardware itself is still functional if you know how to work around the lack of official support.

Working With Your Eggology Unit Now

Here is the straightforward situation. If your Eggology incubator is still turning and heating, you can probably keep running it for a while with some manual intervention. The core problem is that the touchscreen controllers on these units use proprietary firmware, and once the servers they phone home to stop responding, certain features just go dead. Temperature regulation itself usually keeps working because that runs locally on the board. It is the Wi-Fi features, the automated turner scheduling, and the app integration that break first. I have three of these units in my setup. One is an older basic model that never had Wi-Fi anyway. That one is still running fine after six months without any official support. The other two are the smart versions. On those, I switched to using a separate external temperature controller wired in parallel, so the incubator handles turning while the external unit cuts power to the heat source if the temperature drifts. This is a common workaround among people who bought these units knowing they were already out of production. If you are dealing with a specific failure right now, here is what to try based on what actually goes wrong with these machines.

Fan stops working. The internal circulation fans are 12-volt PC-style bearings. These are standard. Open the back panel, note which wire goes where, and replace with any 120mm or 80mm 12V fan depending on your model. I used a Noctua NF-A8 for mine and it fits the mounting holes without modification. The original fans sound like they are struggling after about 18 months because the bearings dry out in the warm humid environment inside the chamber. Turner motor fails. The egg turner uses a small DC gear motor. These are also not proprietary. I found replacements on eBay labeled as "incubator turner motor 6V" that fit. The trick is checking the gear ratio on your original motor before ordering, because Eggology used at least two different models across their product line. A 60rpm gear motor works for the smaller units. The larger 140-egg model needs something closer to 30rpm because of the tray weight. I learned this the hard way when I put the wrong one in and the motor burned out within a week. Sensor calibration drift. The humidity and temperature sensors on these units tend to drift after a year or so. Take a simple wet-dial thermometer comparison against a known good one. If humidity reads more than 5% off, you can usually adjust it through the service menu by holding the reset button for ten seconds while powering on. The temperature offset is adjusted the same way but in half-degree increments. I keep a digital thermometer permanently inside each unit just to cross-check every few days.

Parts You Can Still Source

Several components are actually off-the-shelf and you do not need to wait for Eggology. Here is what I have found: Power supply: 12V 5A adapter. Standard barrel connector. Any electronics supplier has these. The original was just a generic Chinese power supply rebranded. Heating element: These are MCH ceramic heating plates, usually 50 watts for the smaller units and 100 watts for the large ones. You can find exact replacements on AliExpress by searching for the part number printed on the plate itself. Mine was labeled CTP-50B-12V. Took about three weeks to arrive from China but cost about eight dollars.

Touchscreen display: This one is harder. The LCD assemblies appear to be custom-order from a manufacturer in Shenzhen. I did find a third-party seller on eBay offering refurbished screens for around $40, but I had to send them my serial number to verify compatibility. It took about six weeks to arrive and it worked, though the touch response was slightly less precise than the original.

Is It Worth Keeping Your Eggology?

The honest answer depends on what model you have and what your budget looks like. If you have a basic non-Wi-Fi model and it is still running, keep using it. These things are overbuilt relative to their price point. The plastic housing is thick, the electronics are properly sealed against humidity, and the turning mechanism is mechanically simple enough that it does not break often. If you are buying used, proceed carefully. Check the seller's return policy. I have seen listings where the turner motor was already failing and the seller was not disclosing it. Test the turning cycle manually before accepting the unit. Also check the seals around the door gasket. The rubber degrades over time in these warm environments and cracked seals cause massive humidity loss that no amount of calibration will fix. For new buyers who do not want to deal with a discontinued brand, there are alternatives that are currently being produced with active support. The Little Giant series from Brinsea still makes units that are mechanically similar. The Humidity King incubators from China have decent reviews on poultry forums. Both offer replaceable parts and active customer service. Neither matches the build quality of the Eggology units in my opinion, but you get support, which matters more than people realize once something breaks.

I would not recommend any of the brand-new ultra-cheap incubators under $50. The temperature control on those is unreliable and the turning mechanisms fail within the first hatch cycle. You end up spending more on replacements than you saved. If you have an Eggology unit that is still working, document the part numbers inside before anything fails. Take photos of the wiring, write down the firmware version, and save the user manual PDF from the internet archive. These things disappear fast. I wish I had done that with my second unit before the touchscreen died.