The NR360 I take to the sink, use soap and water, and pick out all the eggshell pieces. After it's rinsed and dried, I spray it lightly with Lysol and let it dry. I also only use distilled water in both that one and the Brinsea. I've been doing that for dozens of successful hatches.
No, just that the silkie breeder who wins awards on her show silkies told me that's all she uses. I too have poultry cell and nutradrench and I've put a couple of drops in their water of that a time or two their first week as well. I think it's good to alternate fresh first day...
We've hatched over two-week-old eggs before, some right out of the fridge. If I'm holding the eggs, though, I store them in the basement, where it's around 60F. They are in a carton with a bag of rice (they're on a shelf with my dry goods, so use whatever you have handy to raise one end) under...