I have the nr360 and just trust the machine, had a 95% success rate the first go round, have bresse eggs in it now and everything looks great so far. These are shipped so I'm not expecting as high of a hatch rate so I'll know more on Friday when I candle them @Weeg
So all 17 chicks are happy in the brooder and doing well but that last chick may need some assistance, it's legs are splayed. I thought it was because it was alone in the incubator with a slick floor but it's still splayed in the brooder too. It can still make it to the water and food but not...
Me too! What blew my mind is how they respond to me, I bought hatchery chicks before that were a day old and they were skittish etc but these even in the incubator would run to the glass to try to get to me and now in the brooder when I lift the lid they all scramble trying to get to me and let...
I did the grab and plop and got 16 moved into the barn and into the brooder, the 17th hatched and is still chillin in the incubator, it should be the last as the 18th egg doesn't even have a pip or showing any signs of life, I'll still leave it in there another day or so just to be safe but I'm...
This morning there are so many hatched that I can't even tell how many or what's left lol I know they say not to open while on lockdown but I'm going to have to so I can remove the sea of fluffy chicks and then asses what is left to hatch. I'm setting up my brooder in the barn today and will...
Thank you! That is what I was thinking as well. I'll have my boyfriend help so we can move fast, lift the lid, remove the fluffy ones and then see what is left and let them do their thing ❤️
My NR360 is now a sea of fluffy chicks, today is day 21 and I can't tell how many are left to hatch in there because of all the fluff balls blocking the view lol For you experienced hatchers (this was my first time) would you remove the dry ones or continue lockdown? I'm torn on what to do. I...