Harris Farms Nurture Right 360 Incubator is AMAZING!

[aart]

Meat thermometers are great because they're easy to calibrate.

Maybe newer ones are, but my moms old mercury meat thermometer can not be calibrated/adjusted.
Human medical therms are the most accurate(manufacturing parameters), and in the right range.
Some good food thermometers can be calibrated/adjusted.
I used to do all this:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...incubator-thermometers-and-hygrometers.73634/

Now use this one...https://www.thermoworks.com/RT301WA.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Maybe newer ones are, but my moms old mercury meat thermometer can not be calibrated/adjusted.
Human medical therms are the most accurate(manufacturing parameters), and in the right range.
Some good food thermometers can be calibrated/adjusted.
I used to do all this:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...incubator-thermometers-and-hygrometers.73634/

Now use this one...https://www.thermoworks.com/RT301WA.

Yes, it was fairly new, two years ago. The instructions to calibrate it were right on the card it was hanging on too. I even rechecked it after a year and it still looked good but recalibrating was super simple if needed. I bought a large pack of the cheap digital thermometer/hygrometers on Amazon and checked each against the meat thermometer. It was a good purchase for the price because it offers multiple thermometers for you to check against and it's pretty obvious when one goes bad if you have more than one. After a couple of years of using them, I am now down to a few but I would buy them again and just keep checking them against the little meat thermometer, lol.

Pretty sure it's this one. No batteries, not digital, and very reliable for the past couple of years!
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Mainstays-Instant-Read-Meat-Thermometer-00997/14913174

 

[BenlynFarm]

Newbie question! So I have two days left so they are on day 19. I haven’t checked the eggs much today. I just came in to check and it appears one has externally pipped! Is that normal? And about how long does it take to hatch after this? Edit: it doesn’t appear the chick broke through the membrane yet, only cracked the shell.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Newbie question! So I have two days left so they are on day 19. I haven’t checked the eggs much today. I just came in to check and it appears one has externally pipped! Is that normal? And about how long does it take to hatch after this? Edit: it doesn’t appear the chick broke through the membrane yet, only cracked the shell.

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Omg I am so excited and jealous! I was just looking my eggs over for pips. Nothing yet. I'm actually really anxious that the air cells are still too small

 

[BenlynFarm]

Omg I am so excited and jealous! I was just looking my eggs over for pips. Nothing yet. I'm actually really anxious that the air cells are still too small

Well now I’m a nervous wreck that this one seems to be coming early haha! I didn’t mark the 18 day air cell on mine but I think it was normal, fingers crossed! Hope this little chick makes it out safely!

 

[BenlynFarm]

Omg I am so excited and jealous! I was just looking my eggs over for pips. Nothing yet. I'm actually really anxious that the air cells are still too small

Oh my goodness! I just went back to check and another one has pipped externally! Guess these little ones may be coming early!

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Newbie question! So I have two days left so they are on day 19. I haven’t checked the eggs much today. I just came in to check and it appears one has externally pipped! Is that normal? And about how long does it take to hatch after this? Edit: it doesn’t appear the chick broke through the membrane yet, only cracked the shell.

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Very exciting! I bet you will wake up to chicks in the morning! It can take up to 24 hours from pip to hatch but it's usually sooner.

 

[BenlynFarm]

Very exciting! I bet you will wake up to chicks in the morning! It can take up to 24 hours from pip to hatch but it's usually sooner.

This is soooo exciting! I’m not sure I’ll sleep

 

[TJAnonymous]

I'm so happy for you!

I'm worried about mine because it didn't seem like the air cell was growing at all from the first time I candled on Day 7. I'm worried they are going to drown.

 

[BenlynFarm]

I'm so happy for you!

I'm worried about mine because it didn't seem like the air cell was growing at all from the first time I candled on Day 7. I'm worried they are going to drown.

I’m sure you said in a previous post but remind me what your humidity was at? Mine grew some between 7 to 14 days but not what I excepted. But it grew more between 14 and 18 (candles right before lockdown). Did you candle at lockdown?