Harris Farms Nurture Right 360 Incubator is AMAZING!

[Gooseface]

As far as I know, yes. Incubators are just sold out everywhere. With the chick boom there was also an incubator boom. Lol

Ahhhh ok! I’m not in a rush anyway. I was more curious than anything. Not sure if it’s worth my time trying to hatch eggs vs just buying day olds anyway.

 

[CrisAnderson27]

Plastic welder?
Risky business.

Not to bad, you glue it, and drill a few very small holes to melt/fill. Kinda like spot/plug welds.

I was doing that the last hatch too, (not using the hooks) but found many times it would jump/slip out of the narrow ridge and either bump inward, or outward causing other areas of the rim to tap the eggs somewhere.
I don't know if they made changes on the latest model, but tipping it more than about an inch or two makes it rather unstable on my model. And closing smoothly? pfft, not this model.

I mean it get it, it's made to be taken completely off and on, and the dome holds the heat fairly well when it's off for a full candling, but sometimes you need to just grab one egg for a check, or nudge an egg that's gotten a little wonky in the turner. Or you know...just touch the eggs because you can't help yourself.

Yeah, the Ver1.0NU is super flexible. The more I use them both the more I like my Ver 3. Almost enough to trade out my 1.0NU for one, lol. The one nice thing about the new version is I can actually spritz some warm water in on the shelf liner for an instant boost in humidity if I opened it for whatever reason. Can't do that with the old models.

 

[aart]

Not to bad, you glue it, and drill a few very small holes to melt/fill. Kinda like spot/plug welds.

Ah, chemical weld then......hopefully you have the right solvent for type of plastic in the base.

 

[EarlJ]

So I finally picked up my Sofirn.
I mistakenly had it sent to my mom's, then had a Covid scare so I couldn't pick it up for a few weeks.

Thought it was supposed to max at 1200, but the manual claims 3500. Kinda blurry, but here's a shot:


Doubt I could tell the difference, but for what it's worth... if I shine it on my hand, I can't look directly at my hand. It's absurdly bright. Warms up quickly, but it also cools off pretty fast when not in use.

 

[Willow2253]

That is one fancy flashlight

 

[SnapdragonQ]

You know... I started wondering on my last batch exactly how good it is to shine a bright flashlight into an egg with a embryo with developing eyes that can't blink yet. And even when they can blink, the light goes right through the lid.
Inquiring minds inquire....

 

[EarlJ]

I've worried about that too... but when I had stuff hatching, I'd shine my headlight at pip holes to see how the lil guys were doing... and the ones who'd hatched already would swarm toward the light.

The headlight is not a "I need this room lit like day when it's 2:00 am" flashlight, but it's no fun to look directly at either. Doesn't seem to bother them.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

Out of curiosity I took a tiny not so bright flashlight and tried to peek into the eggs while they stayed in the bator. All I did was remove the lid and shine it don on the 2 upright eggs and a few on their sides.
The darker upright egg that was saddled the worst looked interesting. The air pocket side that was halfway down the shell had come up to the top, but was totally jiggy and loose on that side. I could not tell if there was any development yet, too dark to see beyond the air cell. My own blue egg was fine though the yolk was near the top, not in the middle. Don't know what that means if anything beyond gravity.

I tried to peek into a few eggs on their sides with my dull light and think (????) I might have seen some light veining. that was last night and today is just now going on day three.
If I can behave myself I won;t do a full candle until day 7, but might recheck the upright egg in the same manner to see what the air cell does and if it can be put on it's side.
For now I'm gently twisting the 2 upright eggs 5 to 7 times a day.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

You know... I started wondering on my last batch exactly how good it is to shine a bright flashlight into an egg with a embryo with developing eyes that can't blink yet. And even when they can blink, the light goes right through the lid.
Inquiring minds inquire....

I actually discussed this with someone last year....I don't have a clue when or where it was though, lol. The light is quick and not nearly as damaging as a heat lamp is believe it or not. They shared a study with me on the damage that heat lamps do and how it actually can have an effect on personality later in life. I'm better about saving these interesting studies so I can go back and make more sense when I reference them now but back in the day I wasn't so good about it. Lol

 

[SnapdragonQ]

I actually discussed this with someone last year....I don't have a clue when or where it was though, lol. The light is quick and not nearly as damaging as a heat lamp is believe it or not. They shared a study with me on the damage that heat lamps do and how it actually can have an effect on personality later in life. I'm better about saving these interesting studies so I can go back and make more sense when I reference them now but back in the day I wasn't so good about it. Lol

I read somewhere about a light study but don't remember fully what it said beyond keeping the eggs dark is better. After all it's dark under a chicken.

I've got parakeets and have to keep a small light on overnight because they get night frights, so the last hatch the bator sat under a smaller kitchen light I generally use. This time around I've been using a different light so the eggs don't have light shining on them all night.

I'd be curious about the heat lamp study. Most all my brooded chicks have been smaller groups so I've used a regular household 45 or 60 watt bulb until they could be at normal room temps.
This last batch I made a momma heat pad from a seeding mat but supplemented with a 45 watt bulb because there are so many. I'm ready to start the transition to lights out overnight now so they can learn to start sleeping overnight. I use a small night light for the first 3 or 4 days.