Harris Farms Nurture Right 360 Incubator is AMAZING!

[CluckNDoodle]

No, I guess I need to read more about how to properly hatch duck eggs. I put them in the incubator set the temp at 99.5 and humidity in the 50's and 70's during lock down. I didn't realized I needed to spray water and cool them down. I guess it makes sense because mamma duck usually are wet for swimming.

Below are some instructions quoted from a website. When I spray the eggs I leave them in the incubator and just leave the lid off. I spray the eggs and leave it open long enough for the water to evaporate and then I close the lid again. That was the easiest process for me.

https://www.metzerfarms.com/IncubatingAndHatching.cfm
"Sometimes a regime of cooling and spraying duck and goose eggs results in better hatchability. Start after about 10 days of incubation. Open the incubator or remove the eggs so they cool. If you have an infrared temperature gun, cool the eggs until the shell surface reaches 86 degrees. If you do not have a way to accurately read the temperature, hold the egg to your eyelid. If it feels warm it needs more cooling, if it feels neutral you are done cooling, if it feels cool you have cooled too long. Then you can spray the eggs with room temperature water and return them to the incubator. The incubator should be able to warm up in about the same amount of time it took to cool the eggs. Do not spray and cool after day 25. The actual consequences of spraying is interesting. One consequence is it changes the membrane of the egg so a greater percentage of moisture is lost during incubation. Ideally a duck egg loses about 13% of its weight between the time it is laid and day 25 of incubation. Losing significantly more or less than this reduces hatchability."

 

[Parront]

When I had some of my duck eggs quit, I asked a fellow on here, he said to keep humidity ~40-45% and the temp 99.8. I opened the second port, the "B" opening, and the humidity stayed in that range. I did not change the temp, because I was already on day 10. I had 11 ducks out of 17 eggs hatch. Next time I will try the spray, 2 were unable to hatch after piping. Sad. Here they are at 4 weeks old this weekend:

 

[CluckNDoodle]

When I had some of my duck eggs quit, I asked a fellow on here, he said to keep humidity ~40-45% and the temp 99.8. I opened the second port, the "B" opening, and the humidity stayed in that range. I did not change the temp, because I was already on day 10. I had 11 ducks out of 17 eggs hatch. Next time I will try the spray, 2 were unable to hatch after piping. Sad. Here they are at 4 weeks old this weekend:

Spraying helps a lot in my experience. It's only for the middle of your incubation period and I have tried hatching waterfowl both with and without spraying and the hatches went much smoother when spraying and allowing to evaporate. I always end up needing to assist with unsprayed hatches.

 

[yesterDAYNE]

Cool! Did you get the turner on Etsy? It looks much lower than the regular turner. I look forward to your updates on how well it works.

Yup! I sure did : ) Got the turkey one and the goose one just in case. It works great!

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Yup! I sure did : ) Got the turkey one and the goose one just in case. It works great!

Do you mind sharing the link? I searched to order one for Peafowl and I can't seem to find it.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Nevermind, I see why. I just read this in the shop.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I scored a goose egg turner from that Etsy shop this morning! Lol, I technically still need other sizes but maybe the peafowl eggs will fit in it rather than the turkey/duck egg turner like I thought I would need.

 

[CHlCKEN]

How does the price vary depending on where I buy it from? Is there somewhere I might find a lower price at than the norm?

 

[CluckNDoodle]

How does the price vary depending on where I buy it from? Is there somewhere I might find a lower price at than the norm?

For the Incubator? Every time I've price shopped, waiting for Tractor Supply's quarterly 10% coupon with the Neighbors Reward program they have is the best price for a new one. Otherwise you can look around for a used one as well.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I just received 3 different sized turners for the NR360! I'm looking forward to trying them. I got a goose, turkey/duck, and quail egg turner. I plan to use the turkey/duck one to hatch Peafowl. I'll update once I use them.