Harris Farms Nurture Right 360 Incubator is AMAZING!

[Iluveggers]

Did anyone find a better way of auto adding water? I did the airline drip method last year. It worked OK, as long as the cats left it alone, but needed adjusting every couple of days. Have not tried the air stone method yet nor the shoelace/wicking method. Before I go digging through the site has anyone else tried these and succeeded?

I did the shoelace. It sufficed to keep humidity from dropping too low on the weekend at school. Took a few tries to get it to work.

 

[SheaLoner]

I did the shoelace. It sufficed to keep humidity from dropping too low on the weekend at school. Took a few tries to get it to work.

Thanks! I was thinking of braided cotton yarn as a wick. Will be testing doing a test run this week.

 

[Iluveggers]

Does this chick look ok to come out? It has some red on its back. The feathers appear messy but look dry. It popped on the wrong end but hatched on its own this morning!

 

[I Love Feather Babies]

Does this chick look ok to come out? It has some red on its back. The feathers appear messy but look dry. It popped on the wrong end but hatched on its own this morning!

If you still have others hatching, I wouldn’t open.

 

[junior67]

I know to make it easier to clean many put paper towels around the edge of the NR360. I find I still get some shells and crap down there that are hard to get out. I was thinking of trying the glad press n seal to really keep everything out. But will that mess up the humidity at lockdown? water doesn't go there. my chicks are due to hatch on Fri and I am hoping to set more on Sat but if need be then Sun...... so want the quickest way to clean it out. LOL

 

[Huntmaster]

I know to make it easier to clean many put paper towels around the edge of the NR360. I find I still get some shells and crap down there that are hard to get out. I was thinking of trying the glad press n seal to really keep everything out. But will that mess up the humidity at lockdown? water doesn't go there. my chicks are due to hatch on Fri and I am hoping to set more on Sat but if need be then Sun...... so want the quickest way to clean it out. LOL

I use cheese cloth on bottom of my hatchers to help keep clean works great in my incubators, just roll it up keeps all shell and majority of hatching gunk but not all off incubators but I don't have a NR 360 so don't know how it would work in them. Just a quick rinse and I'm back and running.

 

[junior67]

I use cheese cloth on bottom of my hatchers to help keep clean works great in my incubators, just roll it up keeps all shell and majority of hatching gunk but not all off incubators but I don't have a NR 360 so don't know how it would work in them.

it may work but I don't have cheese cloth. hahaa. the water wells I know I will have to clean the bits that make it in there. But the outside ring is just there (maybe lets air in though not sure?????) I have used paper towels before no issue but the press n seal wrap would really block air/humidity etc IF that part is used or any of that.

 

[Huntmaster]

I use cheese cloth on bottom of my hatchers to help keep clean works great in my incubators, just roll it up keeps all shell and majority of hatching gunk but not all off incubators but I don't have a NR 360 so don't know how it would work in them. Just a quick rinse and I'm back and running.

I lay it on top of grate and up the sides a bit with the shelf liner on top of cheese cloth.

 

[Huntmaster]

it may work but I don't have cheese cloth. hahaa. the water wells I know I will have to clean the bits that make it in there. But the outside ring is just there (maybe lets air in though not sure?????) I have used paper towels before no issue but the press n seal wrap would really block air/humidity etc IF that part is used or any of that.

Ya, I haven't used NR 360 so couldn't comment on that but was thinking about getting one for smaller batches of Quail hatching.

 

[SheaLoner]

Anyone find the way to Calibrate the incubator itself? My new one is 5% high on the humidity readout.