Harris Farms Nurture Right 360 Incubator is AMAZING!

[Auntiejessi3]

I have central heat but it is off, I am using an oil filled space heater - looks like an old radiator - mainly to stabilize temp in room at night. I heat with a woodstove in the rest of the house, but this room has weather strip on door edges so if I am doing stain or varnish the smell is confined and I don't kill my aquarium fish. There are also some plants in there, it's pretty warm and humid - about 77 degrees.

You'll have to figure out what works for you and your environment. I live in Central Texas (very humid) but because I have central air I can't manage a dry hatch. I'd still get a thermometer/hygrometer combo to be sure your incubator is reading correctly. Keep us updated, and happy hatching!

 

[Gypsi]

I got a thermometer /humidity guage near the center this evening, it matched what the incubator said. I left it in

 

[Gypsi]

I candled and didn't see veins but it is day 12. I did see large dark areas and some had air pockets on both ends. Wonder if that is ok

 

[Auntiejessi3]

I candled and didn't see veins but it is day 12. I did see large dark areas and some had air pockets on both ends. Wonder if that is ok

By day 12 you should see veins and movement. The large dark areas could be chicks that started but quit. Can you post some pictures?

 

[Gypsi]

I will try. Temp and humidity have been consistently good except twice humidity dropped for an hour or more when water got low.

 

[Gypsi]

I don't think they were turned enough. I got the eggs from my helper, they were her cleanest of the fresh ones. 2 looked infertile out of 18. No movement, no visible veins in any of them. Solid like they are hard boiled.

 

[Gypsi]

Very thick shells on these eggs. I opened one, that looks like a living embryo, or it was til I opened it. but it looks like a day 11 not a day 13. I'm keeping the incubator going.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

I don't think they were turned enough. I got the eggs from my helper, they were her cleanest of the fresh ones. 2 looked infertile out of 18. No movement, no visible veins in any of them. Solid like they are hard boiled.
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I'd leave them in. The top pic looks like it never started. It should be turning your eggs automatically, I believe it's like every hour. Just remember day 1 of incubation is 24 hrs after you put them in.

 

[Gypsi]

I'm relieved they aren't hardboiled but the timer on that automatic incubator may not agree with chick development so this morning I am testing the old thermostat on my diy incubator and changing bulb size, rearranging to get better stable temp for the eggs. I sent the new defective thermostat back and have a new Inkbird 1000 and a probe for my old Inkbird 1000 coming in Saturday. Have a lady on Next Door with too many eggs going to give me some of her surplus, she just threw out 4 dozen eggs, and sold chicks from her broodies, so she has plenty for me to experiment with. And I'll watch these and I have a thermometer in the Nurture Right and keep an eye on it too. I won't move these eggs unless something goes wrong or it shuts down before they hatch

 

[Gypsi]

I was the reading 12 on the days on the incubator and that means that was a 9 day embryo I think. so it was fine. I started DIY incubator last night with 11 more eggs. There shall be chicks!