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Cluckingworwoods
Hatching
Thanks for the help, hopefully we can finish this hatch and move on to something better.
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It seems people are quite loyal to this machine. Everyone told me my unit was defective so I recently purchased a second one (they were purchased more than a year apart) just to test the theory. It is identical! I charted the temps for two weeks using 3 different thermometer/hygrometers readings every hour. They were all calibrated. Continual temperature fluctuations all throughout the day of more than 2 degrees on either side of normal temps. Checked every hour. LOW 97.8, HIGH 101.4 Temps remain stable at the varying degrees for up to two hours at a time.People criticized you for free in-depth information? No gratitude, I guess.
Here is an update on my just finished hatch using the dry hatch method. I used no water at all for first 18 days with ambient humidity in the room between 21% and 26%. Then went into lock down keeping humidity at 60 to 70%. I got 10 out of 22 to hatch which is my best success so far although nothing compared to others results getting 90 to 100%. Unfortunately the 10th chick is still not able to get out of the shell after two days since it unzipped. It must have a weakness. Every time I try to finally help a chick that doesn't free itself from the shell, just in case it's just shrink wrapped, there has been a reason; some deformity or incomplete development. I get one of these in every setting using the NR360. The other 9 chicks are healthy and doing fine in the brooder.I am new to incubation, we have tried two previous batches in a nurture 360. Our hatch rate is around 40%. My Temps and humidity are good, I have Calibrated etc. The embryos in the eggs seem to be dying around the second week. We are currently on the 3rd set of eggs in the incubator, from day 7 to day 14 there were 6 embryos that quit. Do you have any suggestions?
Check out the following link.. trouble shooting according to what day the embryo quit or other anomalies seen start around page 51 ish..We are currently on the 3rd set of eggs in the incubator, from day 7 to day 14 there were 6 embryos that quit. Do you have any suggestions?
I also bought, hate, and sold that machine.. not due to inaccuracy but due to chicks or eggs falling out when I open the lid to remove them.I wish I could have left all of my 100’s of hours of information about my in-depth study on this incubator on this post, but I got heavily criticized for doing so.
Very first consideration after reading this.. is feed routine and parent nutrition.. Please describe. Oh (more posts have been made), feed itself looks fine, but what treats are given? Also.. what color eggs? Are we talking about a specific breed here? Some are ,much harder to hatch than others. Lower your humidity to between 35-45% for first 18 days.The eggs are fresh from our own flock. Our hens are a little over a year old, same with our rooster. We store them room temperature on the counter with pointy end down. We have them 3 to 4 days before setting them in the incubator. We have used only clean eggs and have not washed them. We check on the incubator several times throughout the day and all 3 hygrometer read 99.5 to 100 degrees. Our humidity stays close to 50%. The auto egg Turner is also working properly.
Could be a rooster fertility issue? I was recently watch a video about poor hatch rates in goose eggs and they suspected it was an issue with the fertility of the male.The eggs are fresh from our own flock. Our hens are a little over a year old, same with our rooster. We store them room temperature on the counter with pointy end down. We have them 3 to 4 days before setting them in the incubator. We have used only clean eggs and have not washed them. We check on the incubator several times throughout the day and all 3 hygrometer read 99.5 to 100 degrees. Our humidity stays close to 50%. The auto egg Turner is also working properly.