Low Humidity Nurture Right 360

[SteveWin]

Thanks SteveWin, my 84 year old brain can't process all that but I definitely enjoyed your explanation. Seems that all is fine here, they are busy hatching and the little one from yesterday has about 7 or 8 more friends.

I do a lot of browsing on this website and I have learned a lot. If I have a question, there is always an answer coming promptly. As far as this Nurture Right goes, I am completely happy with it. The temperature has been consistent all through this hatch and I guess my problems with the humidity is miniscule.

I'm glad to hear they're hatching and doing ok!

I'm quite pleased with my Nurture Right incubator as well.. based on the weight data I've recorded so far, it seems to be keeping my eggs right on track for an optimum hatch..

 

[catsndogs4us]

For all I was concerned about the humidity to begin with..., after the snowstorm earlier in the week when the humidity suddenly seemed to rise a bit, the humidity has since stayed in the 43-45% range. I haven't changed anything so . I haven't had to add a towel or anything. So pleased with this incubator which was an emergency purchase.

 

[Tc1456]

Hello I have 4 Nurture right 360s my best hatch so far has been 21 out of 22. The best tips I can give you is not to open it and candle them and if check your water ports every day fill with water every day and if your humidity goes too high open plug b and make sure no water has went over in it. I know candling is fun to do but personally I don’t candle. Try to keep the humidity at or around 52% till day 18 and set your vent in the middle and see where it settles out. If the humidity is too low move your vent in a little and it should raise and the more you move it in the more humidity you’ll get and if you want less humidity move to vent out or more open. It’s a little tricky to get the hang of it but when you do you’ll be great at it! On day 18 try to keep your humidity at 72% usually when the biddies start hatching the humidity will raise. Make sure you clean the incubator good after every use and use 99.9% germ killing spray to clean it with. If you don’t bleach it good after every use it could build up a germ and affect your hatching. I hope you have or had a successful hatch and I hope these tips helps everyone! Happy hatching!

 

[catsndogs4us]

Thanks for that TC1456. It's day 17 and this whole time the humidity has been between 40-48. More like 44-48 since getting tips along the way. Not much I can do about it now just hoping for the best. Tomorrow I will open up the vent, fill port B and hope it goes okay! There were not many fertile eggs amongst the ones I originally loaded in the incubator so I really hope they hatch.

 

[WaxiChickens]

Just remember to keep an eye on the air cell growth so you know whether to adjust the humidity up or down. Humidity in the early days of incubation is about allowing the eggs to lose the perfect amount of water weight (11-13% by day 18 is usually optimal).

I've been hatching for a while by gauging my air cell size (without weighing) with great results but because all of the good examples of air cell growth are digital images I started working on weighing as well as marking the air cells so I can give real life examples on different sized breeds. I've only finished the bantams (Silkies) but I'll share the digital and bantam air cell growth images to hopefully give you an idea of what you should be seeing.

Good luck on your hatch! I think you'll love your Nurture Right! I just finished a hatch last night and had 94% hatch rate overall!

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I'm having the opposite problem. We live in Texas and my humidity level is high. With only a little water it jumps to 60+, but with no water it drops down to 30. We are still in week 1.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I'm having the opposite problem. We live in Texas and my humidity level is high. With only a little water it jumps to 60+, but with no water it drops down to 30. We are still in week 1.

Some incubators are especially touchy. In my experience lower humidity does less damage than too high of humidity in early Incubation but I would try to keep it around 40 minimum. I've had issues with eggs losing too much weight when lower than 35 for extended periods. It's fine for short periods but when doing a completely dry incubation in a plastic Incubator it's just too dry. Styrofoam seems to sit around 40-45% here with hardly adding any water, which is perfect. I don't really have too many issues with humidity in the room where I keep my Incubators even though it's extremely humid here in Georgia but I do add water daily to my plastic Incubators.
You can try experimenting with different things though. Like I've seen someone using a bottle cap to hold water rather than using the provided reservoirs. What Incubator are you using?

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I'm having the opposite problem. We live in Texas and my humidity level is high. With only a little water it jumps to 60+, but with no water it drops down to 30. We are still in week 1.

I just realized this is a NR360 thread so I'm assuming you're using an NR360, lol! Just open the vent all the way.

 

[WaxiChickens]

I just realized this is a NR360 thread so I'm assuming you're using an NR360, lol! Just open the vent all the way.

Yes, it's a NR360. This is my first batch in an incubator. Our broody orpington hen hatched 11 earlier this spring. The eggs are barnyard mix. Do you think the high humidity has damaged them? I'd rather start over than to have them develop more and not make it. That would be more depressing.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Yes, it's a NR360. This is my first batch in an incubator. Our broody orpington hen hatched 11 earlier this spring. The eggs are barnyard mix. Do you think the high humidity has damaged them? I'd rather start over than to have them develop more and not make it. That would be more depressing.

No those are little babies in there! You have plenty of time to allow for them to lose more weight.

 

[ladyh]

mine keeps dropping to 04% and I don't know why...put a small hydrometer which is never accurate and it shows more...other than that it's okay tried contacting manna pro they don't answer. I am now doing a dry hatch which I have been reading most are getting fantastic hatch rates with dry hatching....BUT bator won't stay at 20% either.