Nurture right 360 questions

[Tre3hugger]

Ok. Thank you will try that

NP. I set mine up today as well and had to close the vent a little more than halfway to get the humidity up to 48%

 

[junior67]

NP. I set mine up today as well and had to close the vent a little more than halfway to get the humidity up to 48%

I didn't even think of that. I was trying to figure out what I was doing wrong! haahaa!

 

[Tre3hugger]

I didn't even think of that. I was trying to figure out what I was doing wrong! haahaa!

reading the directions goes a longgggg way my friend

 

[junior67]

reading the directions goes a longgggg way my friend

Sad thing is I read them when I got the first incubator twice. Then read them while setting this one up and forgot that part 3 hrs later... Lack of sleep does that.

 

[Tre3hugger]

Sad thing is I read them when I got the first incubator twice. Then read them while setting this one up and forgot that part 3 hrs later... Lack of sleep does that.

lol no doubt. That's what we're here for!

 

[DavidReaves]

It may be useful to keep a hygrometer outside the incubator too. That will help manage the humidity proactively. If the outside humidity is rising, I'm opening the vent a touch. If it's dropping, I close it a touch. So far, I'm just testing it's ability to hold a known temperature and humidity. I don't actually put my first batch of eggs in until next weekend.

 

[chfriedmam]

I just purchased the nurture right 360 to try to hatch some eggs. I plan on setting the eggs on the 23rd. I was looking through the instructions and it says to keep the incubator in a room that is 74-80* and be sure it doesn't drop below 74 even at night.... does everyone that has this incubator do this? My house is normally set at 65* this time of year. I think my family will die of heat if I set it to 74 and my husband may kill me for the amt of oil that we use in the 3 weeks keeping it at that temp the whole time.

I know it has the candling light in there but it says the top has to be off while you are candling (I haven't fully looked at the incubator yet just the instructions as I just got it today). Do you use that to candle the eggs or do you just take one out and put the lid back on and use another light to candle them?

Also when do people think it is best to start eggs? at night? in the morning? in the afternoon? what are the pro's and cons for each one?

think those are all my questions for now but sure I will have more before I put the eggs in (and after) on the 23rd. I am going to run it sometime this week just to see how it does and how the temp holds.

I have only used this incubator once, previously hovabator. And no, I did not keep my house that warm. The incubator performed very well. The shipped eggs I got, well few of them fertile, but those of them that were hatched nicely right on time. And it maintained humidity very well.

 

[BuckeyeFoodie]

My NR 360's are in my unheated coop, with a makeshift "tea cozy" made from standing wraps and a quilted saddle pad to help them keep temp (I'm super fancy, lol). I have cameras in the coop, and have never once heard the incubator screaming that it's low-temp, and we've been down to the 30's. I also live in a humid area, so unless it's very dry week (What am I saying? it's Ohio, it's never dry...), I dry-incubate at around 35-40% humidity until I see external pips, then I raise to 70%

I don't use the candling light on the incubator any more, but I used to and it worked well once I taped around the light the contain the light leakage. I do take the lid completely off when I'm candling large batches with my flashlight, and it's had no problem temping back up - remember, broody hens do leave the nest briefly every day to go eat, so the eggs not having heat for a few minutes won't hurt them.

 

[junior67]

Ok I know this isn't a chick(or veins), but curious to what it might be... It was hard to get pics of it since I can see it better with the flashlight but if I try to take pics with the egg on that it puts streaks on the picture. So I have to take them on my incubator light....

But this egg has had these streaks since I candled at day 3, it is now day 6. It looks like they come down from the yolk, can't always be seen... Any ideas?

 

[DavidReaves]

If you are having issues with the humidity being too high with the vent all the way open, one other thing that you can do to give yourself another few percentage points of lower humidity is to remove the "B" cover for the water tray. That tiny opening gives just a little more airflow.