Warning about Harris Farms Nuture Right 360 Incubator.

[RobinEgg]

My clutch is on day 20, I have lots of pipped eggs. I've been closely following the threads for trouble shooting. My husband made a cover for the fan and I have placed paper towels over the bottom grate. I love this design, the compact size and visibility. Fingers are crossed for a successful hatch. I understand the heart break of failed hatches.

 

[RobinEgg]

Today is day 20, I have 5 chicks out of the incubator with 5 more pipped. Getting excited

 

[aliciaplus3]

What did they offer for the grate? I just ordered my first one and now I’m concerned. Thanks

There is another thread about these..... they had some early troubles but the company made some adjustments and offered corrective parts to those who bought early one without the upgraded safety parts..... the new ones come with the corrective parts installed. I just bought mine in October at tsc and it has the silicone guard for the fan installed...... there was another fix I read about a humidity guard for the control panel that also comes pre-installed. I am on day 24+ on mine( using it to keep turkey eggs going while my other bator is being used as a hstcher) and so far it's doing great..... I am not quite as happy as i wanted to be with the ability to adjust the humidity or lack therein, but otherwise very happy

 

[pugspigchicks]

Thank you so much-Ginger

 

[CluckNDoodle]

You're welcome! I hope it goes well for you! If it helps, this is the link to my experience that I shared.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...rture-right-360-incubator-is-amazing.1294466/
This was my first hatch, at the end of comments on page 8 I posted my hatch rate percentages for the 3 hatches I've done so far in my Nurture Right 360's.

 

[Michellemcg]

So sorry! The little chick whose foot went thru is probably broken it wont use it at all toes are curled it hobbles around the bleeding stopped it is 4 days old now, I eye drop water and it pecks at the food but just cannot cull this poor little beautiful colored polish chick, Harris offered to pay for the chick and because they have heard about the open fan sent me a silicon cover that the squares still look too large imo. I got a shelf liner with small holes to cover the grate on lockdown. yes I agree the design needs work I find it hard to take the cover off you need 2 hands. Again sorry about what you went thru.

I bought this incubator about a month ago. Worked perfect for 21 days, then on hatch day, everything went wrong. First, condensation built up way too high in the incubator and water started collecting in the digital display, even with the humidity control all the way open. The humidity was so high, the chicks wouldn't dry. Then, about six chicks hatched and I noticed that they all had bloody beaks with blood dripping down their faces, so I started watching. When the chicks would stand up under the fan, the vent holes are so large, the chicks could stick their heads up into the fan. The fan blade would smack them in the head, breaking their beaks. This is a terrible design. I snatched the chicks out of the incubator and put them directly under the heat lamp to try to save as many as possible. Then the high temperature alarm started going off on the machine (saying it was 219 degrees), the candling lamp came on and none of the buttons worked. The fan was still running so I put a thermometer inside hoping that it would still run long enough to hatch the rest of my eggs. The temperature dropped to 79 degrees and stayed there. The machine was completely broken at that point and I'm returning it.

Hi. I know This was a couple of years back but do you have the contact info to this company? I’m attempting to incubate this week and want to be sure i have Everything to ensure successful hatching. Thanks in advance.

 

[Michellemcg]

@Michellemcg they may be closed because of the stay at home order in so many areas right now. I know someone else recently sent me a message because they didn't hear back from them. I received a response quickly when I emailed them last year so it's possible you might have a delayed response because of this but it's really easy to tell what version you have even if you don't have the instructions.

Thank you!!! You’re right! I appreciate Your response.

 

[EarlJ]

I got a 3.0 and filled it with duck and guinea fowl eggs, then got another which turned out to be a 1.0 NU for some Ebay Jersey Giants.

I noticed the NU's cover has much smaller openings than the 3.0, so I did some searching and read about the issues with the fan cover. Not being sure which model had the problematic cover, I emailed Manna Pro.

Attaching their reply because the picture is clearer.

Just curious though, has anyone had issues with the fan cover on the 3.0? Just being paranoid about how big is too big, I guess.

 

[EarlJ]

Thanks for clarifying!
From the pictures they sent, it seems like the 2-3 cover would easily replace the 1. I only had the 3 and NU to judge by, and the NU cover is significantly different (and seems much safer). See here:

Thought I'd ask at BYC because searching mostly turned up the incubator in general, making here one of the few places it was easier to read about differences between versions.

 

[Michellemcg]

I got a 3.0 and filled it with duck and guinea fowl eggs, then got another which turned out to be a 1.0 NU for some Ebay Jersey Giants.

I noticed the NU's cover has much smaller openings than the 3.0, so I did some searching and read about the issues with the fan cover. Not being sure which model had the problematic cover, I emailed Manna Pro.

Attaching their reply because the picture is clearer.

Just curious though, has anyone had issues with the fan cover on the 3.0? Just being paranoid about how big is too big, I guess.View attachment 2146798

We hatched 11 chicks in the 3.0 with no issues whatsoever!! Best of luck to you!!!