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Here we go again. This week it's quail and a few Orpingtons. My son's livestream of the hatch will be on for a day or 2.

Thanks. No benefit other than not opening the incubator when going from normal incubation to hatching lockdown. (For those that want the "set & forget" approach.) The quail eggs were put in with 10 days left, so he just adjusted the countdown. Turner stopped on its own and water was added as...

DS's quail are hatching today, so his live stream was set up again. https://sites.google.com/g.cusd201.org/chicken-stream/live-stream * Technically, the quail belong to someone else. He's using his incubator to incubate and the 360 for hatching. This time he's trying the hatch as is - without...

Thanks. I got my old incubator set up and turned on for tomorrow's overflow eggs. :thumbsup

I know the NR360 has a 22 egg incubation capacity, but I've been using mine as a hatcher. I was able to place 26 eggs for hatching without a problem. What do you think is the absolute maximum capacity of large eggs (for hatching)? What was your maximum hatch with this incubator? My...

Yes. A small ethnic grocery store used to sell eggs especially marketed as "fertile eggs.." I guess some people used to believe they had more protein or maybe just more nutritious. LOL The store chicken eggs we used were Vital Farms (free range, organic, and pasture-raised) We tried...

Very curious to see if anyone gets results from the store eggs. Please share if you get any to develop. My daughter did an experiment a few years ago trying to hatch store, farmer's market, and backyard eggs. Three trials were done with 10 eggs in each group. None of the 30 store eggs...

so sorry about the loss. That really hurts. At least you've something to hatch and grow out before winter comes

I should have kept my eggs in the NR360 incubator! Last week ComEd decided to do some maintenance and informed us of a planned 4 hour outage. It turned into an additional 3 hours of outage, but we had good plans, so no worries. My hen was broody for a while, so I decided to move the 6 eggs...

The distilled water is good because it will make cleaning easier (at least no mineral residue). I have a filter on my sink water & that is good enough for me. I haven't had any issues, but everyone's water is different. Since the base is plastic, if a mineral residue starts to build up, you...

The incubator looks great, but you still don't have enough eggs in there! :p:gig

The turner in the newest model is quiet and very easy to miss - even when you're in the same room! I had to use a Crayola to mark ONE egg and placed it in right next to the water port. When I went back a few hours later, that egg had moved off toward the back, so I know it actually turned.

You're right. Your incubator doesn't have enough eggs in it. :p

Wish we lived near you. My kids LOVE hatching, but we have a small chicken limit in our coop. Every time we hatch it's a gamble on whether we'll be able to sell the chicks or get stuck with too many beaks to feed. The incubator doesn't have much of a smell during incubation. At the end when...

I understand that and it's a very logical idea. If you happen to get more, selling off the extras = a way to pay for the eggs + shipping = free chicks for you!

Wow! That's incredibly good luck!!!! I get plenty of 100% hatches with my own or local eggs, but shipped eggs are almost always disappointment. It's rare that an egg will arrive without a rolling (completely detached) air cell. Several eggs get ruptured yolks (candle completely dark...

That's is sadly common with shipped eggs. Recently, I ordered 10 mod game bantam eggs, got 12. Four developed and only 2 hatched. The Chicago hub is notorious for scrambling eggs, so getting anything to hatch is good. Hatch rates close to 50% is great.

I think that was only in the 1st model. There's a way to fix/prevent it. Post a pic of your general incubator & fan area. I'm sure if you happen to have one of the old models, the people here will be able to talk you through how to make it safe.

So glad I moved the eggs over early. They're due Monday night, but one hatched this morning. Since these chicks are large, I decided to try it without the shelf liner this time to see how it affects the humidity. (The humidity is higher without the liner.) This is our 1st Silver Laced...

The 2 pipped duck eggs hatched out this morning. Most of the other eggs are pipped. (expected hatch date tomorrow night through Friday) I decided to remove them from the incubator. I never heard such a racket as they pounded their bills into the plexiglass and played soccer with the eggs. They...