Hatching Chicken Eggs At Home | Wet Hatch vs Dry Hatch | Nurture Right 360 

I've been doing this for 50 years and i still find your shared experiences quite helpful

This was very informative, now I won't be worried about humidity much

Great video 👍🏼👍🏼I’m on day 7 incubating chicken eggs . This video was very helpful with seeing what works . Thank you

This video was awesome! Great experiment!

Very neat! I have two 360’s also and will have to try this experiment myself! Right now I have Ducks, Chicks & Quail in mine, and lock down is just a couple more days away. 😁

Great 👍 video had a lot to learn thank you 😊 keep it up

Thank you for this video! Informative and has made me decide to try dry hatching next time

I love my NR 360 incubators, I have 4. Dry hatching works best for me. With this specific incubator I won't do it any other way. Your videos are very informative and I've learned a little from you. Keep up the good work!!

Very interesting!

Excellent video, very helpful. I'm a first timer.

This is a great incubator good video.

interesting! Thank you for sharing. I've been struggling with hatch rates..

Been following your videos since I found the amazon $50 incubator review. I'm currently on day 9 of a dry hatch. Can't wait to candle tomorrow. Currently raising 2 Easter Eggers that are 5 weeks old still no clue of gender. lol Pretty sure at least one Roo. Thank You for posting all the videos. They've helped me a lot.

The tattoo in her hand has beautiful colour.luv it...also thnx for the video

I have had my 360 for about a year and a half. I dry hatch. 1st candling is no sooner than day 5. Load the eggs pointy side inward. When you candle, a pocket flashlight does better than the built in light.

The IncuBright egg candler is better than what's on the incubator, plus you can use it on the trays. MANY poultry farmers use and recommend it!

Wow.. great Thank You❤️ I Really Appreciate Your Video.. I'm new to incubator❣️

Hello from our farm in New Hampshire. I am not familiar with these new incubators. However I owned a private waterfowl hatchery in NH back in the 70s & 80s. I bought a 400 egg Sears redwood wet hatch incubator. The instructions advised me NOT to put water in the tray for chicken eggs. To hatch them first. After they hatched, I added water that soaked into the redwood walls. I had close to 100% hatch for the chicken eggs dry hatch and 98% hatch rate for the ducklings and goslings wet hatch. It was straight forward. I removed the turning rods for the waterfowl, turning their eggs by hand twice a day. It feels like this new equipment is more complicated than it needs to be, but that is just an off the cuff observation. I hatched hundreds of birds. I may try to find an ancient Sears unit. I know they still make replacement regulator thermostats. All the best ~ Diane

Very nice i love this incubator nature right 360 but

I recently tried this as well, before seeing your video and got nearly the same results. I had a better hatch rate from the dry incubator..., but the biggest winner for me was the clean up of the incubator after the hatch. It literally took me minutes to clean the dry hatch incubator whereas it takes me at least half an hour..., plus that awful smell which you don't have with the dry hatch to clean the wet hatch incubator. It was a 100% win for me with the dry hatch.

Very helpful thanks you for the video

this is very intresting ty

Received mine Monday, I'm excited to see how my first batch does

Sweet!!

Awesome hatch rate! Have y’all repeated this method and got similar results?

Nice video! I just bought one of these incubators and am excited to try it out! I'll be making a youtube video on it as well. 😊

Very good video thank for taking time to make a nice content+

I just found one under my broody hen and it's cool outside so I decided to bring in and put in my 40 gallon tank I cleaned and put paper towels down and it's got a heat lamp and reading 100 now was 114 but pulled egg away some and it's popping I can see it alive and moving and everything just worried it'll get stuck if it was only 16 percent humidity so thanks for this video! Only one I could find!

I’m amazed your results were so similar. I read they should loose 13% of initial weight during first 18 days. When I first started hatching chickens I had many fully develop chicks dead in shells. They I did lots of research. And found the 13% rule. Now on viable eggs I get incredible hatch rates. Ebay eggs are a world in there own. Ya just never know what to expect. You do your best because you probably bought them because the chicks were too expensive or not available.

I wonder about the health of the chicks. Did any of them have leg splay or club foot? And as far as those that developed but did not hatch. Well, it could have been a million and one different things. One thing being, the air cell was not sufficient, or the chick couldnt get to it. Or they could have been too weak to break out of the shell. There could have been many things to have caused it. Thanks for the video! and Thank you for putting your investment on the line to test it!

Good effort.

Thank you for sharing this. Dry hatching does seem like it would be a lot easier. Is there a minimum number we should watch out for if we do the dry hatch? Can the humidity get too low?

time. I purchased a mini hygrometer thur Amazon, no information about it. Can I put it inside the incubator?

Got same incubator and pretty happy with it. Will try the dry hatch. Easier to keep up with. You mention Ameraucanas from the store... most likely Easter Eggers.

IMPORTANT!!! Remember to keep eggs oriented with the pointy end toward the centre and slightly downward. I’m not sure why, but it’s in the instructions for rotary incubators. I think it helps the chick position itself for hatching. 🤔

Great job, on your dry hatch did you add water during the last 3 days or nothing the entire time? Just curious because I've seen people doing it both ways. Thanks again

Good idea using tender fingers for the eggs. I was accused that I was too brutal to the dishes at a French restaurant. C'mon, I only broke one! I guess sound travels... So tender fingers, I need to find... Where are my grandkids? They like eggs.

Time for spring chickens!

Did you leave ventts open. Referring to the red rubber cover below and the tab on the top part of the incubator.? I have mine wide open and hoping that is right. I have the same incubator as you. And I am asking for the dry hatch.

Thank you so much for this video. I’m getting eggs today and was wondering which is better. I’m going to try dry hatching for the first time. I’m not sure if the type of incubator matters but I have a little giant. I have an automatic turner so that’s easier for me. Hoping I get a good hatch. I’m starting with 24 coturnix eggs that I’m getting locally. Wish me luck 🍀

Did you take the chicks out as they hatched? I was told not to do that but it looks like you did and still had a very successful hatch rate

Wondering what you kept your vent at for the fry batch. Just started mine and count tell from the video if you left it open or closed.

Very interesting, thanks for trying this out. Food for thought ! 73's Andy M6APJ

What temp do you keep the dry hatch is it the same as the wet hatch temp ?

Hi, nice experiment mate! So did you happen to record how the chicks from both batches performed weeks after this experiment? Cheers

Just got the Niture Right 360 and am testing it before I add my eggs next week. When I plug it in and press + or - the egg turner does not turn. Is this the correct way to test the egg turner or am I misunderstanding the instructions? After having it plugged in for 30min it did finally turn on it's ownbut I am wondering if there is a way to do a test turn when I first plug it in. I heard another video review mention the turner goes off about every 2 hours. I just want to be assured it works before adding my eggs for future uses as well. I think after watching your video I will use the dry method. We are in PNW and use a woodstove exclusively for heating. Our normal in home humidity it 30-40%.

would it matter if colder weather like now or warmer is the summer for the humidity?

Does that incubator rotate them

What type of chicken was the green eggs ? Great video very helpful thank you...

I am going to dry hatch with the same incubator and wondering what you did with your ventilation hole/window. Did you keep it open, closed, or halfway open?

I am trying dry hatching in my nuture right 360...however, when I add a little water to bring to at least 20%, after an hour it drops to 04..is that normal? I'll add a few drops and it come back up and then drops... Should I leave it alone until lockdown?

hi! do you have to candle before day 10 if thats the 1st time you can really tell who seems viable? are there benefits to candling more or less often?

did you keep the dry hatch temp the same for lock down? humidity between 60-75? and temp at what for lockdown?

Excellent dude 👍👍 dry hatch is definitely superior in my experience anyways! Haha

so when dry hatching what does the temperature need to stay at and also when do you add the water

Did u keep the vent fully close or fully open on the dry hatch ?

I always wondered how much the humidity really matters. I know a hen can control the heat but always wondered how she controld humidity.

for the dry way What humidity do you need for lockdown

I'm on day 4 with same incubator, trying to keep humidity at 40 to 50... is it too late to just switch over to dry hatch?

During lockdown days of dry hatch. Do you open air vent all the way open?

I am curious about the hatch dates for the dry vs wet hatch. You showed 6 hatched in the dry before any in the wet. Did that seem to be the case with most of the hatch?

Very interesting. I'm currently hatching some duck eggs. I'm 12 days in and all appear to be fertile. I'm doing a wet hatch. I'm too 'chicken' to cut off the humidity at this point, but maybe next time...

You can't get a much better comparison than this for the two methods (same eggs, same days, same incubator model). It seems the biggest lesson here is "don't sweat it"! The humidity is not a make-or-break condition for getting a good hatch rate. The hatch rate on the marans(?) was a bit disappointing, though; 7 out of 13?

Can you please tell me the temperature and humidity we should set. As i m new to this. I set 19 egg. Only 1 got hatched. I followed some youtuber but that didnt worked for me

I am so mad I didn't research this methode before. We started with our first row of incubating. From 12 only 2 hatched amd 2 died before hatching. A very low rate and discouraging. We ordered another bunch of eggs and did the ae thing amd now I think it was due to the high humidity. We have 2 incubators but can't really fix the humidity. We are also not at home all the time because of working. My second bunch is 11 days old. I want to make the switch if possible now before the majority of my chicks dies. Is it possible?

Do you set your eggs by the moon phase or just any random day?

Hi Great video. How much did you increase the humidity after 18 days on dry hatch?

I do wet hatch all the time. I think your high humidity drowned the unhatched chicks. For the first part of incubation I use humidity at 35% - 45%, then boost it to 55% - 65% at lockdown.

Watched another comparison & dry hatch was 80%. Combo dry/wet was 78% . & The way u did full wet was 60%

Thank you for doing this experiment. I heard you sourced from different places color of eggs look about same amount. We're these the same breeds you were hatching out in each as well?

I just got mine at family farm and home

Did you increased the humidity in last three days for dry hatch incubator?

Has anyone tried quail eggs with dry hatch?

All eggs should be placed with the pointy end towards the center hub to be able to roll without resistance.

Did you clean your eggs before setting them? Just saw the towel and wondered. If so that's awesome because a lot of people worry about cleaning the eggs first

Do you know if you can turn an egg to much because I have been Turning mine every 1hr 25 mins?

So far I think the easiest way to hatch is a broody hen. Healthy, happy chicks and she rolls the bad eggs out and does all the leg work. I probably will never mess with an incubator again…. I just had a hatch today.. So cute, I have some little bantam chicks laying under mama now.. I guess it depends on what scale you’re trying to hatch…

So you add water at lock down of dry hatch?

Did you add water to dry hatch for lockdown?

Help me banange how can I get that because am interested in

What is module of incubator ?

To be a true dry hatch, no water is added at any time. Your hatch rate was great with each method.

I see this is like 3yo, but I hope you got a better candling torch for this... ?

I need help with candling. I wish you would have been slowly so I could see what was good or not.

Someone posted to put a matt in the bottom to stop sprawl legs... Seems a bit hookie to me... Have you had any problems with chicks having sprawl legs because of the plastic trays?

What about with duck eggs? Can you dry hatch them

There are 2-3 reasons for the death of the chicken in the shell 1) they can't break the she'll, they need help 2)there are some diseases involved 3)nature But we must think this "Way chikens make so many eggs ?"

Survival of the fittest, at the end of incubation some of the chicks don't hatch because they just aren't strong enough to break through the shell. It is a little sad, but it is nature's way of keeping the species strong and healthy.

I am from Indonesia... I watch your video and 17 eggs out of 22 is a great success. I am working on pheasant eggs for the second time right now. The first was pretty bad of 25 eggs only 11 hatched. I set humidity 60%, temperature 37.3-38 C, spinning every 2 hours. Right now I have 20 eggs on day 7th. Any suggestion? Thank you.

I have sky blue eggs i can ship you some for hatching

Even if you do see a spot you should be able to see veins after a few days

What incubator do you use. Where can I buy one like yours? Thanks

Have you ever done a dry hatch in the little giant incubator?

What kind of chicken lays the very green eagle. It's so pretty. GREEN EGGS AND HAM...LOL

We have the same incubator and some other varieties, trying ti hatch Sebastopol geese, out of 90 eggs we hatched 3, one lived!!! OUCH! HELP!

I tried a dry hatch with pheasant eggs but it didn't work. The shells became harder so most of the chicks died inside the eggs.

I just found your video. Great job on the video by the way! But I bought a cheap incubator that doesn't have a way to measure the humidity so I did a basic dry hatch. Today is day 21 and nothing has happened yet. 😕 We started off with 13 eggs that I had no clue what I was doing, but we ended up with two that I expect to hatch. I think some of the eggs got too cold before I got them in the house. I was collecting them when the air Temps were below freezing. As I said this is my first attempt and don't really know what I'm doing, but on day 14 when I made the call on all the un-viable eggs I put 6 more eggs in that were all still warm when collected. On day 18 I candled the 8 eggs. The two from the original batch were totally dark except the air sack and the 4 day eggs (6) all had beautiful spider webs in them. So we are waiting to see what happens. I did put some water in the incubator to raise the humidity for the hatch. Waiting!

I cant Tell in olive eggs either

So in dry hatch you don't use any water for the first 18 days after that you added water

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