I just bought this incubator today at goodwill for $15.99 I can't wait to use it.

Thanks for the review Zack. It's crazy that you put this video out today and our chicks are hatching today. We are using the NR360. We ordered 25 and you sent 30. 21 were fertile. I candled on day 15 with the incubrite. 12 have hatched so far and we are waiting on the other 9. Very exciting!!!

You should keep doing these incubator reviews, they are super helpful and informative.

Thank you so much for reviewing store bought incubators for small scale homesteaders. I have looked into the brands you mentioned, but it gets overwhelming trying to figure out which one will work for my needs. It's really helpful to actually see how they work and the pros and cons based on your professional experience. Can't wait for more videos.

I've used this incubator to hatch out duck eggs, turkey eggs, chicken, and button quail. I've had 100% hatch rate on all of these different eggs incubated in the nurture right. I recommend using a syringe when putting water into it you have more control of the humidity level. I dip my eggs and hydrogen peroxide and diluted and I think this helps with the hatch rates being so successful for me. I don't like some of the features either that you mentioned but it does hatch off well.

Tip: use a condiment squeeze bottle (the kind for mustard and ketchup)filled with water to fill A/B . It’s easy and less messy. 👍🏼

I can’t wait to see the other reviews! I’m a new subscriber from watching Living Traditions Homestead. I’m in the research phase of my quail endeavor

Best review /tutorial on incubation process. Thanks

Recently purchased a quail-sized plate from an Etsy shop, made by 3D printing. It will allow the eggs to roll much better than doubling up in the chicken-sized slots. Looking forward to trying it out.

I don't often subscribe to a channel however the presentation is so well done that it is worth it to me to see more of your videos.

i love the way you just start putting it together instead of looking at the directions lol im a visual learner, thanks for jumping right in. just got my incubator and excited to get started!

Thanks for the video Zack, we have an NR360 that performs very well for our needs and this is a great video to show to people who cant decide what incubator they should get. Cant wait to see reviews on other incubators!

This is excellent timing for us. I was just starting looking into incubating quail to add to our homestead. I have this incubator and have had excellent results with chickens, 18 out of 22 and 16 out of 22 for our two runs of chickens and that's collecting in cold wet winter. When I checked the duds everything that developed hatched and made it out of the shell. The manual says it's for duck and chicken and the candler works, at least on mine, for chicken eggs but it's not really bright.

Soo glad you did this! We're on day 6! Thank you

I ordered one of these from your Amazon Store. I've been trying to get a new incubator for a long time. I'm eggcited

I am looking for an incubator, so I am glad you are doing this. Thank you !!

Thank you!! You have made my day! I have this one on my Amazon wish list, I am a newbie when trying to grow my own quail for meat and eggs. This video will help me in the near future.

Thanks for taking the time to do this. I appreciate you. Go Vols.

Thank you so much Zack for your videos

This is the best review and demo video for this incubator! Very informative and I feel like I can actually hatch some chicks!

Thanks Zack for taking the time to do the review. I recently bought the Farm Innovators incubator (and the quail racks) so I'm excited to see your review of that as well. I think this is going to help a lot of people (which I'm sure is your intention). Thank you.

Great video review! I’m using one now and it seems very easy and in the middle of hatching the eggs from you going great. Thanks again

Thanks for this review. I am in the research stage for this spring. Have been wondering which one to get. Cant wait until you do the rest of them. Thanks Again.

I had to use the candler on my Nurture Right and it was tough to see what was up. I had trouble getting my incubright candler. I heartily endorse the incubrit candler. It removed any questions I had. Thanks for endorsing it in your video.

Thanks for testing and sharing.

We found that doubling up and putting two quail eggs in the turner sections tend to prevent the eggs from turning over. Rather than purchase another turner, I divided the sections in half along the circumference (rather than diametrically) using fishing line. I notched the plastic on top of the turner at each section divider about 1/16" deep to keep the line from sliding on the plastic, wrapped it around the section divider once and proceeded to the next divider and repeated the notch/wrap. Kind of hard to explain, but if you would like to see it, comment and I will post a video on KZfaq. (I tried posting a link with a picture, but it got deleted.)

I have 3 of those, The temperature is fine, you don't need a hydrometer w this unit. I usually get all but 1 or 2 of my eggs to hatch. I have even experimented w placing my eggs in the refrigerator. (with the eggs from the refrigerator, about 4-6 wont hatch) If you use the vent correctly, the humidity will be fine. The egg candle works great for me too. I started with one unit, then added 2 more after, they run non-stop year around. For the candler, turn the egg at a 45 degree angle to get a good view on the base of the egg.

I absolutely love mine! Most success out of the 3 brands I've tried 😊

I love both of my NR 360’s! Work so good

Thanks for the review.

Great video Zack…I just received my Govee today…Setting it up through Bluetooth. Thanks Kate

I highly recommend this incubator. When I hatched I did everything wrong and still got good results

I love mine! The creator of the different 3d printed turners made the files available online for free. I printed one for my quail and it works great! At least for mine very stable temps and humidity. My display readings are accurate when compared to my reader.

Great review Thanks so much for trying this out

Thank You! I like this 👍👏😊

Great review! Another pro (we have 6 of them) is the amount of customized turning trays available and "hacks" (shoe string humidity control ect..) as well as risers (to stop them from getting out when it's opened). Thanks for sharing. Great information for anyone looking for an incubator.

Thanks for sharing this.

Thanks for this video. Good info

We found you a few months ago. We are a family of 8 well 7 my brother is terminal.. But we are on the journey of the farm to table dream. And help solidify our kids and family as well as some health issues. That clean chemical free eating can fix.....

Great review!

I have 3 and have 25 of your rosetta tuxedos hatched and looking very good.you should always have the air intake no less than 1/3.mine runs abit cool so yes get another temp/hydrometer and set accordingly.at lockdown I use a precut shelf liner to prevent splay leg...makes it clean up easier.once they start hatching I count 48 hours before opening.i never use the candler I use my own..over all its a good incubator.

Nice loving this 🤗

Great video!

Thanks for sharing

Nice review!

I just switched to the Borrotto from the Nurture Right specifically because it handles quail eggs better. Would love to see a review of that incubator.

Great review. I did order the govee thermometer. It is here just waiting to use it. Never used this type of incubator I started with the little giant. I used it for about a year. It worked pretty good. You don’t have to full the water every day so that’s good. But you do have to open the lid to add water on the one I have. I really don’t like that about it but it’s a good incubator. Can’t wait to here your review thanks

I love mine !

Is there a link to other incubator reviews, or a playlist? Very good review on the 360. I have 2 of them.

I have one of these and use it mostly for my quail. It works great. I save my big incubator for the chicken and duck eggs.

Mine also ran 1/2 degree low. I purchased a quail tray on line that will hold 45 eggs. Plenty for my requirements as I am not a commercial Breeder. I have had to add wet paper towels to get the humidity up at times on lockdown. Overall I am very pleased with this incubator.

Wow amazing

It's what I use...❤ mine

Got this incubator and some chicks from SWGB, can confirm; runs a half a degree lower and the humidity is usually off by a fair amount (usually 5-ish up or down), but it was fairly consistent in how it held, and did make keeping humidity controlled very easy. Turned eggs frequently. Hatched 17 eggs out of 35 (2 casualties after hatch). Would probably have been better if I didn't cause a few mistakes for my first time** Generally I liked it, seems quite worth the money for the peace of mind from reliability. Some things to note: - Automatically stops turning at the 3-day "Lockdown" period if you set the timer properly, so thats handy. Of course, remove the egg turner anyway because it'll get in the way of the chicks hatching otherwise. - On the subject of the egg turner, for your own sanity get a custom Quail-sized one off Etsy. The chicken-sized one works *_ok_* for Quails, but the eggs, if doubled-up, would sometimes get stuck on each other and just get pushed along without getting properly rolled, and it would aggravate me until I poked them to get them lose. - Etsy also has a lot of add-on items for it; aside from different egg turners, I've seen risers and dividers as well from a seller named CourdtCreations, which may help organize and contain hatched chicks for removal during lockdown - Would automatically remember settings and timer if it lost power for a period of time. I kept mine on a battery backup so I did not need to worry, but some people mentioned it and I tested it, it does indeed quickly pick up right where it left off, which would be good for people dealing with power bumps. ** Word of Caution: if you have to remove the lid for any length of time for any reason, make sure it re-seats itself properly into the lip before walking away from it. I'm pretty certain a dozen remaining eggs were compromised during the lockdown period because I was hasty and left mine slightly ajar by accident, screwing the humidity numbers for several hours before I noticed and rectified it. Al in all I dont regret my purchase. Maybe there are more cost-efficient ones for what I plan on doing in the coming months, but this will suffice for now as I mostly intend to make seperate quail clans for genetic diveristy. I intend to get my next batch from MyShire Farms, and of course the next batch should hatch better since I learned a lot from this one.

We are so excited because our eggs are coming in tomorrow from you guys! We got this incubator all set up and ready. One question. Did you have to adjust the humidity much? That’s one thing we saw that you have to adjust that vent a lot. Just wondered if y’all had the same issue.

Great vid, i use two nr 360. I'll be interested in your review on the rest

Like any tool you buy, it's best if you learn how to use it. I have hatched over 300 Jumbo white coturnix quail in mine and still counting. Just be sure to clean it after each hatch. Ron

I have the same exact US flag hat!

It would be nice with these reviews if you share the ambient temperature and humidity. I have a different incubator (Hovabater), but I noticed it needed different setting on the incubator itself (summer vs. winter) to maintain reality.

I have to keep my vent half way open to keep proper humidity on all 3 of my nr360, during day 1 thru 18 with chicken eggs. Only filling part A up. If i close the vent all the way. The humidity goes thru the roof. Thank you for ur review

I wish they would make 2 improvements: 1. The metal shaft is made of carbon steel, and it rusts really easily. It should be made from stainless steel, or even titanium, instead. 2. The base and the lid have a very small slot; the area where the base fits the lid is almost flat, and it can be a bit difficult to line up the lid when placing it down. Plus the hatchlings can easily walk (run) out when you lift the lid. So I wish they would make the base have a retaining wall of sorts, to both keep the hatchlings in, and to make it easier to place the lid back on.

Thank you for doing this review Zack! I just got the NR 360 and waiting on eggs. Reading the directions it states that the air vent has to be 1/3 or 1/2 open during incubation at all times. Then in lockdown fully open. You show that it is closed during incubation and then opened for lockdown. I am not sure which way to use it. I am confused now. You had a great hatch rate!

New subscriber here

Just ordered this today after watching your video. The incubator I have drives me crazy. Humidity never stays right I have to keep opening it to add water.. Hope this one is better.

I regulate humidity with that vent to high and I open it a little till I get it where I want, say 55%. Till lockdown

I've been watching all of your incubator reviews and I think I shall buy this incubator, thankyou for all of the time you have put into this. My only question is that I would like to try the jumbo quail eggs for hatching, I have the regular quails at home and wonder if this incubator would work with larger quail egg. By the way do you sell jumbo quail eggs? Please help this old lady🐣

Thanks for the review on the nurture right. I just pulled mine out of the box today and also had to set nurture too 100.0 for govee to read 99.5. What would you do if your getting 4% humidity on nurture and govee 11.8%?

I unpacked mine with you! 🤣

Flavor injection syringe works great for adding water with minimal spilling

I have the Little Giant and find it works very well. Also affordable.

we got a Nurture Right 360 and the temp runs 15 degrees low when we checked it with two calibrated thermometers

The Nature Right, Harris Farms ( at Tractor Supply) and Mana Pro, brands All appear to be identical, egg hatchers. I can report that they are easy to use. And work well. Last year I coached a neighbor using one, and those eggs hatched, and grew up, and now are laying eggs. Be Prepared, get all your hatching and brooding supplies ahead of getting hatching eggs.

Hey Zack my name is Lori. I started using my N 360 last Sunday with quail eggs. I have only hatched chickens before now. When hatching chickens I have left the window set halfway open until lockdown. I noticed you had it closed until lockdown. Today is Wednesday so day 3 and my humidity has been up to 55. It has been staying around 45 until now. Any idea what I should do? I did close the window after watching this tonight. Thank you so much. God Bless.

Can anybody answer me... Zack didn't say anything about the egg turner. How long must it be set to rotate; 1 hour? 3 hours...?

I use a digital medical oral thermometer to check my incubator temperature. It has precision of +_ 0.2 °F and reads to the nearest 1/10 of a degree. I insert the tip through a small hole drilled at egg height. Cost is cheap at $7.99 including shipping. Thanks for the great review. This playlist will be of great help to those looking to make a new incubator purchase but don’t need the capacity of cabinet incubators.

Nice review Zack. The instructions for the incubator require the room temperature not drop below 72 degrees (best kept "in a room with stable temperature 74-80"). I see you were wearing a knit cap. What was the room temp where you were using the NR360 and did you notice much fluctuation of the incubator temp? We just hatched out our first batch of eggs using our NR360 and couldn't be more satisfied - 23 out of 32 hatched (didn't candle). Just ordered the Govee through your Amazon store. Thanks for the heads up.

I heard it works great the first time but rarely again. Any comments on that?

Hey Zack I just bought a 360 incabator just set the eggs this evening I had 16 eggs will let you know how it goes

Don't forget when adding up "price per egg" you have to buy the turners separately for the others. You can fit alot more without the turners in the 360 too. Those separate turners aren't cheap

I’ve got this NR360 with the 45 spot quail turner and I’ve got 50 eggs coming from you guys this Tuesday. Is it ok if I leave some out and incubate after the first batch. Or will it not work?

Hopefully they saw this video and will improve on there candler.

Using this currently on some quail eggs. We are struggling to get the humidity above 65%… it seems the only way we can get the humidity to get to 66% is covering a small hole behind the temperature plate on the lid.

Question when do you remove the the think that turn the eggs and what is the right humidity please my fist time with quail

Hello to everyone, I have this incubator, I do use one's,. But now the eggs turne not working, it works if I press for testing, but the light not working now!

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Hello Zack! i would like to ask you this question. how many time you add water during the incubation time, and how many time during lockdown? Thank you in advance for your quick response.

When is it lock down for the quails. And are the eggs supposed to turn by themselves three times a day already by themselves?

Quick question, how fast does the water tank need to filled throughout incubation and lockdown?

I just read they need oxygen…vent must be open partially as per printed directions. I re read. It says air vent cannot be fully closed; should be open first 18 days. I made mistake of going by youtubes instead of reading directions. Ver 1 .ONU Amzn about 6 months ago.

We are on our first hatch. Day 20. No pips. Is that normal? We did water candeling the night of day 17. 3 of the 10 were moving. So we have three we are placing hopes in. Little nervous though since there isn’t any signs yet

Even though there's a separate power source for the turner, and software board controls ALL. It should have been separate. Yes, I can kitbash the turner (it stopped working right after the first test plug-in) and I can low voltage a repair, and run the motor on a separate system. NR Missouri immediately refunded my full purchase price, as I'm in Canada returning is pointless for an exchange (we pay HUGE for shipping up here).

What’s the temp ad humid temperature gear is it that you use?

How do you cook your quail so it’s not tough? We tried them in the smoker and they were awfully tough. Hubby probably overcooked.

Using this currently, I’m having trouble keeping the humidity down, even with the vent fully open

Recently become obsessed with quail again and have been seriously thinking about getting a bator and trying to hatch some out (yes, I'm eyeballing some of y'alls colors lol) So I have a question: Is it better to get eggs in the spring or is it something you could do say February and have chicks by the beginning of spring?

But what would the hatch have been if you didnt have a second thermometer and hydrometer to catch the diffent. So ?

How much temp fluctuation is okay to get a good hatch rate.

Got one the second time we used it the humidity has a code EE do you know how to get it to clear the code

Will removing the lid cause shrinking of the other eggs?

After opening and loosing heat and humidity what’s chance of those eggs hatching completely