I've been keeping chickens for about 12 years now and I have decided to start raising my own. Took me long enough I know, but what the heck. Think I'm leaning a little towards the Maticoopx. They both look good though. Thanks for the info.
@@milkmoneyminifarm I had 23 fertilized eggs and 21 hatched! I say that’s great! I’m waiting another night for the last two but my hopes aren’t too high.
Thank you for posting. I just put some eggs in today, and will be referring to this video when I approaches lockdown. By the way, did anyone notice the egg on the left move? Go to 6:09 to see it!
Hello, new subscriber here! Wonderful content you post! I was wondering if the water port covers for the Nurture Right fit on the Maticoopx and vice versa? I noticed Maticoopx sells a replacement cover for chamber 2, but not for chamber 1. I just purchased a Maticoopx off Amazon last night, so it won't be delivered until Sunday. I'm wanting to know if I will be able to cover port 1 on the Maticoop with the covers I have for my Nurture Right? I noticed on my NR that if both A & B chambers are covered during the incubation process, the humidity and temp stay more stabilized. Plus, it keeps the chambers from having to be constantly filled up during lockdown. I'm wanting to cover both ports on my Maticoopx the same way I do with my NR.
Also I fill both chambers completely up when I put them in lockdown. I have never had to add any water after lockdown. Plus adding water will change your humidity which is something you definitely don't want especially during lockdown.
@Milk Money Mini Farm I keep the covers on both water ports at all times. I only fill/top off the second chamber and proceed to lockdown once they internally pip. I'll sometimes make a safety hole in the air cell to ensure the baby can get fresh air. I hatch Exhibition Dewlap African Goslings so they're a little different than chicken eggs. They can take several days to hatch from pip. Thanks for letting me know about the covers not fitting on the Maticoopx. I can definitely find something else to cover the ports.
I bought my incubator 18 month ago and have done several batches of hatches. I am down to the last week for this batch and the unit started to sound off an alarm with beeps and the display is flashing mumbojumbo. I unplugged it, waited for 5 minutes and replugged it in and still beeping with the display flashing junk. I have pressed each button separately and have pressed different pairs and this does not clear it up. Any suggestions?
Unfortunately I can't think of any. It sounds like your thermometer might be going out. Do you have any other thermometers that you can check the temp with? If the temp shows good then the only thing left is the humidity.
@@milkmoneyminifarm thank you for your reply. the unit is not warm and the fan is not running-- so I think that it is not working AT ALL.. I will try putting heating pads over it and under it to keep the eggs warm
I had 4 days left on a double set, one crapped out with beeping, then no fan no heat, luckily I had another going and put those eggs in the other after removing racks. Marked those eggs. Been unplugged a week came home to start up again still beep beep beep nada…. Ugh
@@milkmoneyminifarm I have the matrices 30 and there is a water bottle that comes with it that maintains the humidity. Should I keep that attached during lock down?
There could be so many answers to your question. I would need to know more information. How many times did you open it during the incubation process? Did you dry hatch or use water? If so, what was your humidity level? Are you positive that ALL of the eggs were fertile? Did you get the chicks out of the incubator right after each one hatched or did you wait at least 24-36 hours? And there are a million more that I could ask...lol. I had the same problems when I first started and I just had to learn as I went. I'm finally up to around a 96-98% hatch rate but it took a long time to get there.
Sarah is super excited to see what comes out of the brown ones.
Your videos helped me narrow the incubator choice down. Thank you and God bless.
I'm glad I could help. Thank you.
I just bought one of these incubators thank you for your videos
No problem. I enjoy making them and hope that everyone watching enjoys them too.
I've been keeping chickens for about 12 years now and I have decided to start raising my own. Took me long enough I know, but what the heck. Think I'm leaning a little towards the Maticoopx. They both look good though. Thanks for the info.
No problem.... glad I could help. Let me know if you have any issues and I'll try to help.
I put mine on lockdown today! So excited! I’ll let you know how our hatch rate goes.
Good deal. Keep me updated.
@@milkmoneyminifarm I had 23 fertilized eggs and 21 hatched! I say that’s great! I’m waiting another night for the last two but my hopes aren’t too high.
Thank you so much for your videos!
No problem. I'm glad you enjoyed them.
Thanks for this review and info.
No problem. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you for posting. I just put some eggs in today, and will be referring to this video when I approaches lockdown.
By the way, did anyone notice the egg on the left move? Go to 6:09 to see it!
No problem. I'm glad you enjoyed it. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Hello, new subscriber here! Wonderful content you post! I was wondering if the water port covers for the Nurture Right fit on the Maticoopx and vice versa? I noticed Maticoopx sells a replacement cover for chamber 2, but not for chamber 1. I just purchased a Maticoopx off Amazon last night, so it won't be delivered until Sunday. I'm wanting to know if I will be able to cover port 1 on the Maticoop with the covers I have for my Nurture Right? I noticed on my NR that if both A & B chambers are covered during the incubation process, the humidity and temp stay more stabilized. Plus, it keeps the chambers from having to be constantly filled up during lockdown. I'm wanting to cover both ports on my Maticoopx the same way I do with my NR.
The covers are not interchangeable. The ones for the Nurture Right are bigger than the ones for the Maticoopx.
Also I fill both chambers completely up when I put them in lockdown. I have never had to add any water after lockdown. Plus adding water will change your humidity which is something you definitely don't want especially during lockdown.
@Milk Money Mini Farm I keep the covers on both water ports at all times. I only fill/top off the second chamber and proceed to lockdown once they internally pip. I'll sometimes make a safety hole in the air cell to ensure the baby can get fresh air. I hatch Exhibition Dewlap African Goslings so they're a little different than chicken eggs. They can take several days to hatch from pip.
Thanks for letting me know about the covers not fitting on the Maticoopx. I can definitely find something else to cover the ports.
I bought my incubator 18 month ago and have done several batches of hatches. I am down to the last week for this batch and the unit started to sound off an alarm with beeps and the display is flashing mumbojumbo. I unplugged it, waited for 5 minutes and replugged it in and still beeping with the display flashing junk. I have pressed each button separately and have pressed different pairs and this does not clear it up. Any suggestions?
Unfortunately I can't think of any. It sounds like your thermometer might be going out. Do you have any other thermometers that you can check the temp with? If the temp shows good then the only thing left is the humidity.
@@milkmoneyminifarm thank you for your reply. the unit is not warm and the fan is not running-- so I think that it is not working AT ALL.. I will try putting heating pads over it and under it to keep the eggs warm
@@allypurvis I've gotten a handful of comments about a few of them doing the same thing lately. Not sure what is going on with them.
I had 4 days left on a double set, one crapped out with beeping, then no fan no heat, luckily I had another going and put those eggs in the other after removing racks. Marked those eggs. Been unplugged a week came home to start up again still beep beep beep nada…. Ugh
Hi! do i keep the water bottle attached to the incubator like before? I just started my lockdown
@@keishabiko6154 No... you will have to keep a check on the water level and add a little every few days ( I usually add water about once a week ).
@ even for a wet hatch?
@ this is my first time. I didn’t see anything that says keep it nor not to keep it.
@keishabiko6154 what are you talking about keeping?
@@milkmoneyminifarm I have the matrices 30 and there is a water bottle that comes with it that maintains the humidity. Should I keep that attached during lock down?
What country is this made in? USA?
Pretty sure they are made in China.
I’m fixing to incubate Grey short leg bantams and some Grey Argentino bare necks Exiting 😊 😊
Nice. Let me know how it turns out.
When are y’all going to hatch more eggs??😉
As soon as my wife stops complaining about the ones that we already have.
How do I bring down the humidity
Open the valves. The more you open them the less the humidity.
Watch the video at the 5:10 mark. It will explain it.
My first time hatching I only get 19 babies out 30 eggs what I did wrong or is that normal
There could be so many answers to your question. I would need to know more information. How many times did you open it during the incubation process? Did you dry hatch or use water? If so, what was your humidity level? Are you positive that ALL of the eggs were fertile? Did you get the chicks out of the incubator right after each one hatched or did you wait at least 24-36 hours? And there are a million more that I could ask...lol. I had the same problems when I first started and I just had to learn as I went. I'm finally up to around a 96-98% hatch rate but it took a long time to get there.
Natural selection maybe they were not fertilized, some just don’t mature to hatch. Not your fault in my opinion, fill it up start again
Which one u like more
I prefer the Maticoopx personally.