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Hatch rite ?'s

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iowa corn

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this is my 2 year trying to breading the 1st year didn't trun out so good but this i bought a incubator and it came with a 2 pound bag of hatch rite. I called and asked the people at lllreptile if u add water or not and she said no u just once a week put them in new hatch rite and leave the contanor sealed with no vent holes and let them get freash air when u change it. Everything i learned about corn eggs is u don't move them as much as possible after they have set. So i'm a little confussed about what she told me for some reason it just dosn't seam right to me. But i could be wrong it wouldn't be the first time. So any help I would appreciate.
Thanks Josh
 
I used HatchRite last season and really liked it. I didn't add water, put the clump of eggs in so the top eggs were about half exposed, then covered with a damp blanket of sphagnum moss. About half an inch. With the water wrung out as much as possible. Then the container is closed. I used clear plastic organic lettuce containers. I rotated the containers in the incubator about every three days, and opened each egg container to let in fresh air when I did so. When the eggs started hatching, I took out babies twice a day. They were fine with no air holes.
 
I don't think it's critical, but I felt it would keep any condensation from dripping on the eggs, (wan't really a problem, anyway) and would cut down the light that reached them. Plenty of people leave them uncovered, though. There's a lid on the container, but the eggs don't have anything over them. And then it gives the hatchlings something to hide in when they come out.
 
No!!!!!!!! Why would you do that?? I never changed it. But I discarded it after hatching; didn't use it for a second clutch.
 
iowa corn said:
this is my 2 year trying to breading the 1st year didn't trun out so good but this i bought a incubator and it came with a 2 pound bag of hatch rite. I called and asked the people at lllreptile if u add water or not and she said no u just once a week put them in new hatch rite and leave the contanor sealed with no vent holes and let them get freash air when u change it. Everything i learned about corn eggs is u don't move them as much as possible after they have set. So i'm a little confussed about what she told me for some reason it just dosn't seam right to me. But i could be wrong it wouldn't be the first time. So any help I would appreciate.
Thanks Josh
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I think thats why she said that Nanci.
 
I didn't think it sounded right cause u don't want to move them. So shouldn't I add water to it every once in a while.
 
Because the system is closed, the humidity should remain constant. I never, ever added water. I re-wet the moss and wrung it back out as much as possible a couple times in the 2+ months of incubation.
 
I have heard that incubation problems and deformed hatchlings are more likely to happen when the eggs are kept too wet, as opposed to too dry.
 
Watch the sides of the egg container. You should see very light condensation or fog. If you feel like you need to add water, or re-wet moss, make sure you use water that is the same temp that you are incubating at. A temp gun is good for this. Also, I would use a probed thermometer to measure the temp, not whatever indicator the incubator has, even if the read-out on the incubator is digital. The HatchRite will _feel_ dry to you, but ought to be the perfect wetness right out of the bag.
 
And, I would not use chlorinated water for dampening the moss. I have well water so I didn't have to worry about it.
 
Thanks for the info Nancy I too have some hatchrite that I am going to use this year. keep Loving those pigeons....
 
I set up an egg container of HatchRite for testing and it did eventually dry out. It took about 90 days though. I used HatchRite last year, with a layer of moss on top, and will continue to use it for years to come. Love the stuff!

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Oh, can we post pics of HatchRite in use??? :)
 

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That was after, this is before. With the moss blanket removed. Every one of these eggs hatched.
 

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ya I think its OK to post pics up. OK looks like I mite need to add a little more to them so there buried some more. Cool thanks for some of the tips and help.
 
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