Do you add water to Hatchrite?

I have always used perlite to incubate my eggs in the past. I have had a good hatch-rate until this year....ugh, long story.

So I recently picked up a bag of hatchrite...I still plan on using perlite for most of my clutches, but I figured I would give this a whirl and a couple of clutches to see how great it is...

But I am confused...do you add water to it? The instructions basically say empty contents of bag into egg tub. Put in eggs. Put on lid. Stick in incubator.

Am I missing something? :confused:

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Originally Posted by Jerhart

I have always used perlite to incubate my eggs in the past. I have had a good hatch-rate until this year....ugh, long story.

So I recently picked up a bag of hatchrite...I still plan on using perlite for most of my clutches, but I figured I would give this a whirl and a couple of clutches to see how great it is...

But I am confused...do you add water to it? The instructions basically say empty contents of bag into egg tub. Put in eggs. Put on lid. Stick in incubator.

Am I missing something? :confused:

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No, you don't need to add water.
I am using it for my first clutch this year and it maintains the humidity well.

I used it my first year and won't again.
Yes I had to add water but my tubs were not "sealed" and the hatchrite dried up.

I think if you use seal a meal and truly seal the tub up you shouldn't need to add water.

I switched to Vermiculite under light diffuser.

Interesting....


Anyone else?

I thought there would be more than 2 people on this forum who have used this...?
:omfg:

Josh, I used it this year and it dried up pretty badly. Had to add a lot of water (~1 cup in a 6 qt box) about a 1/3 of the way into incubation

to expensive for my blood and I've heard it can be to dry..or to wet.. I'm still anal about that stuff..

I have used HatchRite, and have never added water. I do not seal my tubs, and have never had any issues with it drying up at all. All of the ball eggs on the HatchRite hatch perfectly. Good luck.

Good God...could the results be anymore split down the middle? :D

I am hesitant to use it now...I thought this stuff what suppose to eliminate the guesswork?

Well...thanks for the responses everyone!


Keep the reviews coming if you have them...

I used it this season and put it under the light diffuser. I added alot of water but that was just to be sure. I dont know if I will use it again simply because of the cost if you are doing a few clutches. I would say use substrateless and that eliminates pretty much most guess work. Good luck on the upcoming season