Posted by:
Kelly_Haller
at Mon May 5 22:30:52 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Kelly_Haller ]
JS,
Mike was correct in that ambient temps for burmese at the nest site are best kept at 86 to 88. Another way to double check temps is to count the females contraction rate. They should ideally be between 5 and 10 per minute. If consistently less than 5, the nest box area temps could be too high. If consistently greater than 10, you might want to raise the temps slightly, however be careful as she can raise the egg mass temp, but she has no way to cool the egg mass if it gets above her maternal incubation temp.
Humidity needs to be maintained above 80% or you could have problems. Also, if you can't get to the bad eggs don't worry about them. They will not cause any problems for the fertile eggs even if in contact with them. I always advocate the use of maternal incubation if you have the ability to set it up correctly. Good luck.
Kelly
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