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shopony
at Sun May 17 22:36:04 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by shopony ]
Hey Jason, Sorry for your loss. It stinks when you wait all that time, just to end up with tragedy. Well I use shoe box style egg containers and I noticed that the lids really don't have a good seal to them. So I started using (PRESS'N SEAL) by Glad. I put it on top of the shoe box and then put the lid on, and I've had eggs go 64 days without a problem. The only thing I do is every 2 to 3 days I open it up to let air in and to wipe the water off the sides of the box from the moisture. I also use crate materal from light fixatures. I call it egg crating!!! I use 4 layers! 3 layers under water, and 1 layer on top out of water with the eggs sitting on top. I always have 85% to 100% humidity inside the egg box. Here is my incubator before breeding season to show the egg crating in the egg boxes. I have 5 clutches in my incubator now with # 6 due in about a week. Hope this helps and once again sorry for your loss. Sorry so long!!! Bob
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RE: First clutch of '09 a disaster - shopony, Sun May 17 22:36:04 2009 