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RandyRemington
at Tue Jun 17 09:23:14 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by RandyRemington ]
How far into incubation are they?
I had some start oozing yellow like that a few weeks into incubation this year. I was told that it is possible for good looking eggs to also be infertile (in addition to the obvious slugs) but I never candled them so I don't know if they just died real quick or where infertile to start with.
It does look too wet but hard to tell from a picture. I have a tendency to make the mix too wet but am learning my lesson. I actually pulled the scale out this year and found that with the vermiculite I bought that the 1:1 ratio of water to vermiculite by weight is about 9 cups vermiculite for 1 cup water. I had always winged it before. With that mix I've even had to pull the water pan out of the incubator as it's already wet enough that some don't collapse much before hatching.
I’d be tempted to move that best looking one to a new container with a little dryer media (don’t overdue the extreme change though). Also, be sure flies can’t get to them.
Sorry
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RE: Are these eggs slugging? - RandyRemington, Tue Jun 17 09:23:14 2003