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turtle88a
at Tue Jun 14 21:14:03 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by turtle88a ]
Personally, I would not bother with candling at this time. I agree with Stephf in that it is way too early. Besides, I am under the belief in disturbing the eggs as "little as possible". I Never liked those "moving" air incubators because you have to watch the humidity more often. But being that you have now moistened the vermiculite the way it should have been done, you don't have to watch it that often. For you, once every 2-3 days because of the fan. I watch mine once every 1 - 2 weeks. I make my own "still" air incubators. I have 5 incubators at this time & all but one is empty with only 1 egg. (accidental discovery) (how I wish all 5 incubators to be full - They only hold 12 eggs each.) But I normally put in 8 each - so if I'm clumsy and drop it, the most I can lose is 8. So far, haven't been that clumsy. Normally, I have 2-3 incubators going every year, but I have enough females to fill up all 5. I say that because I always find at least 12 unhatched, but broken eggs during the year and sometimes find hatchlings in the spring too. Anyway, I wouldn't lose sleep over the eggs even though I did with my first batch many moons ago. I just hope that they are all fertile & all hatch - If they do, you're going to have a blast!
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RE: Dented eggs--Help!!! part 2/candling - turtle88a, Tue Jun 14 21:14:03 2005