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mchiara
at Thu Dec 29 12:08:04 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by mchiara ]
My fem cham, Sunshine, layed eggs last night after 3 days of pacing the cage, branches and sand. She was bred 26 days ago. The entire process of ovodeposition took more than 12 hours. This morning I saw her still filling up the hole and napping every now and then in the process. After 1 1/2 hour, I had to leave for work but I wanted to move the eggs in the incubator so I had to move her form the hole, by this time filled, but she was busy with the final touch, tampering the sand. So I moved her on a branch where she had a couple of crickets. As soon as I was done diggin eggs and covered the hole, she went back on the sand and...finished the job I have interrupted!
She look fine this morning, will check her again as soon as I get home. Eggs count is at least 47, but since there where so many cups around I believe I din't count a cup of 10...will redo the count tonight, could be 57....wonder if that was really the first time she got bred. For sure was the first time since I have her.
Other than the count, what should I look for on the eggs?
How far apart to you incubate them?
What is the humidity in the incubator? What the temp in the cup and in the incubator? DO you start low 70s to raise 78-80 after few months as I read somewhere? Do you do the night drop in temperature?
Thank you,
Chiara
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 Veield cham leyed eggs last night....incubation tips..?? Help - mchiara, Thu Dec 29 12:08:04 2005
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