My friend/co-worker is breeding leos and has 5 sets of eggs, I have two so far. The incubation temp for his eggs is set and has been maintained at 88 degrees F. All eggs are looking great, but here is the problem...the first clutch that was laid on Feb. 16, which makes the eggs 28 days late to hatch from sixty days. We are both worried. The eggs look great, they at perfect, no color deformities, no structural deformities. Is it normal for the eggs to look as though they are "growing"? Both of our "oldest" eggs seem to be swelling a bit. (Like I would expect it to do when a baby is forming and growing inside). My temp is set at 82 degrees F. Mine should be hatching around the 6th of June. Please tell me if anyone has experienced such a long incubation period. I have also read that the higher temps should only be used for the first two weeks of incubation...? Is this true? Any and all infor would be great thanks.
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~Laura
Rejoice, the age of the fall has begun
We'll dance as the palaces burn.
--Lamb of God, As the Palaces Burn
Do you have any ideas what we should do? How much longer do we wait? How do we know what is wrong? Should I try candling them? Would that show anything at this point? I have heard that when candling to look for the veins, makes sense, but I have heard that fertile eggs will glow pink. I found a different picture showing the eggs glowing a bright red and orange coloration...which one is correct, or is it lighter color if the lights are on for the candling, and darker if they are off? At this point if there is a baby inside the egg will look dark correct? This is frustrating!!! I don't know what we sould do about this first set of eggs...please any info would be great!