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I have a clutch of gray band eggs incubating. Eleven eggs were laid 52 days ago by a first time breeder. The male is proven and the female is not. One out of eleven of the eggs was obviously infertile from the get-go. At about week 3, I lost two more - collapsed, shrunk, molded, stunk.

Now, just this week (week7), 5 out of the 8 remaining eggs have begin to dent pretty seriously. Is this due to low humidity? Or did the eggs die?

The other three eggs still look fine but I am worried about their future as well.

I am incubating at 82°F in vermiculite mixed 1:1 by weight with water with a thin layer of barely damp spagnam peat moss on top.

Please give me your thoughts.

Thanks a bunch,
Tom

Tom,

I would say you're about to hatch some graybands. Dimpling of the eggs during the last 10 days or so is normal. Post some pics when they hatch. Good luck.

Brandon Osborne

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