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Hi, this is my first year at trying to breed egg layers so i'm new to the whole incubator stuff first question

-Im thinking of getting the Thermal Hova Bator Incubator, would this be a good choice for something cheap and easy? do any of you have any experience using them for blood eggs?

-Second, temps at 92-91 right?
-What Substrate do you use?
-Do you only mist before you put the eggs in or do so daily to keep humidity? whats your guy's methods?
-Do you have to keep the eggs facing in the same side up as they were first laid?
- And last, whats the most effective way to get the eggs away from the female without hurting the eggs?

Thanks,
Zack

P.S. Here's a pic of my pair


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0.1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
1.0.0 Yellow Anaconda
1.1.0 Suriname Red Tail Boa
1.1.0 Guyana Red Tail Boa
1.0.0 Coral Sunglow Boa
0.1.0 Coral Albino Boa
0.1.0 Arabesque Het Albino Bos
0.1.0 DH Sunglow Boa
1.1.0 Red Blood Python
0.1.0 Jungle Carpet Python (VPI Bloodline)
0.1.0 Burmese Python (Rescue)
0.1.0 Albino Retic (Lavender)
0.1.0 Avicularia Versicolor
1.0.0 Cat

I really do not like the hovabators for bloods, they dry out way too easy. Also the temps should be more like 89F-90F over this you start getting egg death and deformaties. You need a good thermostat for this and I only use digital proportional ones like Helix or Spyder Robotics. I use a modified cooler for my incubation with 100% hatch.

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I am by know means an expert. I had my first cluth last spring.
based on all the advice I was so kindly given this is what I did-
we made an incubator from and old beverage refrigerator using heat tape, fan and a helix thermostat. ( when I say 'we' I really mean my Hub.LOL)

I used pearlite... as I was told it was more forgiving if you get it too wet.

Incubation temp fluctuated between 87-90
I had 33 eggs a 100% hatch rate (even the 3 rollouts).
box 1

box 2

What a sight!

Box 'O Borneos!

I can't tell you howmany times thoughout the process I tbought I messed up... what a joy and relief it was when they finally hatched!
Best of luck to you!
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