I have posted this on a few forums and emails so hopefully some one can shed some light before my other clutches drop ....
Well no Wamena Type babies for me ....I am so upset ....So here it goes ...I have 14 eggs laid on July 5 of this yr ... Females 1st breeding yr ...woo hoo...I put them in my incubator with my Aur Type eggs that were laid July 1....The incubator is a insulated wood chest with heat tape running along the bottom ...there is a shelf about 3 inches above the heat tape ....there is a container with water , egg crate and air holes ....then the eggs are in a gallon ice cream container on Vermiculite with egg crate to set the eggs on... with air holes around the top with a lid and temp probe ...set inside the other container with the water .....Then a lid on that set on the shelf inside the chest.... the temps were 86 F for the 1st week then 88F for the next 4 weeks and now back at 86F for the remaining week .....I checked the eggs at the end of last week and everything looked good ..I checked today and the whole clutch is bad ...eggs are getting clear looking and bad smell ..I cut open one egg and there was an under developed baby ( of coarse ) just starting to get pattern but no color .....But all my Aru Type eggs look good ....So I am at a loss .........
If it was my incubator wouldnt all of my eggs be bad ? Is there a chance that Wamena eggs need to be incubated differently then Aru eggs ? Should I be re-thinking my incubation ( it worked fine last yr with Aru eggs ) ? Please if anyone could shed some light for me I would be so happy as I am at a total loss as to what could have happened .......
