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amateur question but first Western hog eggs. I have the eggs incubating at 80 degrees, but I am unsure what range I need to keep the humidity. I also have the eggs in a hovabator style incubator still air. Do the eggs need to be completely submerged in the vermiculite or are they okay with just the tops exposed. Thanks for the feeback. I dont post on this forum much but I read it everyday. Maybe if I hit the powerball I'll get a few hundred condas and toffes lol....thanks again

Maybe half in vermiculite or so. The vermiculite should be damp. I wet it then squeeze all water out of it. That should make humidity ok.

Firstly,
I would never put reptile eggs in a hova bator or any top heating incubator. The top heat keeps the air around the egg too warm and dry. Keepers copensate by placing the eggs in a wetter substrate. The eggs are then taking in humidity that is forced on them in the wet substrate instead of the egg doing what it is supposed to do and regulate its own intake. Dont get me wrong, you can hatch reptile eggs in a hova bator. It is just not the best choice.

Anyway, the hunidity at egg level should be in the mid 90's.

I would follow Gregg's instructions and maynbe ask for an alternate incubation method.

I set my eggs on top of the vermiculite and set the container on a shelf in a room that I keep @ 80 degrees. I have had excellent hatch rates this way.
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Greg Jackson