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hi all.i was on vacation in south dakota and when i came back my cresteds had a pair of eggs waiting for me.they appear to be fertile as they are round white and not moldy.i have them in the incubator in a container with 2 parts vermiculite to one part water by weight(i got this out of the rhacodactylus book).the incubator is at 80 degrees since im also incubating leo eggs.i cant believe my female layed eggs!the parents are harlequin and dalmation cresteds so im wondering what the babies will look like if the eggs make it.if im doing anything wrong or if you have advice please tell me.thanks for your time
nick

Congrats. It sounds like you've done everything right, but I would take them out of the incubator and incubate them at room temperature. For one, incubated at high temps often leads to faster hatching and smaller babies. Also, although temperature sexing in Cresteds is not "officially" down to a science (yet), I and many others believe that higher temps = more males.

>>hi all.i was on vacation in south dakota and when i came back my cresteds had a pair of eggs waiting for me.they appear to be fertile as they are round white and not moldy.i have them in the incubator in a container with 2 parts vermiculite to one part water by weight(i got this out of the rhacodactylus book).the incubator is at 80 degrees since im also incubating leo eggs.i cant believe my female layed eggs!the parents are harlequin and dalmation cresteds so im wondering what the babies will look like if the eggs make it.if im doing anything wrong or if you have advice please tell me.thanks for your time
>>nick
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