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Hey i held some of the eggs up to a flashlight and there is red vein looking things in the eggs, what is that? how do i know if they are fertile or have embryos or what not? Any tips would be great

thanks
ken
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0.1 Albino Cal. King (Fokker)
1.0 Reverse Okeetee Corn (trouble)
0.1 Creamsicle Corn (Spot)
1.1 Bearded Dragons (Bob & Margret)
1.1 Dogs(George and Ladybird) they are rescues.
1.0 Betta
0.1 Wife
0.1 Kid

The sign of veins in your eggs is a sure sign that they are probably fertile. Incubate your eggs at 83 - 85 degrees but no more as it will kill them. Even if you think they may be infertile i would still try them as if they are infertile, in a couple of weeks they will go a funny colur, go mouldy and colapse so you will know anyway. I always incubate them even if i have my doubts.

they are in an incubator now, they got put in there minutes after she laid them. it has not dropped below 79.8 and it did that once, and has not gone above 84.9 at all. that is the temp flux in my house at night and evening when the sun beats down. how long does it take for the to hatch and how do i remoisten the vermiculite when it dries out.

ken
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0.1 Albino Cal. King (Fokker)
1.0 Reverse Okeetee Corn (trouble)
0.1 Creamsicle Corn (Spot)
1.1 Bearded Dragons (Bob & Margret)
1.1 Dogs(George and Ladybird) they are rescues.
1.0 Betta
0.1 Wife
0.1 Kid

around 83 degrees is best. The babies will be more atractive. Use a spray bottle to remoisten the incubator.

Do not use a spray bottle. Getting water on any of the electric parts of the incubator can break it. Put a dish of water in the incubator to raise humidity. I have never had to re-moisten the vermiculite during incubation. If you do, do NOT spray. You do not want to get any water on the eggs. Get an eye dropper and carefully drip water around the eggs into the vermiculite. You shouldn't have to do this though.

Don't worry about the eggs. Put them in the containers and leave them alone for 65-80 days. Check them every few days for mold or collagsing eggs, don't handle them to candle them, it risks turning the eggs and killing the embryos and also gets oil on the shell that will block the ability to transfer water and gases.

Just leave them alone. Candeling does not do anything useful. You should incubate regardless of what you see, and if you see a "problem" what are you going to do about it anyway...not hat I can think of what problem you might see.

Watch the temps..thats the best thing you can do.

It might depend on what you are incubating the eggs in. I have no knowledge of store bought incubators, mine is home made in a styrofoam cooler. I have had several successful clutches of eggs. I have had to spray the top of the styrofoam container with a spray bottle to up the humidity once or twice. I apologize for not being clear earlier.

Yeah, that would be fine, but all the small store bought ones have a lot of electrical stuff in the lid and water would short it out really quick. I suppose you could spray the sides and bottom, but I think a dish would work better. I don't know why they leave all the electrical stuff exposed..I mean they were made for chickens, it seems that they should protect those parts. I don't suppose it is common to incubate chicks inside of tuppoware, hehe