Well she finally did it!! Yesterday...May 10th....right on schedule....8 eggs total.....5 good ones and 3 slugs....
I'm so proud!
Here's a couple pics.....
Dad

Mom

Here's one of the clutch.....please let me know if you notice any mistakes or have a tidbit of advice....4 of the good eggs and 1 of the slugs were glued together in the clutch....with 2 slugs and one good egg seperated....mom was wrapped around everything.....

....a couple questions.....should I just take the slugs out? I'm pretty sure that I should....but I left them in, just in case.....what about the one that's glued to the clutch?? ....and I'm slightly worried about the way I've nested the eggs in the incubation box......one egg is on top and cannot be touching the vermiculite unless the other 3 good eggs below it are nearly buried....any advice here?? Does it look okay the way I've got it??
And here's a pic of my homebuilt incubator....don't worry about the temp.....it goes down when I open it of course, but it stays at 89.7 plus or minus 0.3....

It is a square cooler with the heating element of a hovabator installed into the lid....

Please let me hear any advice or problems you notice...if you can spare the time....I'd really appreciate it....


