How NERD Sets Up Egg Boxes

[MasonC2K]

Goes to show there is more than one way to do something and there are few absolutes.

[wendhend]

That is pretty different than anything I have seen, but apparently it works well for them. Thanks for sharing!

[dr del]

Yep

It's a bit of an eye opener when you see all the different way people do things with great success.


dr del

[Mike41793]

I dont see how its that much different... Except for when he was talking about the weight thing and he adds a bit of water when it feels lighter, everything else seems pretty normal to me?

[RobNJ]

The only absolutes are consistent temp and humidity...however anyone chooses to and can maintain those at proper levels, it doesn't really matter how you set up your eggs or incubate them.

[MasonC2K]

The big thing for me for that he said it's ok for water to touch the eggs as long as it's not chlorinated. I think that was a bout 7:30 in.

[Mike41793]

The big thing for me for that he said it's ok for water to touch the eggs as long as it's not chlorinated. I think that was a bout 7:30 in.

I cant site the source i heard it from but i remember reading somewhere that if a female is maternally incubating the eggs she may urinate on them if the humidity gets too low. This means the eggs would get wet so i would have to agree with kevin...

[MasonC2K]

I cant site the source i heard it from but i remember reading somewhere that if a female is maternally incubating the eggs she may urinate on them if the humidity gets too low. This means the eggs would get wet so i would have to agree with kevin...

Yeah. That makes sense. But I have always heard on this site to never let water contact the eggs or they might go bad.

[WingedWolfPsion]

The water can breach the protective barrier of the shell, allowing fungal spores or bacteria in, but the risk is probably exaggerated. It makes sense that a chemical like chlorine might eat through that barrier more readily. The eggs of some species are more vulnerable to damage from being exposed to water than others. I've had condensation drip on eggs rather often, and haven't lost any as a result, though I have had a mold patch form at least once, where an egg got wet.

I had never considered it before, but now that I think about it, using a dechlorinator that removes chloramines from the water before using it in egg boxes is probably a wise idea.

[adamjeffery]

i agree with everything that kevin says. i have taken many of my own experiences and bent the "rules" to my own needs.
the 2 biggest myths you will read about are that you cant get eggs wet and you cant move an egg once its been laid. both are false.
the way i look at it is if these eggs were that needy and delicate then reptiles would have died off long ago. in the wild animals dig through the nest and destroy some eggs and throw others around that hatch fine. also it rains and floods and eggs will be introduced to all sorts of condensation and moisture. they MUST survive, otherwise they would fail in the wild.
i myself had an entire incubator knocked over once. the entire contents flipped completely upside down. this was one month into incubation. every single egg hatched fine.
i mist my eggs if they start to dimple prematurely, i also moisten the substrate directly around the eggs as well.
now im not saying you should use your eggs for baseball and then throw them in a pond and they will still hatch. i am saying that books have guide lines not rules and they are usually best but not absolute.
adam jeffery