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    Is there still hope for my eggs?

    I posted a week or so back about my lemon blast X Normal clutch looking dimpled. They were laid on April 24th. I completely saturated the perlite/vermiculite from the advice I was given but they now seem even more dimpled. Is there still hope for these little ones? It will be 60 days on June 24th. Also, how do I candle these eggs if they are all stuck together?



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    Those don't look too bad, however you still have a ways to go. I wouldn't worry too much...just keep an eye on them. And you can easily candle those...just get a small flashlight like a mini Mag-Lite and hold it up against them...you should see veins and mysterious shadowy stuff inside...
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    Those are very dimple given the projected hatch date.

    Do you have the lid on your egg box? If yes you might consider press and seal because obviously the moisture is going somewhere unless they already started of being dimpled and never plump back up. Still an issue here when it comes to humidity.

    Your eggs can be candled just fine there is enough exposed surface on each egg that will allow you to see if the eggs are still good or not.
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    They don't look like they are going bad. The clutch I have incubating now did not dimple like my first clutch. Actually, my first clutch looked a lot like yours and they all hatched. As far as candling, just get it as dark as possible in the room and put the flashlight up against the eggs. Even though they are stuck together, you should not have a problem. Hope this helps.

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    Re: Is there still hope for my eggs?

    agree, could be worse, you're still good. hang in there and good luck.
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    Well sometimes if you take a wet paper towel, n just place it under the clutch it might help. You may be able to candle them all if you can separate them. BE CAREFUL! But since they all look like that, candling a few will probably tell you what the entire clutch is about. There's really no mold, so I believe they may still be viable. That's the luck of the draw though, good luck man. I know how you're feeling. You can actually candle them, didn't look at where they were all placed sorry lol.
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    Re: Is there still hope for my eggs?

    Thanks everybody for all the help!

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    Those are very dimple given the projected hatch date.

    Do you have the lid on your egg box? If yes you might consider press and seal because obviously the moisture is going somewhere unless they already started of being dimpled and never plump back up. Still an issue here when it comes to humidity.

    Your eggs can be candled just fine there is enough exposed surface on each egg that will allow you to see if the eggs are still good or not.
    I went ahead and put some press N seal on the tub. They have been dimpled for awhile now. I took a flashlight and candled them all. Every egg I could see seems to look nice and healthy inside. I'll keep my fingers crossed and hopefully I'll be posting some good news in a few weeks!
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    They really shouldn't dimple that much until the last week or so of incubating them.
    I would think your tub lid is(was) leaking out too much humidity even though the substrate is soaking wet.

    Hopefully they finish out ok, good luck!
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    I have 5 clutches in the incubator right now, one of them is due to hatch in a week they done the same thing yours are doing...humidity is fine though...not sure why the dimpled that way but they seem fine and ill know what I have in a week or less

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