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    Flipping eggs?

    I swear I saw a topic on this a few years back, but can't remember to save my life at the moment.

    When you have recently laid eggs and candle them to find the egg is roughly half yellow and half red/veiny, do you flip the egg so that the veins are on the bottom or that the veins are on the top? I haven't done it with any eggs so far, but I was incubating a few eggs for a friend and most of them were as I described [none made it, friend claims the female randomly lays eggs (even without being bred, usually all slugs) every year] and was scratching my head if I just flipped them one way I could have saved them.

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    Veins on top.

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    Re: Flipping eggs?

    Quote Originally Posted by AjBalls View Post
    t I was incubating a few eggs for a friend and most of them were as I described
    If the eggs had veins when you candled them they were fertile Remember a female ballpython can store sperm for a few years so if he breed her last year she can still have sperm this year
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    Re: Flipping eggs?

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    Veins on top.
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    If the eggs had veins when you candled them they were fertile Remember a female ballpython can store sperm for a few years so if he breed her last year she can still have sperm this year
    I was not questioning whether they were fertile or not, I took them from him saying they probably have a 50/50 chance. This female just lays every year, even during a two year span when I know he only had female ball pythons. I candled them at his house, told him I'd throw them in my incubator and let him know how they progressed.

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    Re: Flipping eggs?

    However they were laid should be the correct orientation. Mark the top with something so when moving them they don't get jumbled and you don't have to worry about the correct orientation. Usually the more you mess with eggs, the more you hurt them.

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    Don't reptile eggs "drown" if you flip them? Bird eggs need to be turned every day but I'm pretty sure I learned that reptile eggs can't be turned or flipped after they're laid because the embryo attaches on one side. Or maybe I'm thinking of something else .

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    Re: Flipping eggs?

    Quote Originally Posted by kylearmbar View Post
    However they were laid should be the correct orientation. Mark the top with something so when moving them they don't get jumbled and you don't have to worry about the correct orientation. Usually the more you mess with eggs, the more you hurt them.

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    That's what I did with my buddies eggs. Just left them as they were. But as I said, with them looking half fertile and half infertile, I knew I remembered a topic about adjusting those eggs to give them a better chance. They're somewhat manipulative not long after laying.

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    Re: Flipping eggs?

    Quote Originally Posted by Willowy View Post
    Don't reptile eggs "drown" if you flip them? Bird eggs need to be turned every day but I'm pretty sure I learned that reptile eggs can't be turned or flipped after they're laid because the embryo attaches on one side. Or maybe I'm thinking of something else .
    Don't quote me on it, but I'm fairly sure it's after a couple days where you should just leave them be completely. Otherwise I would not have brought up the topic of rotating at all if I was concerned about freshly laid eggs.

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    Re: Flipping eggs?

    The veins spread as time goes on. That's just where the embryo starts. All eggs will have a descent part where there are no veins. Then check them in two weeks and they will be filled. Some are and do stay half dead the entire time though and may still hatch a smaller neonate

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    You never flip no eggs no matter where the veins are

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