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My first ever clutch

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  • 07-07-2021, 10:07 AM
    Paddy
    Thanks so much for those photos. Mine are closest to your first picture but not as textured. Maybe I’ll try to take a quick photo at some
    point but I don’t really want to even open the incubator at the moment.
  • 07-14-2021, 12:14 PM
    Paddy
    Re: My first ever clutch
    I opened the box for the first time and see the eggs are more dimpled now. Especially the top one. I added a little more water to the vermiculite and closed it back up.
    Hope it’s not too late for these eggs.

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  • 07-14-2021, 02:38 PM
    nikkubus
    They don't look too bad so may be just fine.
  • 07-14-2021, 04:02 PM
    GiddyGoat
    Re: My first ever clutch
    Good luck! Crossing fingers for you :)
  • 07-22-2021, 02:51 PM
    Paddy
    Re: My first ever clutch
    Egg update. They are more crumpled now, only day 23.
    I also noticed the temperature is creeping up in the incubator and egg box to 91f. Should I turn the temperature down slightly or just leave as is?
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  • 07-22-2021, 03:18 PM
    mdb730
    Re: My first ever clutch
    Very early to be dimpling, what's your humidity at? Maybe you are opening the tub too much. I use substrateless incubation also but I use press and seal on the tub and then cover it with the lid. I leave everything alone and don't even peak until day 50-55. I have had power outages during incubation and have yet to lose a good egg after I started leaving them alone in their egg box. I had a female lay one time when I got stuck traveling for work during covid quarantine and after two weeks of maternal incubation they were extremely dimpled. I pulled the eggs and placed them my egg box, laid a damp paper towel over them for one day in the incubator before removing the moist towel. After that I did not touch the eggs until the first pip, thank goodness I managed to save them because it was my third attempt at Double het Lavender pied x Double het lavender pied and the one I finally hit the dreamsicle.
  • 07-22-2021, 03:24 PM
    Paddy
    Re: My first ever clutch
    Thanks!
    Opened twice, each time because I noticed the dimpling.
    Humidity is very high but I’m not using press and seal. I guess I could try one final box opening to do that and the paper towel trick…
    How about the temp?


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  • 07-22-2021, 03:44 PM
    Zincubus
    Re: My first ever clutch
    I let mum hatch them naturally in her viv ..

    100% success


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  • 07-22-2021, 03:51 PM
    mdb730
    Re: My first ever clutch
    I set incubator at 89, usually get a pip anywhere from 55-60 days but the latest I had a clutch pip was on day 63, I cut rest of the eggs after first pip.
  • 07-22-2021, 06:35 PM
    nikkubus
    While some people have success at 91F, that is really pushing it. If it were me I would turn it down a tad. Better to hatch slower than fry them, and with you already having strong dimpling, even more so.
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