Help...Strange looking eggs! Pictures!

I have a kick-out incubating right now. It was laid on the 25th, and it's plump, white, and looks fine.

Generally, a dead egg would be starting to cave at this point. This one has gained weight, so it's alive.

The eggs are now is significantly drier vermiculite. Going to cut back on the moisture. We'll see how it goes. Thanks for every ones input.

The eggs are now is significantly drier vermiculite. Going to cut back on the moisture. We'll see how it goes. Thanks for every ones input.

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Originally Posted by Vilenica

If your girl kicked them out and did not coil them I would bet my left leg that they will never survive. I have never heard of an egg not volunteerily incubated by the mother being fertile, If anyone has I would love to hear of it.

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Boy are you gonna miss that leg :D happens often. I have 3 rollouts in the bator this year that looks fine.

I would take the eggs totally out of the vermiculte. Just lay a piece of egg crate on top the vermiculite and then place the eggs on top of that. That way you won't have to worry about it anymore. I think it might be too late for the top 2 eggs in your pic but good luck.

Is it not good to have any condensation on the inside of the tub? I replaced the "too-wet" vermiculite with dry vermiculite last night, but because of the humidity in my incubator, there is still condensation that forms on the inside walls of the tubs. It is a very small amount though.

Those of you that use substrateless incubation, and just use soaked vermiculite underneath your grate...I don't see how you would get no condensation inside the tub?

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Originally Posted by BaierBalls

Is it not good to have any condensation on the inside of the tub? I replaced the "too-wet" vermiculite with dry vermiculite last night, but because of the humidity in my incubator, there is still condensation that forms on the inside walls of the tubs. It is a very small amount though.

Those of you that use substrateless incubation, and just use soaked vermiculite underneath your grate...I don't see how you would get no condensation inside the tub?

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Temp fluctuation is a huge factor as well. The eggs are cooler than the surrounding air temp. Thus causing condensation.

You can look on my site and my Live Egg cam on day 40 and see the tubs are dry on the sites and lid.

SAME WEIGHT vermiculite/water = approx 95% humidity

has always served me well...

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Originally Posted by RichsBallPythons

Temp fluctuation is a huge factor as well. The eggs are cooler than the surrounding air temp. Thus causing condensation.

You can look on my site and my Live Egg cam on day 40 and see the tubs are dry on the sites and lid.

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It creates just a slight film of condensation, not enough to creat droplets.

So..any condensation on inside of tub = too wet?

I have plenty of condensation on the inside of my incubator--it's not a problem. I'm doing substratless incubation this year.