awesome odds.

well its day 52 and we just cut on our spider x normal clutch of 10 eggs. and i think we did well we got 6 spiders and 4 normals. i will have better pics soon.
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...s/cutting3.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...es/cutting.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...s/cutting4.jpg

How awesome!!! Can't wait to see more of them.

Awesome odds!!! Post some pics of all those babies!

What did you use as an incubator? Looks like it just came out of a rack...

I told you that you'd cut today! :P

Congratulations! What I can see of them so far - is they're going to be beautiful!

the rack in the background is a hatchling rack im building and i use a converted fridge as an incubator.

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I told you that you'd cut today! :P

Congratulations! What I can see of them so far - is they're going to be beautiful!

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yea you were right, i could not control myself. so when should i expect them to poke their heads out?

Congrats on the great odds. Depending on what temp you incubated, they will probably start poking out their heads on day 54-55 and crawl out between 57-59. If you incubated a bit cooler (say 88 degrees), those estimates could be 1 to 2 days later.

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Congrats on the great odds. Depending on what temp you incubated, they will probably start poking out their heads on day 54-55 and crawl out between 57-59. If you incubated a bit cooler (say 88 degrees), those estimates could be 1 to 2 days later.

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thanks tim. yea i incubated them in the 89-91 degree range. being that i cut on 52 do you think i need to mist them to keep them from drying out?

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thanks tim. yea i incubated them in the 89-91 degree range. being that i cut on 52 do you think i need to mist them to keep them from drying out?

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I did, it's certainly not going to hurt them to do so! If you left the flaps on, then it's less necessary.

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I did, it's certainly not going to hurt them to do so! If you left the flaps on, then it's less necessary.

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i know that the entire time during incubation we try to keep the eggs dry. so now when i mist them do i need to try not to wet the egg itself. also i have another issue, i guess its the louisiana heat my incubator hits 92 degrees but only during the hottest part of the day is that to hot.

day 2 they are all still kicking in the egg but no heads out.......... YET

ok a little update on these eggs.
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...therspider.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...s/2spiders.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...coolwindow.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...iles/spidy.jpg
and this next pic im a little worried about this one it just looks strange, any advice
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...strangeegg.jpg

its day 54 and they are still chillin in the egg lol i think this wait sucks even more than waiting for the cut day.

Congrts!!! I really need that kind of luck!! Any news on the dark stained egg?
Tip: If you change your metering to ''center metering'' in your digital camera and shoot to the center of the shaded part of any egg, you would end whit a bit better iluminated photos. This may not apply to your camera, but give it a try!