Last year a clutch of mine started to Dimple within the first two weeks.
I layed a moist paper towel over the eggs for about 2 hours....this popped MOST of the dent out, and kept it that way throughout the rest of Inc. time.
Hope it helps.
Yayyyyy...some useful info. How many posts did it take? 20 maybe.
Im confused. Your quote is from the 4th post, not the 20th and on the 12th post WaRocker said it didnt help....
Sorry. BG will explain. Patty said that BG never gives any useful info in his posts, so BG, being BG, went and looked at all Patty's posts. It took until this one until he found anything that resembled some "useful info". Now you're telling BG it "didn't help"? OH well...looks like BG needs to look at another 20 posts to find some "useful info"....maybe more.
It probably doesnt matter now but I have found that when using the substrateless method with a grate, hatchrite seems to hold the humidity best. I had the incubator running for a month before I had any eggs. 4 egg boxes with about 3 inches of hatchrite. A grate on top of that. They held 90/100% humidity for 5 weeks. I added a bit of water about a week after my first 2 clutches were down. They were still over 80% humidity at that time too. Now they are back up over 90%.
That stuff is more expensive but it seems a little more worry free. Especially if you have less than 10 clutches a year.
It probably doesnt matter now but I have found that when using the substrateless method with a grate, hatchrite seems to hold the humidity best. I had the incubator running for a month before I had any eggs. 4 egg boxes with about 3 inches of hatchrite. A grate on top of that. They held 90/100% humidity for 5 weeks. I added a bit of water about a week after my first 2 clutches were down. They were still over 80% humidity at that time too. Now they are back up over 90%.
That stuff is more expensive but it seems a little more worry free. Especially if you have less than 10 clutches a year.
I thought substrateless is water and an area to place the eggs? How is using hatchrite considered substrateless?
Be sure if your using substratless do not use press n seal. It causes WAY too much condensation on the sides and lid of the tubs. Substratless can be water for medium. As long eggs are not in the medium it can be as soaked as you want. I have never had to add water to a tub during entire incubation due to the amount of water i add.
If your not using the substrateless with the crate, but eggs in the medium then i HIGHLY suggest the press and seal since the medium cant be wet but moist.
Don't use press n seal if your using water in place of media. What if your using media with the eggs on egg crate?
If your using the method i have pictured above Dont use the press n seal as you will cause too much condensation.
I am using that method and have condensation issues. Yet why is having an egg crate in place effect condensation? Is it cause the eggs can't absorb as much mositure? Is there not a concern with loss of water without press n seal?
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