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Egg incubation
I keep the eggs in plastic containers with 1/8-inch holes punched about every inch or around the top edge. I fill it with about an inch of damp (not dripping) green moss, place the eggs inside sitting basically in the same position as when laid, then cover them with about another inch of damp moss, and close the lid. If the eggs are stuck together DO NOT try to separate them! I have found that green moss has a much better fungicide action than does vermiculite type products. Moss also suspends the eggs with less substrate contact to the shell thus allowing more airflow around the egg. Eggs can die if placed in vermiculite that is to damp thus causing over absorption by the egg. I then place this container inside a larger plastic tub that has holes too. I fill this container with about an inch of water so to keep the humidity up in the egg container. Once I have the incubator all set up I place it all into a dark warm area that stays around 78 to 84 degrees most of the time. The eggs also seem to develop better with a bit of variation in the incubation temp. The warmer the temp the sooner the eggs will hatch so figuring the exact hatch date can be a challenge so I take the easy way out and stick with the 50 to 70 day rule.
John Cherry – Cherryville Farms states; “We use a closed airtight box with a vermiculite/perlite mixture with the eggs half way down. The vermiculite/perlite is dampen to the point where when squeezed in the hand it clumps together, but no water runs out. Adding a little perlite to the mix at a ratio of 20% perlite will loosen the media. The box is opened every 5 days to check for moisture content, mold etc. The eggs are placed about an 1 ½” apart in the rubber maid sealed boxes. If moisture is needed spray distilled water on the sides of the box rather than on the eggs. We incubate at 82 – 84 degrees and do not use an incubator, rather we use a small open air (an old bathroom actually) room in our facility where we regulate the temp using a space heater on a thermostat. Using this technique we have had 98.64 % hatch in the last five years with over 11,700 animals hatched.”
These opinions only prove that there are several different ways to achieve the same results the trick is find what works best you and your area.
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