Easy egg tub setup

[Stewart_Reptiles]

[QUOTE=ShawarmaPoutine;2688465]Hi Deborah,

I had a few questions as I’ve seen different opinions flying everywhere:

1) do we want the egg box to be airtight? Almost airtight? Is it supposed to have small holes for ventilation?

Yes and no, obviously those are not completely airtight (you would need to use press and seal for that which I do not) but at the sale time you do not want holes as it defeats the purpose letting moisture out

2) after putting the egg boxes in the incubator at day one, is there any reason to open individual egg box anywhere between day 1 and say day 50?”

Not really most people do because they are worry and curious but it's counter productive. You probably will ask "what if there is a bad moldy egg" in there well a moldy egg will never affect the healthy ones.

3) is there any reason to open the incubator at all (assuming eggs look fine) if the top of your incubator is transparent and you can see the eggs directly through the egg boxes’ transparent lids?

Aside from putting new eggs in and take the babies out? No

So bottom line if your eggs are setup properly they will be fine and it's really about putting them in there and forgetting about them for 50/60 days.