Quote Originally Posted by rabernet View Post
Looking Awesome Kevin! Care to share what your mistake was with your eggs so that I don't make the same mistake this year?
Robin, last year after reading the Barkers book I decided to use larger egg containers such as 5 gallon buckets with a piece of glass covering them. My mistake was I didn't fill the containers up with enough vermiculite and there was just to much dry air in the container and also to much dry air was coming in because the glass didn't create a very good seal on the bucket. By the time I realized what was going on it was to late.

I could have made a few adjustments and still used the buckets, but for my last three clutches I went back to using sealable plastic food containers and had 100% hatch rate with fat healthy babies. This is what works for me, so I will probably just stick with the smaller containers. I use a walk-in closet as my incubator so temp fluctuations are not a big problem, and I have a better feel for controlling the humidity in the smaller egg containers.

I also had other personal circumstances that kept me from focusing on the incubating eggs like I normally would. Like the saying goes "live and learn"!

Thanks Steve, I am keeping my fingers crossed for a nice healthy clutch!