Some breeding woes!

[rabernet]

Tim,

Thank you for sharing your two events and what's been going on, it's good that others can learn from these events as well.

I do have a question though - is there a reason that you choose to separate your eggs? Being a newbie this year, I just left the clutch attached as I was too worried about what happened to you happening to me. When I say is there a reason, I mean - is there a benefit to doing so, or is this more of a personal preference?

[muddoc]

Tim,

Thank you for sharing your two events and what's been going on, it's good that others can learn from these events as well.

I do have a question though - is there a reason that you choose to separate your eggs? Being a newbie this year, I just left the clutch attached as I was too worried about what happened to you happening to me. When I say is there a reason, I mean - is there a benefit to doing so, or is this more of a personal preference?

Robin,
Mostly it is a personal preference. However, this was a five egg clutch, and I am using some new incubation containers for the smaller clutches. Being a smaller clutch, I wanted to seperate it because of " head room" in the smaller boxes. My mistake came in seperating a clutch that could have been laid 24 hours before me finding it. Typically if you find a clutch within 2 to 3 hours of laying, the eggs come apart easily because they haven't "melded" yet (that's my word for it). I do not believe it is mandatory to seperate them at all, even if you are a "cutter", because they seperate very easily around day 50.

Hope that helps,

[rabernet]

Yes it does, thank you Tim! I'll be watching for updates on this egg and rooting for its survival!

[Thomas Jones]

Tim Good luck with the torn egg.

I think the eggs that got to 80 degrees will be fine. The air temp will drop much faster than the fluid in the egg will. Good luck to you this season. Looks like you are going to have a challenging one.

[muddoc]

Thanks Thomas. I am pretty sure the eggs will be fine. The season should be ok though, as the challenge of the season is just starting. We only have about 25% of our production in the bator so far.

[BT41042]

Sorry to hear about your troubles Tim...I'm sure they'll be just fine...
BT

[muddoc]

Thanks Brother. I think all will smooth over.

[dragondavy]

Man Tim my brother, I'm sorry to hear this, but I'm sure you'll do the best you can to keep that egg going.

Good luck with this bud!

[muddoc]

Thanks Charlie. I think they'll be fine.

[Freakie_frog]

Tim,

As we said the more you have the more you learn right. I like Robin was afraid to seperate my first clutch because I had heard of them ripping and didn't want to risk that. I think it is so great how they just seal back up when left to their own devices.

Best of luck I hope that one eggs gives you something totally kick ass.