Moisture in egg tubs?

[bigballs]

eggs can be successfully incubated with water droplets on the sides and lid of the egg box. all it means is that the temperature within the incubator is different than the temperature within the egg box. as long as the temperature and humidity within the egg box are what they are supposed to be and youre being careful not to get those eggs wet then incubation should go well.

[extensive]

lower the humidity, and swipe off the sides of the tub so that there is no longer any dew. what is your humidity level at?

WHAT?!

[pythontricker]

WHAT?!

well they aren't supposed to be dimpling that early. So I figure you might want to lower it a little. I may be wrong but thats what I have heard.

[Dave763]

well they aren't supposed to be dimpling that early. So I figure you might want to lower it a little. I may be wrong but thats what I have heard.

Just the opposite

[pythontricker]

ok sorry, dont pay any attention to me. lol I am Out of my league.

[extensive]

keep us updated

[PythonWallace]

I use the substrateless method too, and I have plenty of condensation. I don't think that press-n-seal or seran wrap is needed with this method because the perlite is so wet that you don't have to worry about some of the water evaporating. With verm or hatchrite, the media is dry enough to start with, so you don't want to lose any of the moisture. I just make sure to not have any of the eggs touching the sides of the egg box so they don't come in contact with the condensation or water drops. I get some condensation on the lids, too, but it hasn't been an issue with the 3 clutches I've had so far. I was worried about it dripping on the eggs, but it hasn't affected anything. I am planning to get a few of those super absorbant shimmies and cutting them to fit the inside of the lids, then hot gluing them into place to absorb any condensation above the eggs, but it probably isn't neccesary, from my very limited experience.

If you're worried, another option is to make some sort of a concave (or would it be a concove?), that's glued to the lid so any condensation above the eggs runs down and away from the eggs. Something like a 10" cylinder cut longways to fit the inside lid would work so any condensation would run down and drip off along the long sides of the egg box. I know mushrooms are sensative to water drips like eggs, so some people who grow them use a kind of cone shaped glass lid to get the same effect.

[extensive]

so you know people who grow mushrooms?

[PythonWallace]

so you know people who grow mushrooms?

Yes. I use to, too, but I never tried the cone top. Just big Sterilite tubs with plexiglass lids. I got the idea from a book on psychadelic mushrooms, but my friend just grows portabellas and the woody virility kind from kits.

[Subzero]

I wiped of the dew and It has not returned, But I did put two paper towels over the eggs, I wet them down good and then wrung them out completely, off course when I did that the tub dewed up again. But everything should be fine. Thanks for all the help guys. First time clutch.

OH BTW, I didnt expect this clutch, gave up on her laying about a month ago. So these eggs maybe have been maternally incubating from 1-4 days. Thats prob. why they are a little dryed out. WISH ME LUCK. Super pastel clowns on the way

jk.