have a look at my eggs please

[Arcaned]

28.8C is just right, my first clutch i had it set at 82F. This was fairly good as there wasn't much condensation forming on the lid but it takes a few days longer for them to develop and hatch. I now have it set at 85F and although it's only 0.3F difference, i seem to have alot more condensation forming. My second clutch hatched ok at this temp but i did lose one baby and not sure if it's due to the temps.

Im still unsure if the temperature determines the sexes as alot of people said it does but i seem to have a mix of sexes. It's still too early for me to do an accurate sexing but looking at them now, some are different than others. I only have 5 left from the first clutch but try to sex them weekly

[luke28]

the tem has now gone up to 29c dont no what that is but i was told it can go up to 30c is this right or not?

[lidiwhite]

Eggs that are infertile will take a week to collapse but if there are yellow ones in your clutch it is likely they are infertile eggs

[luke28]

Originally Posted by lidiwhite

Eggs that are infertile will take a week to collapse but if there are yellow ones in your clutch it is likely they are infertile eggs

thanks for that

[col]

the best thing to do is shine a torch in the dark and look for blood veins on them but this dosent always work the other way is get a uv light and shine that on them that usually works

[Arcaned]

Yes that's correct, the temps will increase/decrease slightly which isn't a problem as long as it's not a huge difference. We had a powercut a few weeks ago which lasted around 2 hours resulting in the temps dropping quite abit but everything was ok and they hatched ok.

Yellow eggs don't always mean that they are bad, until they collapse it's worth keeping them in the incubator. Two of my eggs have gone yellow but still fully inflated and it's been 5 weeks now. I think sand discolours them alot which is why it's a good idea to brush the sand off them with a soft paintbrush.

[james5582davies]

Hi pal.

Best to try and leave them the more you fiddle the harder it is to maintain a steady temp.

I have had 4/5 clutches keep the temp set at 28/29/30 and leave them be we have had good success with our babies by doing this.

Just cause they are yellow means nothing like the guys say just leave them if you check once a week on them thats fine and when you check them if one has collapsed or gone very black just take it out as its dead.

Hope this is of some help.

James

[luke28]

thanks all the eggs are doing very good for now but i did 5 5 bad ones so i have just got the 17 left so all good

[luke28]

the eggs are still looking really good

[Reptimus]

sound slike you got it all sorted nwo lol! good luck with the eggs!!! you go any pics of the parents?