My 2024 Breeding Pairs!

Holy moly! Is that a lot or am I tripping lol :joy:? Congratulations on the pearly whites!

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Thank you! And im quite supprised by it too especially since its her first clutch!

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Goodness! That’s a bunch of eggs for a first time mama.I don’t know why, but I was thinking she’d had a clutch before.

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Yeah I was quite supprised by it. She didnt even have a single slug all of the eggs were fertile!

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Just thought id show a little update on the eggs!






There all showing good vein structures so hopefully they all hatch in august!

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Very nice to see those veins! Come on, eggies!

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Here’s a quick update on the eggs! They have been incubated for 5 weeks now and they all have shadows at the bottom! All though in a few it seems the veins are less visible. And i’ve been able to see movement in quite a few of them! But hopefully they all start hatching in a few more weeks!

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Sounds like they are developing right along. You should be just over halfway to hatch day!

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Well after checking on them today im not too sure what to think. Some of the eggs were sweating slightly and I could only see veins in 2 of the eggs. I did still see the shadows but when candling some of the eggs were almost completely dark. And a few of them felt rather squishy. However there was no bad smell. Im not sure if this is anything to worry about since I still am rather new to this.

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Sweaty can just mean that the humidity is too high. You might leave the lid ajar for a few hours or whatever works with your setup to allow a bit more air circulation. You don’t want an active breeze on them, but some air exchange is good.

Eggs going completely dark when candled can mean they’ve ceased developing. Sometimes this happens, which is part of why corns lay plenty of eggs! Of course, it can also mean that they embryos are blocking your view. It’s hard not to worry, I know. But do try not to worry.

I’m going to tag a few other corn folks. They’re not necessarily all available tonight but they will likely have wisdom to share soon. @solarserpents , @noodlehaus , @deanaii , thoughts?

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Humidity was reading around 90% so ill definitely leave the lid ajar. The eggs will be 6 weeks old tomorrow so ill probably refrain from candling again and just wait the rest of this out.

Heres how the eggs are looking!




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You say six weeks, how many days have they been incubating? How are you measuring the temperature in the egg box/what is your temperature set to? To me they look great, I’m not seeing the sweating you were talking about at all. I wouldn’t necessarily leave the lid ajar depending on the type of incubator you’re using, it could dry out a bit too much.

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They’ve been incubating for about 40 days now. I wiped the sweating off with some paper towels. The temp is at 28°C/82.4°F and about 80% humidity










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Do you have a secondary probe in with the eggs at all? To absorb some of the humidity in the egg box, you can actually put in a bit of dry sphagnum. It might help with the sweating issue if it’s coming from the eggs and not dripping from the lid itself, without having to keep the lid ajar. Other than that I’m seeing what looks like very healthy developing eggs. The reason they may look fully dark like that is the position of the baby in the egg is where the flashlight is. You’re holding the flashlight flush with the shell which illuminates everything in front of it, including the baby. That’s why it appears darker, like when you shine a flashlight through your fingertip. If you try angling it away you may be able to better see inside.

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Seeing those pics, they look fine to me. Hopefully you will be seeing pippies when you expect pippies.
The “squishy” feel you describe may be caused by the eggshells beginning to thin somewhat as the babies inside absorb minerals from the shells. This is normal during the last few weeks of incubation. I don’t remember the earliest point when I’ve felt that, but certainly the last two weeks. (I know you’ve got a bit longer to go.)

@noodlehaus has a good idea to put some sphagnum in there to help with possible moisture issues. It’s it possible that what you saw in the outside of the eggs was actually from condensation dripping down?

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No but I think I have something that might work for that.

And thank you for the help!

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I don’t believe so because the lid is usually dry but the sides normally have condensation on them. I added the dry sphagnum but when I checked today a few of them were still slightly sweating and a few were dipping in.

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While I know you’re only in the 40s, days wise, I’d say a lot of what you’re seeing is the eggs prepping to hatch. You’ll hear various date windows, but sometimes they can go earlier or later than you’re expecting. So long as they aren’t moldy, smelly, or otherwise showing critical issues, I’d say they’ll be just fine and you’ll have babies sooner rather than later!

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Theres no mild on any of them and no bad smell. And the dry sphagnum seems to have helped alot! They seem to have stopped sweating for now.



I can see 2 eggs dipping in which are the ones on the far left and the far right. And once again thank you for the help!

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This. This is just what I see, as well. Eggs going bad let your nose know. Even early on, they get a musty, “off” smell. It seems to me that yours are trekking along and doing what they need to do. :+1:

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