mcghee26
New Member
I have finally mated my 2 veileds successfully yesterday and now have some questions about incubation and egg handling. I have been reading as much as I could on this site and the links that have been included on some of the posts. I do see that alot of people don't use an incubator. I would like to use an incubator because I live in Ohio and the weather is going to be changing to the cold crappy weather here soon, and I am worried about the temp fluctuations plus the loss of humidity when the furnace has to kick on. So my questions are these. I just bought a hovabator and am going to start playing around with this to see what the temps get to, but am I correct in understanding that 78 degrees is the ideal temp? And do you recommend varying the temps during the nights to a little cooler? I have read many different opinions on this and would like to hear from someone who has successfully hatched eggs. Also, what should the humidity level be? Also when I go to dig up the eggs, am I correct in saying that I should not turn the eggs, but make sure they stay the same way as when I dig them out? And one last question, I read in an article that the eggs should be touching, which his explanation made sense, but I see that pretty much everyone else spaces the eggs apart? Can anyone tell me the pros and cons to eggs touching versus not touching? Thanks again for all the help!!!!!!!