Long story short. I moved into a new house on 10 acres. I wanted a garden. There was already a existing garden, so I made it bigger much much bigger. After tilling the spot I can help but notice shinny little flakes of a golden color. Now I am finding these flakes more and more. The deeper I dig the bigger the flakes are getting. I want to take these flakes somewhere to see what they are, but I haven't yet. I don't want to look or sound crazy... lol Would there be a reason for gold to be in a garden? Like as in some types of fertilizer or store purchased planting soil? Info about the property. Location Northern Florida, 25 minutes south of the GA. line.
If they are starting to collapse after only week, it is possible that your humidity is too low and the eggs are drying out. It is also possible that they are infertile, but it is best to assume they are good until you know for sure. You could also try candling the eggs.
Put them in a plastic shoe box you can get them at WalMart and get some coconut fiber and put some in the shoe box and ad a Little bit of water and keep it moist don't throw the eggs out keep them for 2 months and see what happens. Good luck.
Don't worry, if they are only barely dented, and barely yellow they'll be fine, just try to keep it a little more humid by adding more water to the incubator. If they start growing mold, then they are infertile, and won't hatch. Hope all goes well. =)
Hi, you're doing things pretty much right, just two points to mention, one is to open the cool box lid to allow a change of air each day and when you come to replenish water in the compost mix you are using use a sprayer and try not to wet the eggs themselves. As the time for hatching gets closer you may notice that the eggs start to dent inwards but don't be alarmed as this is quite normal, in about48 to 55 days when the young slit the egg case they may not emerge strait away so don't think they are having trouble because they tend to do this. Some mothers do tend to get a little stressed when they are close to laying but this will pass quickly. She will be hungry now as she won't have eaten for a while so give her a good size mouse and resume normal feeding
