egg laid on the paper towel D8

[KaprikaAZ]

the other night i happened upon a papertowel laid egg!
it was still slimey on its bottom so i hustled it into the incubator. heres what it looked like moments after putting it in

the second image is the same egg the VERY next evening.
so..what do you all think...the egg gonna make it??

 

[Phantom240]

Quite possible. Only time will tell. I'm no expert, but don't you have to wait like a week before you can candle it and see if it's viable?

 

[Gary Orner]

Cook until no doubt I have had eggs hatch that looked dead.

 

[KaprikaAZ]

6 days and you can candle it. i was just wondering if it being so dented, if it was a lost cause to inccubate it

 

[KaprikaAZ]

Cook until no doubt I have had eggs hatch that looked dead.

so, even though it was so dented. it could still be okay?

 

[favrielle]

Not sure about the denting, but I'll say this... I candled a bullseye in every good egg from the first day they were laid this last season. I used a high-power LED penlight and the red "cheerio" was perfectly visible.

 

[Gary Orner]

I have seen them plump back up.

i will say that your substrate looks to wet though. I am not sure if it is just the pic though

 

[DrCarrotTail]

I had a pair that were laid on a paper towel and looked more dried out than that. I was about to throw them away a week later as they still looked dented but decided to candle them before doing so. Low and behold they were fertile and I have two happy healthy (and gorgeous!!!) babies now! Moral of the story: incubate until you're sure they're infertile or non-viable!

I also thought the substrate looked a bit damp. I would use a 1:0.8 ratio of water to DRY substrate by weight. I use perlite and when moistened to this ratio it looks pretty dry but clumps together and sticks to your fingers in an annoying way...haha.

 

[KaprikaAZ]

I have seen them plump back up.

i will say that your substrate looks to wet though. I am not sure if it is just the pic though

no, its not too damp. thats just from the low light and the suran wrap i have over the tub. it makes it look wetter than it actualy is. ive been maticulous with the vermiculite

 

[KaprikaAZ]

nevermind you guys...i checked it today, it had a soggy half. and when i opened the suranwrapping i got a stench of rotten egg. its bad, i threw it out 8c