incubating on male temps

[seraphim21]

This year, I´m incubating some eggs for male for the first time. Now I've got a question about how long "male eggs" take to hatch. After some reading, in books and on websites, I would think, they take about 35 to 45 days, am I right?
(I'm incubating at 32°C by day and 29°C by night.)

That leads me to another question regarding the oldest egg in that incubator (42 days now). I just don't know if it's fertile or not . . . . It's bright yellow when I candle it. But it's not going bad: There is no mold or anything else, it's not flabby . . . What do you think, when should I give up hope? :main_huh:

 

[crs]

Well, I don't breed but I don't think you are supposed to fluctuate temps like that, from 32-29. If the egg isn't rotting I would give it until about 55 days before giving up. There can always be those weird eggs. Do you see any veins in it?

 

[eyelids]

Don't give up until it's obviously garbage... I've had eggs hatch at that temp in 42-43 days, but it's odd...

 

[trizzypballr]

Hmm, ive hatched over 50 geckos this year and actually have only had 1 egg not hatch that didn't go bad. They always went bad on me, or if they went to term they hatched.

 

[seraphim21]

Thank you all for your answers!

Do you see any veins in it?

No, none, not even a tint of pink . . .

They always went bad on me, or if they went to term they hatched.

That's what's making me that unsure . . . Every infertile egg (looking yellow when candled) I've ever had went bad within the first 2 or 3 weeks, but not this one . . .

Huuuhhhhh, maybe I'm just to impatient to be a breeder . . . :main_laugh:

 

[cooter]

Time will tell the story. Who knows it just may hatch and 'suprise' anouther healthy gecko. Do wish you luck.

 

[seraphim21]

Thank you!

 

[Mel&Keith]

We've had quite a few infertiles that never went bad. I'm not sure why though.