Turf the manky eggs they are no good and might even kill the damaged ones from the mould.
Hi Greggles,
I completely agree with Ramsayi statement above.
By the way I'm "apinkypurply's" partner from IG.
In Adelaide they are a complete pain in the butt to incubate however you've got one up on us because you're nearer to natural home range. Last year I was greatly frustrated trying to incubate these little buggers so here's some hint that I found out about!!!
(1) These eggs can not and will not cope with heat. Anything over 32*C for a prolonged period (@ 32*C you may get away with a day, @ higher temps. like a heat wave of 38-40*C only a couple of hours) will lead to deceased fetuses or extremely weak young that will soon die.
(2) If you have a place in your house that stays cool put them there in the incubator (where you are incubators are almost not needed and can successfully be done without). Optimum incubating temp. is 24*C.
(3) Even though optimum incubating temp. is 24*C, if kept at this temp. steadily this will also result in sickly young and poor hatch rates.
(4) We've finally gone to using one of the incubators that heat and cool. The general problems to be found with these are-
(a) Uneven temp. dispersal, even with fan function on.
(b) Temps. shown are often off from what's shown. Rectify this by using another thermometer. This also helps with first problem (4a) as you can then position the eggs in the ideal spot in the incubator.
(c) Since a constant 24*C will also negatively affect hatch rates I use a system of upon wakening in the morning set temps.@ a day high of between 24-26*C (as 27*C it outermost limit for optimising hatching rates and their health) and night time high of 20-21*C.
Hope this helps and will add more if/when I think of them!!!
