Egg incubation questions

[marisa]

What are you people using to incubate corn eggs?

I am torn between two options....

Making an incubator or allowing them to incubate on a shelf in my reptile room. Many people have told me both ways worked the best for them. Can anyone tell me their experiences?

Also, if I wanted to leave them in a warm spot in the reptile room would fluctating temps bother the eggs? By that I don't mean really cold nights and hot days but between 70-83/84 throughout the day.

Please tell me what you do!

Marisa
crossing my fingers for eggs!

[crimsonking]

Those temps will probably be o.k. although the low is a little low. I keep mine as near 82F as I can get. A lower temp will result in a bit longer incubation time. In my exp. as long as the lows aren't below 75F, it'll take a few days to a week longer to incubate but is preferable to above 82F because of shorter incubation time and hatch deformities.

[marisa]

O.k. cool....what about fluctuation between acceptable temp ranges though?

marisa

[crimsonking]

As long as they (high end or low end) are not kept for too long, you'll be fine in my humble opinion.

[BoidKeeper]

Marisa,

I'm using one I made. Check out the pics in my gallery if you're interested in seeing how I did it. I also included basic step by step instructions.
Cheers,
Trevor

[marisa]

Wow thanks! very informative!

Marisa