Help! first time hatching!

[caesargirl]

What day are you on?  Can you send a pic or have I already seen a pic?  I was on another forum earlier was that you?

You did answer a couple questions before on the duck thread. I'll go get a pic. Day 10.

 

[Lacrystol]

https://www.silicagelpackets.com/

-Kathy

OMG, it comes in different SIZES, WOO HOO, NICE. THANK YOU

 

[Lacrystol]

You did answer a couple questions before on the duck thread. I'll go get a pic. Day 10.

Yes, I believe I did

 

[WVduckchick]

https://www.silicagelpackets.com/

-Kathy

Might be worth a try, if nothing else has helped. I do wonder if they put off any "odor" or anything harmful to the eggs? What do you think Kathy?

Not yet. Trying to prepare. I have the sticky glow in one egg....

I've been biting my tongue, because I don't want it to be true, but I think I may have a couple of stickys too. And it is definitely NOT because of too high humidity. If anything, my humidity has been too low. A few of mine looked sticky several days ago, but a couple have improved since I added a shot-glass of water and got humidity up to about 35%. So I'm

 

[caesargirl]

 

[caesargirl]

although, as I took these, I saw no movement. As of yesterday, there was movement. I'll wait and see, but, perhaps a quitter.

 

[caesargirl]

For my tree frogs, when I had to lower humidity, I made an absorber. Triple layered stocking filled with corn starch, minute rice, and silica! It's what mold treatment specialists use when your basement floods!!! I made it the size of a small cucumber.

 

[WVduckchick]

For my tree frogs, when I had to lower humidity, I made an absorber. Triple layered stocking filled with corn starch, minute rice, and silica! It's what mold treatment specialists use when your basement floods!!! I made it the size of a small cucumber.

Very interesting! Stocking? Like pantyhose? Put one inside the other and those inside another, then fill? Do you remember the proportions of each? 1/3, 1/3, 1/3?

 

[caesargirl]

Very interesting!  Stocking?  Like pantyhose?  Put one inside the other and those inside another, then fill?    Do you remember the proportions of each?  1/3, 1/3, 1/3? 

Yup, pantyhose! It's kinda 1/3 1/3 1/3. I go a bit heavier on the starch. And make a few. Switch out every am. Now, as all ingredients are odor absorbers, if an egg goes bad, it might mask the smell. Just guessing on that!

 

[WVduckchick]

Very cool. At least it is every day stuff, so it should be easy enough. Would love to hear if someone tries it and it works!

@Lacrystol I hope you can try this!