That substrate even *looks* better than that other crap :D Can't wait for little orions and artemises to come out ^.^

yeah this clutch looks like a good one.

I dropped one egg when I was moving them, so I might get one with a severe deformity.

Most common tough is a misaligned spine which is fatal. but he might have something minor like a missing leg or tail.

but all I can do now is wait 6 weeks.

I'm sorry for the leaking and deflated eggs. :<

Happens, I never got a 100% success rate.

I tend to loose 3 or 4 eggs
2 or 3 deformed births (Misaligned spine and missing eyes are the two I got last clutch)
1 or 2 never learn to eat and starve
and 5 to 7 never gain weight

Last clutch was 28

24 where born
2 where deformed
3 died of starvation
7 never gained weight.

12 of them where successful.

You will always loose a few. I've rarely heard of 100% success rate.

Plus that was Artemis' first clutch.

2nd clutch was 28 eggs. all 28 died. I tried a sand that was recommended to me, the sand never kept humidity and all the eggs shriveled and hardened.

The eggs almost feel like leathery balloons. They're inflated with water and require high humidity in order to maintain the internal water.

the eggs use passive osmosis in order to maintain and filter the water. The water is ~80% pure. If it's to dry the water exits the egg, but if it's to wet, the eggs will inflate and rupture.

Temperature can be a wide range. They can hatch at 70 Fahrenheit, and up to 90. The warmer the egg the faster they will hatch. I keep the incubator at 80 since the temperature in the room tends to fluctuate, so it can drop or rise with little danger.

So are you breeding..... what...... dragons, or something?

Bearded Dragons.

I cross Breed 2 species. A Central and a Western.

Centrals have a more reddish color. They live in Central Australia, so they have the same color as the sand in the outback. There the biggest of their species, have larger spikes and more robust bodies.

Westerns come from the coastline of western Australia, they have a dark gray color mixed in with some white. They have slender bodies and are the 2nd biggest their species.

Last clutch had babies with a intracate patern on their belly which isn't present in either of the parents. They usually inherit their fathers eyes but have the streaks of red along their head that their mother has.

Artemis tends to have fairly quick gestation periods. she usually takes about 6 or 7 weeks to lay her eggs instead of the usual 8 and her eggs usually hatch 6 weeks later instead of 7.

I believe Orion is a pure Western, but Artemis is probably a hybrid since her colors are fairly washed out along her body, but very bright near the head.

Neat, I'll enjoy knowing how that turns out ^-^

Thanks for documenting this; I look forward to hearing more!

I will document more as they start to hatch.

The eggs should begin to "grow" (they literally increase in size) in a few weeks, and in 4 weeks I should be able to see movement from them.

Ill try to post a video of the movements.