Any advice on incubating Bearded Dragon eggs would be great, my female just surprised us with her first clutch yesterday morning. I have been looking for advice on temps. , humidity, incubator set-up, etc. I have a Little Giant still air incubator. Help from anyone who has done this sucessfully would be great right now...I don't want to screw this up!

Congrats on the eggs,,,here is a section from our Bearded Dragon article section.

The eggs must first be taken out of the egg-laying box, with care not to turn or move them out of their original position for risk of drowning the embryo or tearing the yolk stem, and should be transferred to a box filled with moist substrate such as vermiculite or Perlite. Indentations in the incubation substrate should be made to place the eggs in to, and the eggs should be checked on every few days to ensure fertility, to allow for fresh air-flow and to check for signs of dimpling or collapsing of the egg, which is indicative of too low humidity. Unless the eggs are due to hatch, in which case they will begin to collapse, dimpling of the egg is often resolved by increasing the humidity, which will usually save an egg from drying up. It is not uncommon, however, for a dragons first clutch to be completely infertile. Incubation temperatures can be set at 82-86 Fahrenheit and high humidity should be maintained between 70-90%. Temperatures that are too high will cook the eggs, while too low temperatures will prolong hatching. Incubation period can be anything from 42-84 days, or six to twelve weeks

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MARSHA

:D I'm smiling because I have no idea whats going on!

Thanks...I have them in vermiculite at 70-75% humidity, and a temperature of 85 degrees. How do I tell they are fertile? Can u tell if they are fertile or just wait and see? I didn't move turn them, just placed them in the incubator in the same position as they were...there are 20 of them.

What color are they? Are they firm or squishy? You can tell in a couple weeks by candleing (use flashlight). Put the flashlight right up against the egg, if you see red veins, they are fertile.

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MARSHA

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They are a white/ ivory color and firm. I did hold one up to the light yesterday as I was moving them to the incubator, I did see a veiny looking area.

If they're white and firm, then they're probably fertile.