Microscope alert

That thing is totally paying for itself!

I was jazzed about getting the first batches under the scope, but disappointed the number of good swimmers were almost non-existent.

Making a guess from all the reading I'm doing, my swimmers are not growing well formed tails. Since it sounds like this what happens at the later stages, I am working on temp control. If I am understanding this correctly- the sperm grow over about a 64 day period. Each stage is 1/6 of that with the tails forming near the end. So about a week plus of good (body minus 2 degrees)/bad conditions (body temp or higher) in the tail making season of the 64 days can make or break the latest crop.

Anyway- on the scope this morning, the number of swimmers crossing the field of view increased compared with the last couple of days. Nothing to get too excited about, but perhaps a small reason for hope based on 20 hours of cooler crotch temp.