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Egg question/help

bekers71

bekers71

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I was wondering some thing. I have seen many different temps that people incubate. Any where from the low 70s to the mid 80s. My question is-If you incubate at a lower temp and it takes longer for the eggs to hatch, are the babies typically bigger? I ask this because I have a female that is laying eggs as I type this. She is a smaller girl and has laid 5 eggs so far but they look to be a little on the small side. If incubating longer will help the babies in the long run then I will put them in a cooler area. What do you guys think? :shrugs:
 
Well I can only tell you what happened with me :)

In 2006 I incubated my RO's clutch at 85-86F, all those that hatched looked fine, but I had a couple of slow to get started feeders, they were all eating by the 4th feed.

In 2007 (same pairing), after reading on here that incubating at a slightly lower temp can hatch bigger, more robust babies, I incubated at 79-81F and sure enough the babies looked a little larger (compared photos) and all fed straight away after shedding, they also seemed to grow quicker as their second sheds happened sooner than the previous year. It only delayed the hatching time by ten days, compared to the previous year as well :)

I'm incubating this year at 82-83, and will have to wait to see what that turns out like :) I only have one clutch on the ground but the other two females are in blue for pre-lay now :)

Hope that helps some, best wishes,
 
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Thanks Susie. The eggs she has laid so far are small. So I figure if I can lower the temp for these maybe they will have a better chance when hatching begins.
 
I plan on incubating at a lower temp this year as well, but for slightly different reasons. You can try and give the hatchlings as much time as possible to end up a little bigger at the lower temps, but still, smaller egg = smaller hatchling simply because a larger hatchling can't fit.
 
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