So I thought I would start this thread since my intention this season is to incubate all of my clutches at 87 degrees instead of 89 as I have in the past. I have heard that there may be some advantages such as larger hatch weights and better feeding response, but don't know how much truth there is to it. So far my first clutch looks good. Here is a shot at day 48 and so far only one egg is even showing signs of a little sinking. The rest looked like when they were laid on March 8th.
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I wasn't able to weigh all of the eggs individually so I won't be able to compare the hatch weight to the egg weight. More over I just want to look at the average weights as my previous clutches I have never had a hatchling exceed 63 grams. Also, my previous clutches had a 30% to 50% incident of hatchlings having to be assist fed before they would start eating on their own. I will update this thread as my season progresses and I have some data.
Thanks for looking.
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