Re: Incubating at 87 degrees
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Originally Posted by
bondo
However I always incubate around 86-87 just in case there would ever be a heat spike I have a little extra room in the temps. It only adds a couple days on to the time at the end.
You say it only adds a couple days to the hatch time but right now at 52 days, my eggs still look perfect. With the exception of one that is only slightly dented (same as in picture from day 48) they have yet to start collapsing. How many clutches would you say you've incubated at the lower temps? How has your experience been with feeding responses? Have you had much incidence of hatchlings requiring assist feeding?
Re: Incubating at 87 degrees
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Originally Posted by
rlditmars
You say it only adds a couple days to the hatch time but right now at 52 days, my eggs still look perfect. With the exception of one that is only slightly dented (same as in picture from day 48) they have yet to start collapsing. How many clutches would you say you've incubated at the lower temps? How has your experience been with feeding responses? Have you had much incidence of hatchlings requiring assist feeding?
I am not sure how many clutches I have incubated at that temp. There have been 50+ anyway at that temp. I cut eggs at 57-58 days. Hmmmmm now that I think about it I guess the lower temp probably actually added a few days not 2. In your case though I would wait because this is your first time doing it at cooler temps. To be safe I would let one pip first. After cutting mine they are usually all out within about 5 days. Out of all those clutches I can only think of 2 I needed to assist feed. One I only assisted once and it took off. The other was very stubborn and took probably 7-8 assists. However after she took on her own she rarely misses a meal now. She is almost 3 years old now and is close to 3000 grams if not over now. I don't ever get any real runty hatchlings though. I am not sure if that has to do with incubating temps or other factors though.
Re: Incubating at 87 degrees
Well day 61 and the first pipper decides to say hello. I am surprised at how good the eggs still look.
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Once they are all out, I will get some preliminary weights and then to wait for them to shed and see how the feeding responses are.
I'm a little anxious because so far none of our other girls have even ovulated yet, unless I missed it.
Thanks for looking.
Re: Incubating at 87 degrees
It's day 63 and everyone is finally out. As I said earlier in the thread I wasn't able to weigh all of the eggs individually, but there were 9 eggs and the combined weight was 736 grams. I weighed all 9 babies and the combined weight was 501 grams. So this means that about 68% of the total material weight of the eggs ended up in the bodies of the babies. Now to wait until they all shed and see what their feeding responses are like. I have a long ways to go compiling data but I like how this first clutch has gone so far. The pairing was a Pastel to a Normal and the results were 0.0.6 Pastels and 0.0.3 Normals. I will follow up with the gender results once I have popped them. The Pastels are the 6 on the left.
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I was surprised how blushed the head on this one is. The head almost looks more like a super than a single gene.
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Thanks for looking and following this thread.