Incubating Temperatures

It fluctuates from 88-90. I don't pay much attention to it anymore

Haven't gotten to use my incubator yet, but I have it set to 88.5 inside the egg tub. It is about 89 outside the egg tub.

I run the interior at 89.5-90

88.6
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Originally Posted by Aes_Sidhe

Interesting That People always try to go with 89 degrees... i read some opinions in various forums that Slightly lower temps around 86-87 degrees are better because of better yolk absorption... and less chance of premature undeveloped hatchlings...

Any BIG and experienced Breeder gonna share they Opinion ???

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People dont "try to go with 89..." They go with that temp because its been proven to work.Yes a few degrees higher or lower will only affect the length of the incubation process. Im sure if 89 wasnt a suitable temp, word wouldve spread by now.

I can go on other forums and find people saying its ok to house 4 males in a 20 gallon tank, doesnt mean its the way to go for everyone. All you do is experiment yourself and see what works for you over the next few years. I personally wouldnt incubate at 86 degrees ever. I run mine at 89, the inside of the tube sits at 88.5. Last year, day 54, if there is no pipping yet (i dont cut my eggs) i turned it UP to 90, making the egg box 89.5-89.8. Dont kno if it was a fluke but every egg pipped the next day and all snakes were out of the eggs the day after that, wieghing from 75-81 grams! big babies with BIG bellies. Ill be trying that again this year, but thats just me.



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I've had my herpstat thermostat set to 89 in a wine cooler for the past two years and had consistent pipping at 53 days. Previously I used a helix with a hovabator set to 89 but with eggs pipping at 55 days. This year I decided to temp check my incubator with 2 other thermometers plus a temp gun (which is only for the surface area) and had readings ranging between 88.5 and 91. I'm concluding that my incubator was in fact running closer to 90 which would explain the 2 day early pipping. Haven't had any issues incubating the last few years but I did decide to turn it down a degree (88 on my herpstat) for some slower cooking.

last year i did cook my eggs from 86 to 90 and i will explain,i had small wine cooler 40"x24"x24" with 12" heat tape glued on the back and one fan,the 6x 6.5qt tubs that was possible to fit in have front temp (close to glass door) temp 86 and back temp close to the heat tape was 90,the center was perfect 88
first egg pip at day 54 (the one close to the back) and i cut all the remaining eggs and all come out in 24-48 hrs,this year i have bigger Coca-Cola cooler incubator so front and back is nice 88-90
thanks

Last year was my first season. I had 9 clutchs and I incubated them all at 90 degrees (inside of the incubator temperature, not inside the egg tubs). I had pippers between day 52 and 54. I think the next step to this poll would be to see what the correlation between incubation temperature and day of pipping is and, if the people have the data (I know I don't), what the correlation is between incubation temperature and hatchling weight is? Just a thought.

I had one clutch "accidentally" incubate at 86 degrees last year and the clutch almost killed me, lol.

The eggs looked funky at day 55 so I cut and not one had absorbed any of the yolk and the pewter het clown died :(
The cinny het clown and het clown made it, barely, but are doing excellent now.

I would never incubate that low again, not that I tried to that time ...

I incubate at 88 because my bator does better at that temp. Don't ask me why, but my incubator can hold a steady temp at 88, but at 89 it swings back and forth from 88 to 89. I typically cut on day 52 with no issues and they are out by day 56-58.