HUGE Eggs!

I didn't weigh them but I had a large pastel female that was still growing and laying progressively larger(in quantity) clutches every year. I was expecting her biggest clutch yet and she actually laid fewer eggs than previously but they were half again as large as my typical royal eggs. /fishstory

I had a girl lay a clutch of 6 last year that totaled 697 grams. When they hatched almost everyone baby weighed between 70 and 75 grams. I was pretty excited because all of my clutches prior to that had averaged less than 100 grams per egg, and the hatchlings all ranged between 45 and 60 grams. Congrats on your clutch and I look forward to some pippers in the future.

I have a few girls that never fail and give me eggs in the 95 to 115 grams range ;)......love those big babies when they come out of the egg too.

This year I have a clutch with 116 grams per egg average.

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Originally Posted by John1982

...laid fewer eggs than previously but they were half again as large as my typical royal eggs. /fishstory

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I love a good fish story! As long as you mean twice as large though, right? :P

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Originally Posted by rlditmars

I had a girl lay a clutch of 6 last year that totaled 697 grams. When they hatched almost everyone baby weighed between 70 and 75 grams. I was pretty excited because all of my clutches prior to that had averaged less than 100 grams per egg, and the hatchlings all ranged between 45 and 60 grams. Congrats on your clutch and I look forward to some pippers in the future.

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I've been pretty lucky to hatch a few in the 100+ gram range. My previous best was an 11 egg clutch last year that was 1216 grams where 9 of 11 crawled out at 70-80 grams.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

I have a few girls that never fail and give me eggs in the 95 to 115 grams range ;)......love those big babies when they come out of the egg too.

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:gj:

We recently hatched out a 7 egg 830g clutch, with an 80g hatchling!

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This got me thinking, I wonder what the ratio is of egg size to hatching size? I currebtly have a clutch of 5 that was 550g baking. Interested to see when they come out if they'll be big.

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Originally Posted by HannahLou

This got me thinking, I wonder what the ratio is of egg size to hatching size? I currebtly have a clutch of 5 that was 550g baking. Interested to see when they come out if they'll be big.

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I have hatched 90 grams hatchlings on many occasions ; )

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Originally Posted by Deborah

I have hatched 90 grams hatchlings on many occasions ; )

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Hey Deborah, out of curiosity, what does the "average" hatchling weigh? Length?

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Congrats, Eric! I love the patterns on this parents. Can't wait to see what hatches!!!


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Originally Posted by Jeanne

Hey Deborah, out of curiosity, what does the "average" hatchling weigh?

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Mine are usually between 70 and 80 grams.