Day 46 - The fever to cut has hit!

[jglass38]

To my breeder friends: Convince me not to?

Cinny x Normal clutch...Just..can't..take..the..wait!

I was planning on cutting at day 50 this season. Whaddya think??

[mxrider42]

I cut on Day 52. This will be the longest 6 days of your life. Just remember to stay away from the incubator. Good Luck!
I will get those pics to you tomorrow.
Trey

[Bill Buchman]

Depends at what you temp you cook? I incubate at 87 these days, and therefore, will not cut before 55 days -- most not until 57 days. I know a breeder that cooks at 90-91 and cuts at 48-50 days all the time without problems. I know I would not cut before 52 days regardless of temp. Let your conscience be your guide

[Emilio]

Fight it too 52 Bro.

[BPHERP]

To my breeder friends: Convince me not to?

Cinny x Normal clutch...Just..can't..take..the..wait!

I was planning on cutting at day 50 this season. Whaddya think??

Forget about your eggs for a week, do something else, maybe read, perhaps some treadmill, or just explore the known universe.

[waltah!]

I just cut mine on day 51, but only because 2 of them pipped. If I remember correctly, you were trying lower temps this season, so I would definitely hold off. I incubated around 89 and one of them is still very much not ready to come out yet.
Don't do it! lol
Cross my fingers for lots of Cinnies for ya.

[muddoc]

Depends at what you temp you cook? I incubate at 87 these days, and therefore, will not cut before 55 days -- most not until 57 days. I know a breeder that cooks at 90-91 and cuts at 48-50 days all the time without problems. I know I would not cut before 52 days regardless of temp. Let your conscience be your guide

Probably the best post I have read in any thread concerning egg cutting. I finally learned this lesson this year. I have for the last three years, dropped the temps in my incubator by .5-.7 degrees per year. Well, this year it caught up with me. I have had two clutches this year that I cut at day 49, and because of the cooler temps, they were not hatching until day 62. As a result, I have lost my first ever hatchling to an umbilicus that twisted around the body and killed the baby, and have already had to tie off 3 umbilicus and leave the animals without yolk. I believe that the extended open egg time has caused uneeded stress on the hatchlings, and been the source of my problems.

As a resolution, I have increased incubator temps back 89 degrees and restrained myself to cutting eggs no earlier than day 51 now. With all of that said, as a rule of thumb, I think cutting eggs within 5-7 days of hatching is ok. I say that because hatching days are going to be determined by incubation temps.

In other words: DON'T DO IT! Practice restraint.

[rabernet]

I would be very scared to cut that early, Jamie. The earliest I've cut is Day 50. I've not had any eggs that I've let naturally pip, one - because like you, I've get the fever to cut, but more importantly (to ME personally) is that I had the opportunity when I visited NERD to see examples of two eggs that the babies were unsuccessful at pipping their eggs, and you could see where they stripped all the blood vessels off the top if the egg in their attempt to pip their eggs, and ended up drowning in their eggs. So it worries me that if I don't cut, that I could potentially lose a baby.

I've got a clutch that will be Day 52 tomorrow that I'm considering letting pip on their own just to get that experience, but knowing me, I'll probably give in to the scissors!

[Freakie_frog]

I'm with everybody else.. Wait till Monday and make that your thing to get you through the day..You get to look forward to going home and clipping eggs.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Get busy with your IPhone some more (at least for the next 6 days) and cut at day 52