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Old 20-08-2015, 11:52 PM   #1
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Hi every one .....I have six eggs at the moment in my incubater ......three normal size .....out of those three one looks infertile one I'm not sure and one is looking good with red veins .....the other three consist of a tiny egg ...totally clear ....a one inch compleatly round egg that also looks fertile with veins ...and another that I'm not sure about ....my question is ....has anyone had any hatchlings out of a smaller size egg before and do they develop properly x
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Old 21-08-2015, 08:13 AM   #2
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The size of the egg really doesn't make much difference if it's fertile. I have had small eggs and some over large ones and they are fine, with the small ones you just need to keep an eye on the babies a bit more.
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Old 21-08-2015, 08:56 AM   #3
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Yes, egg size doesn't matter, just the resulting babes need extra care. I have had babes hatch at 17gms and at the other end of the scale at 9gms!!! The shape of the egg isn't a problem either, though with my very small eggs the resulting hatchling emerged the shape of the egg....,very round, which caused a panic here but great advice from this forum helped it straighten out!!! X x x hugs x x x
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Old 21-08-2015, 09:39 AM   #5
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Thankyou so much for your advise I feel a lot better now ....this is my second batch of hopeful looking eggs ....my first batch four years ago resulted in four lovely girls ..who are now living happily with my other girls ......I tried for twenty years to hatch eggs ...never being successful until I opened my incubator and they were just there .....this time I now know what I'm doing and to see I have fertile eggs is so exciting ...this time I get to watch the progress xxx
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Old 21-08-2015, 10:00 AM   #6
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Hi every one .....I have six eggs at the moment in my incubater ......three normal size .....out of those three one looks infertile one I'm not sure and one is looking good with red veins .....the other three consist of a tiny egg ...totally clear ....a one inch compleatly round egg that also looks fertile with veins ...and another that I'm not sure about ....my question is ....has anyone had any hatchlings out of a smaller size egg before and do they develop properly x
It depends on what you call small:0)
Sometimes tortoises lay really tiny eggs, a third of the size of normal eggs. These are generally not fertile. But like all tortoise keeping its worth incubating just incase, especially as you have other eggs.
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Thankyou so much for your advise I feel a lot better now ....this is my second batch of hopeful looking eggs ....my first batch four years ago resulted in four lovely girls ..who are now living happily with my other girls ......I tried for twenty years to hatch eggs ...never being successful until I opened my incubator and they were just there .....this time I now know what I'm doing and to see I have fertile eggs is so exciting ...this time I get to watch the progress xxx
I remember that feeling oh so well, and that was nearly 25yrs ago. But you never get used to eggs hatching, its always the same:0)
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Old 21-08-2015, 11:21 AM   #8
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Old 21-08-2015, 12:55 PM   #9
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oooh aren't they gorgeous... are these yours from eggs Stellanne? CB
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think I just got it - one of the babies from your hyperlink little curly chops? they are very sweet, CB
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