A paper presented to IHS several years ago addressed the dimpling of eggs (colubrids) but I believe it applies to all egg layers. The gentleman did several experiments and concluded that the more an egg dimmples before hatching, the larger the young were when they hatched. They actually consumed more of the egg yolk completely before hatching resulting in larger mass. I now allow my eggs (colubrids and pythons) to start going a little dry (less humidity)about 10 days before due to hatch. I have had no problems and have larger hatchlings that start feeding more easily after their first shed.

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• earliest you can cut an egg?? - CAS0914, Thu Aug 3 15:30:48 2006
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