just to expand on that reply...

you won't necessarily hit a perfect 50%.. but the more eggs you have, the closer you will be to the 50/50. If you do the coin flipping as suggested, on the first 10 flips you may not get 50/50. However, by the end of 100 flips, you will be very close to 50/50. On 1000 flips, I'd say it is almost impossible you won't be almost a perfect 50/50. Your sample size was relatively small (under 30 eggs).

Regards,
Bristen.
www.royalgemreptiles.com

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