I feel overall, there is no good reason to cut, other than you are impatient. You have waited 50 plus days, you cannot wait up to 10 more?

So, if you have a clutch of 10 eggs, and 8 have hatched after day 55, and now you are on day 59, and nothing from the other two eggs, I would probably say, time to cut em. That is about the only scenario that I see, where I would cut an egg nowadays.

If this is your first or second clutch of Ball eggs, I would say leave em alone. You will probably do more harm than good by cutting them.

Dave

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• what is the soonest day to cut? - dandjreptiles, Thu Aug 21 19:41:34 2008
• RE: what is the soonest day to cut? - Emberball, Thu Aug 21 19:43:55 2008
• RE: what is the soonest day to cut? - medusah, Thu Aug 21 19:46:07 2008
• RE: what is the soonest day to cut? - toshamc, Thu Aug 21 19:48:27 2008
• RE: what is the soonest day to cut? - medusah, Fri Aug 22 08:52:29 2008
• RE: what is the soonest day to cut? - mykee, Fri Aug 22 11:19:19 2008
• there;s a difference.... - JP, Fri Aug 22 11:45:49 2008
• RE: there;s a difference.... - mykee, Fri Aug 22 12:41:01 2008
• RE: there;s a difference.... - Emberball, Fri Aug 22 21:06:35 2008
• RE: there;s a difference.... - xXVanXx, Sat Aug 23 19:31:14 2008
• RE: there;s a difference.... - mykee, Sat Aug 23 22:32:10 2008
• RE: what is the soonest day to cut? - xXVanXx, Fri Aug 22 23:11:37 2008
• RE: what is the soonest day to cut? - mykee, Sat Aug 23 11:08:07 2008
• RE: what is the soonest day to cut? - StickyTongues, Thu Aug 21 20:06:23 2008
• RE: what is the soonest day to cut? - Lance, Fri Aug 22 00:22:10 2008
• Correct answer inside... - JP, Fri Aug 22 07:47:52 2008
• RE: Correct answer inside... - luvmyhydra, Sat Aug 23 01:44:06 2008
• AFTER HALF THE CLUTCH PIPS ON THEIR OWN - JaredHorenstein, Fri Aug 22 07:48:54 2008
• WOW! - JP, Fri Aug 22 07:50:24 2008
• RE: WOW! - toshamc, Fri Aug 22 09:37:44 2008
• actually... - JP, Fri Aug 22 10:18:52 2008
• What A Concept!!! - LKirkland, Fri Aug 22 10:48:22 2008
• RE: What A Concept!!! - jmartin104, Sat Aug 23 17:07:38 2008
• RE: what is the soonest day to cut? - huff747, Fri Aug 22 09:18:53 2008
• RE: what is the soonest day to cut? - PeterRuegner, Fri Aug 22 09:48:05 2008
• Guys...if you don't mind my asking.... - JP, Fri Aug 22 10:26:36 2008
• RE: Guys...if you don't mind my asking.. - SPJ01, Fri Aug 22 12:27:10 2008
• RE: Guys...if you don't mind my asking.. - huff747, Fri Aug 22 21:05:52 2008
• the day after it pips? - jyohe, Fri Aug 22 19:09:37 2008
• RE: the day after it pips? - morphevolutions, Sun Aug 24 12:07:12 2008
• RE: what is the soonest day to cut? - dandjreptiles, Sat Aug 23 12:25:00 2008