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mines 49 days at 88 degrees

jeff hunter

Wow that's a high temp. What was the hatch rate? Any deformities?

ive incubated 5 clutchs (130 eggs)with only 1 egg not hatching. no deformeties.

they all hatch at the same time. no 1 here 2 there. its more like 1 will start and about 4 hrs later all the eggs have heads poking out of them.

i believe one could incubate at a hire degree and still be safe.
how hi i dont know yet.

jeff hunter

ive heard some people incubating as high as 90-92 with no problems. boggled my mind at first but they said it worked fine with no problems. ive read on here in the forums and other places as well that higher temps arent usually the cause of deformities as much as colder temps are and that higher temps shorten the incubation time.

i wouldnt try higher temps as in the 90s, but i think higher 80s would be fine.

i usually set mine between 83-86
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Judson
Beach Beardies

0.1. bearded dragon
1.1. Sugar Gliders
0.2. Felines *queen athena and missy*

A well know top breeder of my aquaintence once told me that longer incubation time produces hardier dragons by their experience. They felt that the slower development caused less stress on their systems.

>>A well know top breeder of my aquaintence once told me that longer incubation time produces hardier dragons by their experience. They felt that the slower development caused less stress on their systems.

yes i agree with that. i had a clutch that seemed to take forever to hatch, over 70 days at 84 degrees. the dragons came out HUGE.
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Judson
Beach Beardies

0.1. bearded dragon
1.1. Sugar Gliders
0.2. Felines *queen athena and missy*

My experience, too. The beardies that stay in the egg longer come out bigger. But I wonder, in the long run, are they the same size at day 70 as beardies who hatched earlier but grew after they hatched, KWIM? I was thinking about that they other day.

I usually get hatchlings at 63 days at around 82-84 degrees.

This is the strangest clutch I've ever hatched in our 6-7 years of breeding. I'm so bummed. The first baby pipped at 66 days, but was too early (BIG yolk sac). Two days later he was out, but dead. The others hatched out slowly, half with big yolk sacs. One pipped at day 74 and died in the egg, never made it out, with evidence of a large yolk sac. It's day 79, I had two hatch yesterday (just fine and HUGE!), and two eggs left to go. One egg looks questionable, transparent and underdeveloped.

I can't remember ever having a baby die on us, much less two in the same clutch. Plus, they usually hatch faster and closer together. Go figure. Mom is 5, this is most likely her fourth and last year breeding anyway. We're picking out a baby to keep.

What incubator are you using?

built this unit myself for about $200.

jeff hunter

Just a Hovabator, but it's the same thing I've been using for years.

I use the same. My suggestion for these is to measure the temp. inside the egg containers. It's amazing how wide the varience is at different heights in the incubator. Especially if it is springtime and your house is cool.