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Well, I have one small clutch of 5 that have been incubating at between 78.8F to 82.5F for 59 days. I am very excited, and posted as much below. It seems that my incubation temps may be lower than optimal according to the responces I recieved. I had been intentionally maintaining the temps as close to 79-80F as possible because I thought this would produce stronger hatchlings. (I have even gone so far as to open and fan the incubator to cool it the few times I have seen it above 81F)

Am I mistaken? I have another clutch of 22 in the same incubator that was laid on 5-13-03. Should I increase the temps some for those eggs?

What have you found to be optimal?

Thanks!

I usually incubate my corn eggs at about 83-85 this temp (if the humidity is sufficient) usually causes the eggs to hatch in about 59 days with about 90% of the eggs that look good at laying hatching. Don't worry the temp you are incubating at will not hurt anything it will just take a little longer for them to hatch. As for does a lower temp produce healther babies, I have not seen any proof of that, but I have never expermented either.

I don't have a lot of experience (my first clutch of eggs is on day 46), but I think you could certainly go a few degrees higher without a problem, but I don't think having them at 80 is going to cause trouble either. All I've heard about incubation temp vs. health is that the higher temps like 85-86 are more likely have kinks....?
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I incubate at 82-83 and they usually hatch at 60 days on the nose

Mark