View Full Version : When should I worry?
Up_North
05-18-05, 02:26 AM
I have a few eggs in the incubator that were due to hatch a few days ago acording to most things I have read. I have 2 male eggs set at 87f for 43 days now and two female eggs set at 81 fo 73 days now. Is this all right or is it too long? They eggs have done everything they are suposed to except hatch? How long can they go for before I should start to worry? What is your longest incubation period?
John
damzookeeper
05-18-05, 04:56 AM
Hi, is this your first time incubating babies?
I don't even bother counting days anymore. lol, If I remember I had females over 80 days that hatched but my temps are really low for my females. As long as your eggs look healthy I'd leave them alone. Have patience, they will come! I find some babies take longer to decide to come out. I have had a clutchmates hatch out within minutes of each other and one hatch 4 days after it's sibling. I find they come out when they are ready, you don't want to force them out before time or you could have trouble with them. And if they don't make it out then it wasn't meant to be, they weren't meant to survive.
But if your eggs look good and are not moldy or yellow then just have patience, I'm sure they will be here in no time. ;)
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