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Originally Posted by VeedubDan
One of my corns used to do this every year. I never actually bred her but i always candled the eggs just in case as I've heard they can retain sperm and i didn't have her from a hatchling. Does anyone know if its true that they can fertilize eggs by themselves?
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Yes, there is documented reports of the females of clutches laid parthenogenically fertilizing one or more of the eggs. When this happens, the sex of the babies are most always female.