your advice in tiny RF eggs

[ZEROPILOT]

Two of my females layed eggs. One had 3 small eggs. (One damaged) and the other had 5 even smaller eggs. So I have 7 eggs in my closed chamber...turned...incubator.
There is moist vermaculite. Humidity is 75 to 90 percent and the temps are 77 to 85.
My question is: Do these egg Mc nuggets have ANY chance of hatching anything?

 

[N2TORTS]

Very slim .....usually the case of a young female starting to produce....but nevertheless a good sign. Extra calcium (cuttlebone for example) during these times is a very helpful "intake". Even small eggs like this will deplete the calcium levels within your gals. I too have some first timers and like yourself putting them in the incubator , nothing wrong with seeing if there is a possible out come. But from the past I myself have had no luck.
Good luck.....though...

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Thanks.
The one larger one that broke had a lot of yolk in it. Nothing developing that I could see, but I also don't know when they were deposited. Maybe 72 hours ago.
(I moved the torts all to another pen for cleaning and planting.) I wasn't looking for eggs.

 

[mike taylor]

Thanks Jeff ,my girls are laying smaller eggs . So Merv may not be shooting blanks . haha

 

[ZEROPILOT]

To the best of my knowledge, these are the first eggs ever dropped by these females.
Should I "candle" them in a few weeks?

 

[Anyfoot]

Good luck ed.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Good luck ed.

I have a lot of experience in dud eggs....

 

[Carol S]

One of my adult Russian females lays smaller than normal eggs. Last year she laid 4 clutches - two clutches with 6 eggs each clutch, one clutch with 3 eggs and 1 clutch with 1 egg. All, but two of the eggs hatched (one egg was damaged when she laid it) and the last clutch with only 1 egg chalked, but then did not develop from there. In 2013 she laid an egg that was super tiny for a Russian tortoise egg (the smallest Russian egg I have ever seen). If I had not seen her lay it I would have thought it was an egg from some other kind of reptile. I did not think the egg would be fertile as it was so tiny, but it was and out hatched the smallest Russian hatchling I have ever seen. The other hatchlings of the same age looked huge next to her. I named her Mini and of course I kept her. She will be 3 years old in another couple of months. Right out of the shell she was strong and even started eating earlier than the other hatchlings.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

One of my adult Russian females lays smaller than normal eggs. Last year she laid 4 clutches - two clutches with 6 eggs each clutch, one clutch with 3 eggs and 1 clutch with 1 egg. All, but two of the eggs hatched (one egg was damaged when she laid it) and the last clutch with only 1 egg chalked, but then did not develop from there. In 2013 she laid an egg that was super tiny for a Russian tortoise egg (the smallest Russian egg I have ever seen). If I had not seen her lay it I would have thought it was an egg from some other kind of reptile. I did not think the egg would be fertile as it was so tiny, but it was and out hatched the smallest Russian hatchling I have ever seen. The other hatchlings of the same age looked huge next to her. I named her Mini and of course I kept her. She will be 3 years old in another couple of months. Right out of the shell she was strong and even started eating earlier than the other hatchlings.

One of my adult Russian females lays smaller than normal eggs. Last year she laid 4 clutches - two clutches with 6 eggs each clutch, one clutch with 3 eggs and 1 clutch with 1 egg. All, but two of the eggs hatched (one egg was damaged when she laid it) and the last clutch with only 1 egg chalked, but then did not develop from there. In 2013 she laid an egg that was super tiny for a Russian tortoise egg (the smallest Russian egg I have ever seen). If I had not seen her lay it I would have thought it was an egg from some other kind of reptile. I did not think the egg would be fertile as it was so tiny, but it was and out hatched the smallest Russian hatchling I have ever seen. The other hatchlings of the same age looked huge next to her. I named her Mini and of course I kept her. She will be 3 years old in another couple of months. Right out of the shell she was strong and even started eating earlier than the other hatchlings.

Cool.
I will keep them incubated and watch them

 

[wellington]

Good luck with them. Hope they hatch out for you. Keep us posted

 

[mike taylor]

I can hardly wait until my reds have offspring . I don't think I will be able to give them away . I don't want to breed an sell them anyway . But I do want to hatch some out for friends and family . Then after that I will not keep the eggs .

 

[ZEROPILOT]

I can hardly wait until my reds have offspring . I don't think I will be able to give them away . I don't want to breed an sell them anyway . But I do want to hatch some out for friends and family . Then after that I will not keep the eggs .

Yeah, breeding was not/is not the purpose. A comfortable living situation is what i was trying for with the 3 to 1 ratio. If I have any hatch, I will select a few locals and teach them on how to care for one, if they don't already know.
we are 100% responsible for the welfare of the babies.