Egg size to hatchling size

[RampantReptiles]

Kind of a silly question but if you have a bigger egg is the baby that is born going to be bigger? Also will incubation take longer?

I mean if you have a small egg then you are definitely going to get a small baby because there just isnt room...

 

[acpart]

Incubation is based on temperature not egg size. You may get a bigger baby from a bigger egg, but not necessarily.

Aliza

 

[Baoh]

My most massive baby came from my most massive egg, my two longest babies came from average-sized eggs, and a number of folks here have had huge eggs that, if they hatched, resulted in smaller than normal babies. There's no hard and fast rule.

 

[ajveachster]

Kind of a silly question but if you have a bigger egg is the baby that is born going to be bigger? Also will incubation take longer?

I mean if you have a small egg then you are definitely going to get a small baby because there just isnt room...

Not a silly question. I've wondered the same thing. We have one egg that is larger than the rest, and I'm curious to see what we get out of it.

 

[RampantReptiles]

Incubation is based on temperature not egg size.

I knew that just thought it might be in addition to. I mean when you have two eggs and they incubate at the sametime at the same temp, they dont hatch at exactly the same time... Usually a few hours to a couple days apart.

I have two eggs from a female that are a bit different in size. One is like 3/4" and the other is well over 1". Was curious if there were any was to predict the outcome for size. We will just have to wait and see what happens.

 

[rubym]

My little 1 grammer came from a huge egg last year. I was convinced he would be a giant when he hatched.....wrong,lol. His clutch mates egg was alot smaller looking and he was 5 grams at hatching so you never know.

 

[jakemyster44]

I had a 12g egg (I had to weight it beacuse it was so big) hatch out a 2.5g hatchling... just goes to show that egg size doesnt mean a thing.