How has the SIM affected your hatch times?

[Khrysty]

My male incubator is running at 90* and the female incubator is at 82/83*. The oldest egg in the male incubator is at day 24 and is starting to swell. Since this is way earlier than I expected it to be, it got me wondering: for those of you using a SIM this year, how have your incubation times changed? Do you find your eggs are hatching much earlier?

 

[Kristi23]

My incubator temp is 86, but the temp in the SIM is around 83. Last year at that temp, most hatched around day 50. Now most are hatchling around day 40. I am getting more males though. I ended up turning the incubator down about 1/2 degree hoping that will help.

 

[acpart]

I'm measuring temps inside the egg container but last year I was measuring outside the container (with a hobovator instead of the mini fridge). I've cut about a week off my fat tail hatching time with the SIM, but the leo time is just the same, 53-56 days at 81/82.

Aliza

 

[Northstar Herp]

I just had a clutch incubated at 85/86 hatch out at 43 days.

The 82 degree clutches have popped at just shy of 50, the last one being day 48.