good things come to those who wait...
 

...but 96 days?

These eggs were laid on December 30 and the first one hatched last night. Last year I had them go about 75 days and I didn't change anything in my incubator. Since they were laid so early I thought I might have an early batch but it seems they were not ready to come out until now regardless of when they were laid.

It brings up an interesting question regarding to development time. These eggs were not very calcified from the start but they always looked healthy despite that. Could it be that eggs take a certain amount of time to develop and maybe these were laid several weeks sooner than might have been normal? Maybe they took 3 weeks longer to hatch because they were laid 3 weeks sooner? Just an idea.

Anyway, its only 1 so far and it didn't show any of the signs of hatching (eggs sweating, deflating slightly, no slits and then waiting to come out) but hopefully the rest turn out OK.

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I don't much about bearded dragon eggs yet (first clutch going to drop any day now) but 96 days seems like a long time to wait lol that's got to be nerve wrecking