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The female painted turtle covers the eggs with dirt and returns to the water, her job done. The eggs hatch in 72 days, usually in late August through early September. The baby turtles instinctively head straight for the water. Late hatchers may stay in the nest until spring.
I have artificially incubated quite a few Eastern box turtle eggs by now, and based on my own observation and data, eggs incubated at 85F-87F will âpipâ or begin to hatch after just 55 days. Unlike bird eggs, box turtle eggs (or reptile eggs) are NOT rolled.