Pseudacris crucifer (Spring Peeper) Releasing young frogs

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I raised some frog eggs I found in the ditch at the house. They have for the last 2 weeks been changing to frogs. I currently have about 29 baby frogs. I intend to release them back into the wild. Is it too close to winter to release them? How much time do these guys need to be prepared for winter? Obviously I cant keep all of these. I still have about 110 tadpoles to go. I had more originally(somewhere around 180-200) but I was feeding some as treats for my eastern painted turtles.
 
WHen I had frogs like that I just released them right next to a nearby pond. If they took this long to morph, maybe that's how long they would have taken in the wild?
 
I was more concerned for them to have some time before winter sets in. I still have 104 tadpoles that are not morphed yet. I'm more worried about the ones who have yet to become frogs and them having time to be prepared to hibernate. I don't really want to let them go just to die off. When would be to late to let them go?
 
I would release them where you obtained them and not wait any longer. I doubt anyone here can tell you with certainty how long they need to prepare for winter and unless you can care and provide for that many frogs over the winter I think they'd have a much better chance fending for themselves.
 
I'm giving them a little boost on springtails and fruit flies before letting them go. 30 baby frogs are released. 6 more already turned since. It's supposed to be high in the 80's for the next 2 weeks so they should have some time. They are native and going back to where they began. I raised them from eggs to be feeders for painted turtles. The eggs were in a drying ditch, there usually isn't much water in it except a couple months ago when we had a lot of rain. I didn't realize how many eggs I had nor how many would hatch. Only a very few died when they were squiggles or didn't hatch. The kids sure enjoyed watching them grow up. Once they started turning into little frogs I felt bad about using them as feeders.
 
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