One came out w/ yolk - and question about others!

Okay, this has to be a record for longest hatching time EVER! The first one emerged last Thursday, and there are still two hanging out in their eggs. :confuzd: I'm sure it has to do with my uneven heating, so I'm not too worried about that.

But baby #4 came out today, and still has a bit of yolk attached. :( I had already read a bunch of threads on the issue, so I knew to clean him off and put him on wet paper towels until it falls off. I already have the other babies on wet towels in the rack, but figured he needs his own tub... so I cleaned him off, put him on the wet towels in a 6qt tub (with a few holes), and put it back into the incubator. My ambient temps are a bit low in the racks, so I think he's better off in the steadily heated incubator for now. Does that all sound good? He weighs 55g, which is only 8-10g less than the others, so I'm assuming he will pull through. Here are some photos:

(don't worry, this was just for cleaning him off - I drained the water before leaving him alone)
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020112.jpg

That's yolk, right? Not a prolapse or something?
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020113.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020116.jpg

And here are the two who still won't emerge... Mojave looks ready any hour, but the other one (who was farthest from the heat) still looks pretty goopy. Should I be worried? He/she has good movement, at least.

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020122.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020123.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020124.jpg

The nfirst baby will be fine, just keep the paper towels moist/wet, til it falls off in a couple/few days, check on the one to see if the umbilicus may be twisted / kinked.

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Originally Posted by llovelace

The nfirst baby will be fine, just keep the paper towels moist/wet, til it falls off in a couple/few days, check on the one to see if the umbilicus may be twisted / kinked.

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Thanks! Little "yolky" is doing fine, and chilling out in his tub... I was concerned about a twisted umbilicus on that one egg, especially when I noticed this vein-like thing across the top. But when I cut the shell a bit more, I think it's just a weird looking vein (probably from being exposed to the air for a few days). He/she has colored in and dried out a LOT since just this morning, so hopefully we'll see a baby outta there soon. Here's what it looks like now:

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020127.jpg

P.S. Can you believe I got 5 normals out of 6 eggs? Not the greatest odds, but I'm just happy they're all alive... and the Mojave looks hot! :)

Oh yeah, it's looking good :), sorry about the odds, but hatching out a healthy clutch is great :D

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Originally Posted by llovelace

Oh yeah, it's looking good :), sorry about the odds, but hatching out a healthy clutch is great :D

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Yay, I'm glad to hear your opinion on the egg - I was still a bit worried! And yeah, having healthy babies is really the important part... I wasn't expecting to make money off them anyway, so it was mostly about the learning experience. I'm planning to keep three of them (baby #1, baby #2 or 3, and the Mojave if it's a girl), but my roommate is convinced I'll end up keeping all 6. We'll see! :D

Oh wait... were you saying the egg (with the vein) looks good, or the Mojave looks good? Just realized I may have misread your response. :oops:

Both :)

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Originally Posted by llovelace

Both :)

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Awesome... LOL. ;)

That first one will be just fine! :gj: Just put him on some moist paper towels and he might absorb a little more, or more likely, it will just fall off.

And just for reassurances, here's a pic of a pied I hatched last year who came out with his yolk unabsorbed. As you can see, he didn't absorb any of it. I put him in a deli cup lined with moist paper towels, and within a couple of days he had absorbed all but a small portion and that small portion fell off. If he can survive this, your guy will too!

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r...DSC_0035-1.jpg

Congrats on the healthy babies!