OMG, they're pipping!! (DUW)

Day 57 and I was leaning over my egg tub with scissors, debating over whether or not to cut... then one of the babies decided to answer, by showing me the hole he'd made himself! With the first official pip, I decided to go ahead and cut the rest. OMG, my hands were shaking so much, I did a horrible job on the first few eggs. And they're still stuck together like glue, so I actually had to cut them while still in the tub - probably a good thing, since I was shaking enough that I may have dropped them. :rolleyes:

It looks like I have 3 normals, 1 or 2 pastels, and the last one is throwing me for a loop... this might be a double-daddy clutch, because it looks an awful lot like a Mojave! Btw, the first one who pipped was the one I was most worried about, and had dubbed "pancake egg." It got severely dented early into incubation, so I guess he got sick of the lack of space. :D Also interesting to notice he was bigger and drier than the others, so clearly he's farther along in absorbing the yolk. Here are some - okay LOTS of - photos, and I'll post an update once they emerge.

Egg #1 - Normal (and first to pip)
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1010986.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1010988.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1010999.jpg

Egg #2 - Pastel (the one I predicted as a pastel! Hehe)
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1010990.jpg

Egg #3 - Not sure? Looks almost half normal and half pastel, LOL.
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1010991.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020005.jpg

Egg #4 - Normal
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1010994.jpg

Egg #5 - Normal
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1010997.jpg

Egg #6 - Mojave or light normal?? :confuzd:
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020007.jpg

Congrats! I think that one maybe pastel looks like a normal. No idea on the possible mojave. You'll just have to wait for them to crawl out now! That's great though, all live babies!

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Originally Posted by wolfy-hound

Congrats! I think that one maybe pastel looks like a normal. No idea on the possible mojave. You'll just have to wait for them to crawl out now! That's great though, all live babies!

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Thanks! :) I'm thinking that one is a normal too, but it looks to have an interesting pattern... really confused on that last one, though! I took another look inside the egg, and it really doesn't look like a normal or pastel.

HAHA congrats! that is awesome. make sure u post more pics

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Originally Posted by mpkeelee

HAHA congrats! that is awesome. make sure u post more pics

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I will, for sure! :) Here's another picture of that last egg's head... I'm thinking now that it's just a nice pastel. Not that I care, since I'm just thrilled they're all alive and well!

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020011.jpg

Congrats on the babies! I can't wait to see the pics after they are out of the eggs!

Congrats on the pippers! Always a good time

Congratulations on a nice healthy clutch!

Congratulations!!!! Please post pics when they are out :)

Congrats!

Yay they made it!

Congrats on the babies!
Now come out little ones, it's time to play :P

Congrats!! Looking forward to out of egg pics!!

Congrats on healthy babies. Looking forward to seeing them out!

congrats! It is very exciting.

Oh man, I'm going to die when I get to do this.

Congrats on the babies!

Nice clutch! Congrats!

Thanks to everyone for the comments! :) I'm soooooo excited, mostly that they all appear healthy... doesn't matter if they're ALL normals, as long as they come out okay - right? I am back on the fence with that "mystery egg," though, after taking a better look today. I dunno, but he/she REALLY looks more like a Mojave than pastel... the overall coloring is very gray/silver-ish, and I see a few of the Mojave keyhole markings on there. I'm also now confused about the one I labeled pastel, since there's a chance it's just a high-yellow normal (but still leaning more towards pastel).

So at this point I either have 4 normals and 2 pastels, 5 normals and a Mojave, or 4 normals 1 pastel & 1 Mojave. Guess the waiting game doesn't stop even after cutting, LOL. :P Anyway, thanks again and I'll post when they're all out! The first pipper's egg is looking very dried out now, so I have a feeling he'll emerge tonight or tomorrow.

Btw, does anyone have pictures of a Mojave and/or pastel still in the egg? Since this is my first clutch, it would help to see what they're supposed to look like at this point. :gj:

Lookin' good!

Just get some more pictures up! :tongue2:

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Originally Posted by Shenzi Sixaxis

Lookin' good!

Just get some more pictures up! :tongue2:

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LOL... I thought I was boring y'all with my barrage of photos! :D Did you see my thread on the photos subforum? So far only one is completely out, and the other 5 are just now starting to emerge. Here are a few more photos to tide you over:

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020070.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020071.jpg

Finally got them all separated, and removed the bad egg... the inside looked like scrambled eggs. Blech. :P
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020066.jpg

The first one out - and pretty sure it's a girl!
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020054.jpg

congrats! :gj:

hope you post ore pix when they finally get out of their eggs.

One more pic! I just checked on them, and this little guy is about to make his/her grand entrance... :)

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020076.jpg

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Originally Posted by xxxLIGERxxx

congrats! :gj:

hope you post ore pix when they finally get out of their eggs.

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Oh, I will post more pics than you'll even want to see... I guarantee that! :rofl:

Congrats on the babies!!!

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Originally Posted by Lolo76

Oh, I will post more pics than you'll even want to see... I guarantee that! :rofl:

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will be waiting for it then! :D

Congrats :banana:

Okay, two more are out! The remaining three sure are taking their time, as they haven't even started poking their noses out... all are still alive & squirmy, though, and the fluid is lessening every day. I think those three eggs were farthest from the heat source, so it actually makes sense they'd take a few days longer. But sheesh, why does the Mojave have to be one of them? I wanna see it already!! :cool:

Here are the next two who emerged... both weighing 68g, popping as females, and showing some cool patterns (partial black-backs!). So if my popping is correct, the tally so far is 0.3 normals. :gj:

#2
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020082.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020081.jpg

#3
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020091.jpg

Pile o' balls! :D (can you see all three?)
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020097.jpg

Congrats Lolo! Looking forward to seeing all of them out :)

Thank you! I'm not sure why the others are taking so much longer, but I'm guessing it was due to uneven heating inside the tub? I didn't use an A/C fan (since it was only one clutch in a small mini-fridge), and the flexwatt was mounted on two sides of the fridge. They all still look good and healthy, though. :gj:

congrats! great looking clutch :)

Pretty normals! Hopefully the others will yield that mojave and pastel. :P

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Originally Posted by Shenzi Sixaxis

Pretty normals! Hopefully the others will yield that mojave and pastel. :P

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Thank you! I know they're "just" normals, but I think they're awfully pretty - of course I'm biased, LOL. ;)

The remaining three are pipping now, so I expect they'll emerge overnight... unfortunately it seems I busted out on the odds, but the good news is that my ONE morph is a Mojave. :banana: Now let's hope it's a girl!!

Promised myself I wouldn't post more pics until they're ALL out, but I couldn't resist... here's the little Mojo, who's been teasing me all day. :)

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020103.jpg

Sorry about the Edward Scissorhands job, but my scissors are TOO sharp!
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...3/P1020108.jpg