Last clutch for the year for me (c'mon pieds!)

Last year I bred Kyriel, my het pied female, to my het pied male, Gabriel, and got no visuals out of a clutch of four. This year, I borrowed a friend's pied male so hopefully the odds are more in our favor.


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I'll be maternally incubating this clutch as I have with all the others this year. :) Reeeeeally hoping there are some female pieds in this clutch. There are only four eggs again, which is rather disappointing, but four good eggs is better than none.

SWEET!

I get first dibs on a visual! I've been wanting one for a while. No, not for my kids and not for my husband. For me! :D

We're rooting for ya down here!! Wishing at least a 1.1 visual for you :)

Good luck! Awesome pics of her laying her eggs. :)

Kyriel at 10 days

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The fourth egg is tucked out of reach but I have no reason to believe it's not as pink and veiny as the rest. I wish I could fast forward and find out if I finally hatch out my own pied this year. :rolleyes:

Fingers crossed for you tempest! Hope you get a gorgeous pied out of them!


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Good luck! Come on pieds!!

At 20 days.

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Good luck on a pied or two!!

And the wait now begins ;), crossing my fingers for you and your friend.

Hopefully this year you will make up for the last one :gj:

Okay, got some candling shots from Days 43 and 49. I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high but I think a couple of the eggs have very pied-like characteristics. I'd love to hatch out a piebald (or two) but I'll be content if they're all healthy.



Day 43

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^ The egg with the small window. I'll call this one Egg A.



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^ Still hard to make anything out in Egg B.



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^ Considering it's so shadowy, I'm inclined to say Egg C is unlikely to be a pied but I guess time will tell.



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^ Egg D. It's hard not to get one's hopes up when comparing a really dark shadowy egg to a bright pink egg but, again, time will tell...






And Day 49

I think I've got the right letters assigned to these photos but I could very easily be mistaken... Nonetheless here are a few more photos I got last night.



Egg A (has the window)

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Egg B

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Egg C

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Egg D

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And video of the last egg..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZlEj51cMn4

id say a few look very promising for sure....hope we know soon ......
adam jeffery

The last egg (egg D) deffinitely looks Pied! A few of the other eggs are pretty pink inside! Here's to a few nice pieds!!!

i always excited to see your thread..really like to see the progress of maternal incubation..and wow,the last eggs sure look like pied to me..Good Luck!!:gj:

Good luck. I hope you get a bunch of lil pied girls

looking good,keeping my fingers crossed for you.

The eggs have been sweating quite a bit. Shouldn't be much longer. :)

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Good luck on hatching out some pieds! :D

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Still waiting on these guys but candled two of them after opening the tub to check in.. Couldn't really get pics of any others because mom had no interest in budging. Can't say I blame her. ;) Any guesses as to what we're seeing in the wrinkled egg (pics 2 and 3)? I think it may be a long black stripe on a tail but your guesses are as good as mine. I wish they would hurry up and pip already. :P

We're up to day 60 now. My daughter's 7th birthday is tomorrow. It would be lovely if these hatched then. Fingers crossed! :D

Finally!! Day 69. So far I've only seen one head peeking out.

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Now that pic is a keeper:) Good luck on the pied attempt. Good job to mommy too haha

Im hoping the pied gods are good to you....great picture...

good luck hope you hit on atleast 2 of them congrats keep us posted and pics

I too wish you a 1.1 pieds! C'mon pieds!

Aww I love that pic with the little head poking out!

Good luck, and may the odd gods be on your side. Great pictures!

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And then a little while later...
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I'm thrilled!! Kyriel is officially a proven het pied now. ;) I just hope there is more than just the one in the clutch!

That's awesome, congrats!

nice hope you get a couple more congrats on proving her out love the little head poking out next to momma

Ahhh!! Congratulations!!
I've been waiting for this thread to be updated!

wow!!pied!!congratz..

Gratz!!! I can't wait to get into pieds!!

Awesome tempest!!!!! Congrats on the pieds.


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I love the little head! It's so cute!

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So far just the one egg has pipped. I'm fairly certain baby #1 here is a little boy. It's a little disappointing because I really wanted a little girl but he's awfully cute.


Also, just a little FYI on using a deep sphagnum bed (2"+) with brooding moms... Moms flip out when something unseen is burrowing around under the bedding near their nest.

He's awesome ! He's a pied non the less, I bet the rest are all females!! Are you gonna slit the rest yet?

congratz!


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Congrats!!!!

Nice...

He's really pretty, I love high-mid white pieds! :)

Perfect amount of white to go along with pattern. Congrats!

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The rest of the bunch have decided to take a peek at the outside world. :) Looks like 3 piebalds and one het. I'm anxious to see them all out! I'll get more pics as soon as they are!

Forgive the photo. I had to use my phone because my camera is somewhere out in the car. ;)

So you came out with three pieds after I predicted 1.1... Niceee!!... I predict 1.2 ratio on pieds.

They're all out! I wish that last pied out had been a female, though..


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Male 100% het Pied


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Male Pied (1)


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Male Pied (2)


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Female Pied


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Group Shot
top left - male pied 2, top right - female pied, bottom left - pied 1, bottom right - het pied male

Yay for pieds! Congrats!!


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So beautiful!
I really love the second male pied and the female.

Congrats on hitting! I know this was an anticipated clutch for you.

Regards,

B

Thanks so much guys! I've decided to let my partner take the female pied since she got jipped on our other joint project. So now I just have to decide between the two males and it's a tough one....