She finally laid...

Ginger this morning :carrot:
Not done yet.. hopefully she's done before I have to leave for work! This is the 34th day after her prelay shed. (it was May 8th.)
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s...ggsginger1.jpg

That is Awesome...Congrats :carrot:


It is a great feeling for sure...now you get to put that new incubator to work :)

congrats! Good luck with this clutch. I hope every one of em hatches out for ya. Do you have any pastels in those eggs or normals?

They are pastel x normal. Daddy is Ruger, my Graziani that I got last year from the Sutherlands. :)

Argh! There are six and by the looks of it, still 2 in her. I am going to die of impatience now..

congrats! hopefully everything will go well with this clutch :)

Still only 6 eggs out! If it gets down to the wire, is it better to remove the laid ones or leave them all in until 9pm tonight when I get home? I wish I could just call in late but i did that yesterday for the horse trimming.
Thanks everyone for your good words!

way to go lass.......get that 'inky' up to heat noo !

congrats.

The incubator has been ready and waiting for a few weeks now! :D I have to go to work in an hour; should I leaev all of the eggs in her tub until 9pm or take out and incubate the laid ones (she has one-two more on the way.)

Good to hear, you must be so relieved!!


~mike

I am breathing a sigh of relief.. now if that last egg will pop out! It should make a clutch of seven.

Congrats :D Wish I could help you out on the question, but I have no idea. Hopefully someome in the know comes along quick or she hurries up for you.

Just wait until they are all out....she will take care of them until you get home from work, no big deal.

[They are all out now! 7 eggies. I popped them into the incubator, and she is out cruising her tub looking thin :)
I am worried because one egg has newspaper markings on it; the paper was folded up over them, I think that's how it happened. Is this a concern? I know that some people mark their eggs with pencil, so maybe it is no concern?
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s...cres/egges.jpg
In tub: vermiculite and perlite mix.
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s...eggesintub.jpg
Going into incubator
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s...eggesininc.jpg

:carrot:Congrats Jen!! Can't wait to see the next pics of those 7 beauties pippin:sunny:

Congratulations and best of luck with those eggs.

Sweeeeet! Those eggs look great :gj:

I have seen people take marker to write stuff on eggs, so that little bit of ink shouldn't be anything to worry about. (Anyone confirm that?)

Congrats :rockon: :carrot:

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

[They are all out now! 7 eggies. I popped them into the incubator, and she is out cruising her tub looking thin :)
I am worried because one egg has newspaper markings on it; the paper was folded up over them, I think that's how it happened. Is this a concern?

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Congrats! Don't worry about the newsprint ink. I would be surprised if it was anything but vegetable based ink (all newspapers that I know of switched to this type years ago). Now comes the really hard part...waiting another 55 days!

Congrats Jen. Hoping for a slew of female Pastels in those eggs. I don't use newspaper in my tubs, so I have never had that problem, but I don't suspect it will cause any detrimental effects.

Hey! Thanks guys/girls..
Mak got home before me, and saw that she had one more! Apparently I thought that she was done, but she was not.. he put it into the incubator, and they are all snug in there now :D

Great news.


So is it the 8 you originaly thought or the 7 as the final clutch size?:)


How was she when you removed the eggs? Testy or quite chilled?


Oh and because I forgot to say it earlier MEGA-SUPER-DOOPER-CONGRATULATIONS!!!!:carrot: :carrot: :carrot: :carrot:


dr del

Thanks Del! This brough the total to 8 eggies. She was a little mad when I lifted her off of the eggs, but really I was surprised; she was less nasty than Foxy was. Mark feels bad for taking her eggs away from her :/ But I convinced him that she'll be much happier in a few days after a nice meal and months of relaxation!