So . . . This was actually a bit of a test-breeding. Cloe is a Possible Het Albino, and, this last season I put her back to one of her Pied sons. Ended up with 7 nice-sized eggs -- average weight, 115 grams -- one of which was infertile. The infertile egg was quite strongly adhered to three others.
Pipping started Aug 1st, and the first five babies out are in good shape. Number . . . well . . . not so much. The egg rapidly lost moisture toward the end of incubation. I really don't like to cut unless something doesn't feel right, and it didn't. I cut on him on Day 63, four days after the first baby pipped. The inside of the egg was tacky, with dry (yes, dry!) blood vessels still adhered to the inside of the shell. Added incubator-temperature water, the little guy came out two days later. He has a bit of the premie headshape and his lower jaw is just short enough that it doesn't quite fit with the upper. But he acts normally and flicks his tongue. His sibs are already going into shed. So . . . We'll see. I'll know in a few weeks, when he does or doesn't eat.
Cloe and Ashwin
On Eggs
The bum egg on Day 56
And Number 6
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