Okay, so short story for those of you who haven't read my previous threads.

Picked up a female crestie from a pet store a while back. She was young, and housed with several others including males.
She must have been bred, retained sperm. She laid 3 clutches of infertile eggs between sept. and Nov. Then laid One fertile egg in early december.

Well that mystery egg, (called mystery egg because I don't know who the father is). Is now on day 60 of incubation at 76 degrees. It is getting HUGE compared to freshly laid eggs I have from another female, its also starting to get little stretch marks.

I finally decided to candle it, you can't see anything. Babies too big.

I truly didn't expect this egg to make it this far. Hopefully it hatches out a healthy baby.

I do have one question for the seasoned Rhac breeders.. Emily, Laura I know you have a few cuties too.

What are the signs of hatching? I have been watching this egg really close.

About how long before hatching do the eggs start getting very noticeably bigger? I assume several weeks?

Are there any other signs of it getting closer?


Oh and my daughter, every morning comes running into my room screaming.. DID THEY HATCH? DID THEY HATCH.

Its not easy explaining to a 3 year old that Mommy doesn't know when they are going to hatch. She just gives me this blank stare like " How can you NOT know"