After probably the most stressful week I've ever had last week, this is a nice way to start out the new week. Our second and final clutch of the year is hatching tonight - 1 red so far, but there are 13 to go. When I was moving them over to the hatch tub tonight I weighed a few of them. Most are around 15 grams in weight, but we have a colossal 30g one that seems oddly out of place. It's like a small chicken egg!
I have to say, I'm very happy with the way our clutches worked out this year. Our egg boxes were shallow deli cups with upside-down plastic margarita glass "domes" over top of them to control dripping. Vermiculite was used for substrate, and we only lost 3 eggs out of the two clutches which is an improvement from previous years.
I'll be sure to follow up with photos, but I wanted to get these up tonight. I can't believe the size of the jumbo egg!
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