After Sissy's disappointing clutch last week I was hoping for a good clutch from Matilda. So far so good! Here's a quick pic:
I have to run into work for a few hours (Arg!) but I'll be back around lunchtime to see if she's completed laying them. Whoo hoo!!!!!!!
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Matilda x Rodney eggs being laid |
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Posts: 1491 (04/15/08 03:56:48) ezOP |
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Posts: 1492 (04/16/08 06:14:22) ezOP |
13 good ones laid. Yeah! She was a pain in the you-know-what to get off the eggs. She wasn't the least bit aggressive and just hid her head. After I
got the three loose eggs out I just ended up lifting her and the eggs out of the bucket. She finally loosened her coils and Christian unraveled her while I
tried to hold onto the eggs. They are a bit bumpy looking but all of them have good vein development. :)
Cooking away at 30.5/.6 in the incubator now... 
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Posts: 117 (04/18/08 16:29:28) |
Kim,
What a great site. Eggs look great. If it's not too late. Mark the 3 she kicked out seperately to see if she "knew" something not outwardly visible. Again, awesome job, good luck with incubation.
Paul August
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Posts: 1495 (04/18/08 17:10:46) ezOP |
Hi Paul,
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Posts: 118 (04/20/08 07:43:33) |
Kim,
They look great to me. My most recent Merauke clutch included 2 "booted"eggs. I did not mark them but I did lose only 1 egg during incubation. Worst case scenario she was right on 1, wrong on the other. But there is the possibility she was wrong on both and the bad egg came from within her coils. I think the second posibilty is more likely as the bad egg had a poorly calcified spot the I did not initially notice. And pics from the egg box post-oviposition show 2 decent looking eggs outside her coils. Like you, I'm going to start noting "booted" eggs. Good luck with them all.
Paul August
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