Size ....Ever wonder..?

[T33's Torts]

Weirdo!
Kidding, kidding (possibly not..)

 

[naturalman91]

Maybe a tad smaller...as they start to "flatten out" a bit after being curled up in the egg, look bigger. Also nothing is concrete...there are many variables between Mothers, Species and natural development within the egg.
There are always "runts" and "superstars" within different clutches.

just like with other animals there's always a huge guy and a runt. how long has it been since you produced your first hatched clutch ever?

 

[N2TORTS]

Well David of any species?.....that would be 1976 , I started collecting redfoots around 1997 and the Hypo project started in 2006.

 

[sissyofone]

Mike I'll have to grab a tape and do that ......I shared this back awhile back .....
Oscar next to a 6" specimen ...



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there only 2 males on the cherry side....

and 1 Male (hypo) on the RF side....



Hey thats my babys daddy. :-D Wow Hes Huge and Beautiful.

 

[N2TORTS]

yuppers!
and your beauty baby .....

 

[sissyofone]

I luv her so much. Lol shes so dang cute And her dad is a fox. Lmbo

 

[N2TORTS]

Maybe a tad smaller...as they start to "flatten out" a bit after being curled up in the egg, look bigger. Also nothing is concrete...there are many variables between Mothers, Species and natural development within the egg.
There are always "runts" and "superstars" within different clutches.

just like with other animals there's always a huge guy and a runt. how long has it been since you produced your first hatched clutch ever?

some of the hypos from last year ....



some of the Cherries ....



Now for a time frame ....well lucky for me where I live I produce hatchings year round. So to answer you it would be Jan - Dec....

 

[christinaland128]

For folks who are not familiar with hatchling size ....thought this would be a neat example...
These two Cherry Heads RF's around 1 week ...

My reds are a little bigger than an egg: 3.5". I was trying to guess how old they are. How old are they typically at this size? I was guessing 6 months?

 

[N2TORTS]

6-9 months is a pretty good guestimate...

 

[naturalman91]

are your hypo's cherry reds or normal reds? and wow you've had some amazing result on the hypo project for only starting in 2006
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how did you come about the hypo project was a randomly produced amazing result that you wanted to duplicate?

 

[N2TORTS]

David ....more info can be found here www.TortoiseCove.com on the Hypo Project page.

 

[kathyth]

That was a. Great idea, Heather!
The size difference from father to baby, is much greater than I would have thought.
Geezzzzzzzzz!

 

[N2TORTS]

That was a. Great idea, Heather!
The size difference from father to baby, is much greater than I would have thought.
Geezzzzzzzzz!

G~day Miss K'.....and just for you ..

 

[kathyth]

I love it!
Thanks Jeff!

 

[naturalman91]

David ....more info can be found here www.TortoiseCove.com on the Hypo Project page.

amazing read. i bet you put A LOT of work into learning the genetics behind it.

 

[T33's Torts]

"Size matters kids."

 

[mike taylor]

Hummmmm I thought it was motion of the ocean . I guess wrong again .

 

[Ashes]

Both, maybe?

 

[mike taylor]

We derailed this train! Sorry Jeff .

 

[T33's Torts]

My bad. The train is now rolling down the mountain.