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Anyfoot

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Mmmm. Just had another shock. 2 more from this clutch are hatching. So first 5 were 117 days and these 2 are 137 days with 2 more eggs left in this clutch.
Is it normal to have a 20 day hatch date difference within the same clutch?
 

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This is a shot of the head patterns of 4 from the first 5 that hatched.
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After talking to Carl about redfoots and eggs my conclusion is these 9 belong to my female princess who seems to lay large clutch counts of small eggs. My female Beatrice lays small clutches of extremely large eggs.
As a female reaches maturity she may lay small infertile eggs, some females will carry on laying small sized eggs that are fertile as they mature. Some females will lay eggs that get bigger and bigger until she reaches full maturity and her max egg size.
It's very unlikely that once a female lays larger eggs that she will then revert back to laying small eggs. For this reason they must be Princesses, also this means one of my northern males is now mature enough to keep his end of the bargain up, which one of the 2 I'll never know.
My very old cherryhead Edna layed a clutch of 3 this morning, they were of a medium sized egg, so that counts her out too. Soon I will split my 1.2.0 cherries into there own enclosure.
Earlier this week we found 2 eggs loose on the surface that had been eaten by the other adults. I'm assuming this is one of my other northerns just coming into maturity and not yet mastered the nesting thing. Clarice is the culprit, she's been acting wierd lately and got a bit boisterous towards the others a couple week back, I guess she was claiming a patch ready to lay. She's a big girl too, think she's my largest female now, grown about 4" in the 2 yrs I've had her, heading towards 13" now.
Hope she gets massive :D
 

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Ok so today I've moved the last 4 out of the brooder box and into there new enclosure.
Some photos for you guys to peak at.
#5 shows the new 4.
#6 shows the full clutch of 9.
#7 shows the black sheep of the family, he's from the last clutch. Same mother.
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