AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! Bout time we see some hatching pics around here! I expect more when the baby is all the way out! Pure golden? Keith, you need to do updates on your other torts too! I wanna see!
Nothing can give you a bad case of the wants quite like a new hatched tortoise.
Meg, I can't say they are pure golden. In fact I don't think I have ever asked to have them ID'd. I will submit to the experts opinions. Tell me what they are.
Here are some pics of the female first.
This first one is from a couple of years ago. The rest were taken today. You can see that she has darkened up quite a bit.
Meg, these are the last ones in my incubator. I have had it on since last Feb. with Ibera eggs, the last of my Ibera for '09 hatched out about 5 weeks ago. I may get to turn it off for a month.
Yes, a nickel. The eggs are about 2/3 the size of an Ibera egg, so these guys are tiny.
Just to give some size reference, here is a picture of some Ibrea hatchlings next to a quarter, giants compared to the Golden.