Jumbo Egg

[cdmay]

One of my female redfoots finally nested yesterday after two days of getting her digging interrupted by rain. She decided on digging under a small key lime tree...

When I went out last night to check her nest I was expecting her usual number of eggs which is 5 to as many as 10.
Instead I find only this one gigantic egg...

I have seen some big eggs before but this one measures 5.75 X 4.55 cm. Now that is one jumbo egg. I wish I had a scale on which to weigh it.

 

[t_mclellan]

NICE!
I don't think I have seen Redfoot eggs that size ether!
& I have seen some large eggs!
I'm very curious as to how this does.

 

[tortguy521]

Can red foots have twins maybe there are a set of twins in that egg and thats why its so big.

 

[allegraf]

That one is going to hatch as a full sized cherryhead adult! All I can say is WOW!

 

[Yvonne G]

When I saw the picture, I was thinking along the same lines as TortGuy521. Maybe instead of laying 5 eggs, she decided to combine all of them into one big egg and save herself the trouble! It will be interesting to follow the egg's progress. Good luck with it.

 

[Weloveourtortoise]

can't wait to find out what happens-- keep us posted...no pun intended!

 

[Candy]

Congratulations and that poor Redfoot think of how she feels this morning after laying that big egg. Do you get a lot of hatchlings in the spring Carl or summer or when because I want one. No joking.

 

[llamas55]

Ebenhack's Redfoots and Yellowfoots book Tom sent me his extra of, has a photo of twins hatching out-no further note tho as to egg size, or status of hatchlings

 

[pyxistort]

Carl,
What's your experience to incubate odd size egg? I had few odd size redfoot eggs that had never hatched.

Scott

 

[cdmay]

What's your experience to incubate odd size egg? I had few odd size redfoot eggs that had never hatched.

Scott

Scott, I had a double egg that was laid in the early 80s that looked like a giant peanut. It produced two perfect hatchlings of normal size. There was a photo of it in one of **** Paull's editions of his redfoot book.
But other oversized eggs in the past have not hatched for me either.

 

[stells]

Wow thats a biggie... good luck with it... would be great to see a hatchling emerge from it...

 

[pyxistort]

Thank you, Carl!!
I have a peanut shape egg last year, too. However, it did not develop. The same female laid some eggs last night, so I hope she has some regular eggs this time.
Scott

Scott, I had a double egg that was laid in the early 80s that looked like a giant peanut. It produced two perfect hatchlings of normal size. There was a photo of it in one of **** Paull's editions of his redfoot book.
But other oversized eggs in the past have not hatched for me either.