Eggs from 6 months ago don't usually hatch -
11/09/10 is the date this egg was laid. BR stands for which female laid this egg. BR means it was laid by my "Brazilian" redfoot - aka Cherryhead.
The pics above were taken at 11:02a today.
Once an egg "pips" I place it into a small plastic "take-along" cup and put it right back into the incubator it had been in.. to allow it to finish hatching and absorbing it's yolk-sac.
The egg seemed very dry so I opened it up just enough to see that the yolk was too dry.. [ that was done right after the pics above ] so I saturated the blue paper towel and then folded up another one for on top and drenched it. There was water standing in the bottom of the cup.
I had a few things going on outside but for some reason I thot I would check just to see if the egg had "pipped" anymore - sometimes they may lay low for 2 days before they continue to "peck-away" at getting free!
A little over 2 HOURS later ( 1:23p ) I opened the incubator.. took the paper towel off and saw this!!!
I have never had one hatch that quick! He must have figured that 6 months in the egg was long enough.
Now.... what am I going to do with a dadburn BLACK Cherryhead redfoot hatchling????? I've been trying to hatch a red/orange, etc. Cherryhead.. not a Black-Cherry redfoot?
I GIVE UP.....
11/09/10 is the date this egg was laid. BR stands for which female laid this egg. BR means it was laid by my "Brazilian" redfoot - aka Cherryhead.
The pics above were taken at 11:02a today.
Once an egg "pips" I place it into a small plastic "take-along" cup and put it right back into the incubator it had been in.. to allow it to finish hatching and absorbing it's yolk-sac.
The egg seemed very dry so I opened it up just enough to see that the yolk was too dry.. [ that was done right after the pics above ] so I saturated the blue paper towel and then folded up another one for on top and drenched it. There was water standing in the bottom of the cup.
I had a few things going on outside but for some reason I thot I would check just to see if the egg had "pipped" anymore - sometimes they may lay low for 2 days before they continue to "peck-away" at getting free!
A little over 2 HOURS later ( 1:23p ) I opened the incubator.. took the paper towel off and saw this!!!
I have never had one hatch that quick! He must have figured that 6 months in the egg was long enough.
Now.... what am I going to do with a dadburn BLACK Cherryhead redfoot hatchling????? I've been trying to hatch a red/orange, etc. Cherryhead.. not a Black-Cherry redfoot?
I GIVE UP.....