jdfick
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Alright, first timer here realizing that waiting for redfoot eggs to hatch gives new meaning to the word "patience."
My eggs have gone from visible veining, embryo development and even movement (as in the first picture) to being clear on the top and dark on the bottom (as in the second picture). I'm assuming that the tortoise embryo has just developed and is filling the lower part of the egg, but not sure why the space above it seems to be growing. Seems like the Tortoise should be filling the egg as it grows, no? They have looked similar to this last pic for the last couple of weeks, and the only noticeable change is the growing separation of light and dark. Am I soon to have hatchlings or am I in trouble?
Just for information, I actually have no idea how long these were in the ground before I found them. I think she probably laid them while I was on vacation in July. I found them 08/31 and they were already chalked and had some veining. So it has now been 51 days since I put them in the incubator. But since this is my first time, I am trying to figure out how far along they might be. There were 7 eggs in the ground, one of them was cracked. 5 of the 6 have developed like the attached pictures and one seems like it is only now possibly beginning to develop.
I also found a second clutch about 2 weeks ago. Most of those seem to be developing well. Thanks.
My eggs have gone from visible veining, embryo development and even movement (as in the first picture) to being clear on the top and dark on the bottom (as in the second picture). I'm assuming that the tortoise embryo has just developed and is filling the lower part of the egg, but not sure why the space above it seems to be growing. Seems like the Tortoise should be filling the egg as it grows, no? They have looked similar to this last pic for the last couple of weeks, and the only noticeable change is the growing separation of light and dark. Am I soon to have hatchlings or am I in trouble?
Just for information, I actually have no idea how long these were in the ground before I found them. I think she probably laid them while I was on vacation in July. I found them 08/31 and they were already chalked and had some veining. So it has now been 51 days since I put them in the incubator. But since this is my first time, I am trying to figure out how far along they might be. There were 7 eggs in the ground, one of them was cracked. 5 of the 6 have developed like the attached pictures and one seems like it is only now possibly beginning to develop.
I also found a second clutch about 2 weeks ago. Most of those seem to be developing well. Thanks.