Eggs today!

[tortadise]

Awesome! Congrats. It's so exciting the first time hatching any. Well actually it's very exciting every time.

 

[Jessie]

Oh yay keep us updated. I would love one if your willing to sell.

 

[socialworker81]

Wonderful pictures! So exciting my girl is camera shy when she is laying, so I love seeing everyone else's pictures

 

[starfield]

Hope the eggs are doing well!!!!

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Hope the eggs are doing well!!!!

and by eggs i mean babies!

 

[JoeImhof]

fully hatched today.......I'm going to make new thread with photos, but here is one, Skittles is hatched!

 

[socialworker81]

fully hatched today.......I'm going to make new thread with photos, but here is one, Skittles is hatched!

Yay! So cute. Love the name

 

[arotester]

wow!!!!
that's great. congrats !!!

 

[Baoh]

Well done.

That is a cute baby.

 

[Jessie]

Absolutely adorable. Congrats.

 

[goochestortoise]

Congratulations! Mine laid her first eggs last week. Any advise? I have the eggs in an incubator at 86-87 degrees. I guess I won't see babies until August. When did you first candle to see if they were viable?

 

[JoeImhof]

Congratulations! Mine laid her first eggs last week. Any advise? I have the eggs in an incubator at 86-87 degrees. I guess I won't see babies until August. When did you first candle to see if they were viable?

I could actually see the initial chalking with the naked eye, in daylight, didnt even need to candle for the initial chalking, and I could see it starting to do so at about 6 days.

I candled often, after, but never picked up egg, just shone the light on it where it laid.

As for advice, I wrote some about how I incubated in a thread in the Species Russian Tortoise section, thread is called Russian Eggs, I believe.
From prior experience and this, I'd say be careful the humidity doesnt get too high.

Good luck, let me know how it goes!

 

[goochestortoise]

Thank you, I'll keep my fingers crossed. Is there a thread on tortoise definitions? What does chalking refer to?