Eggs!

[KQ6AR]

I was walking around my Marginata yard this morning, & an area in the soil looked a little suspicious to me. I started digging around & sure enough there where 13 eggs in a shallow nest.
I got these guys as hatchlings in 2002 & new this might be the year.
The eggs are in the incubator with 22 Russian eggs.

The eggs are so much smaller than my Russian eggs. 3 times smaller than my largest russian eggs, & 1/2 the size of the small ones.

Finally

 

[Millerlite]

sweet, hope your eggs hatch, keep us posted and let us know. I never knew they laid 13 at a time pretty big for a tortoise that size, lol

 

[Stazz]

Wow thats awesome, congrats on noticing the suspicious patch and congrats on all those eggs All be holding thumbs for ya

 

[Isa]

Congratulations

 

[jlyoncc1]

Wow, that's a lot of eggs! congrats - keep us posted!

 

[egyptiandan]

Great news Dan Hopefully they are all fertile

Danny

 

[Crazy1]

Dan, congrats on all the eggs. Fingers crossed they are all fertile. Keep us posted, please.

 

[KQ6AR]

You bet there will be pictures, & thanks. I should post one showing how much smaller they are than the large russian eggs.

 

[dmmj]

Gratz on the eggs I am hoping my russian will finally lay this year, he has been showing a lot of male attention to my female.

 

[KQ6AR]

Ok I'm going to try and post the phot in the body of the message.

 

[KQ6AR]

Here's a link to an earlier post, of the breeding group.

http://tortoiseforum.org/thread-6157.html

 

[dmmj]

22 russian eggs? wow from how many females was 22 eggs laid? neat

 

[Millerlite]

5 females, Dang, I hear people say its impossible or near impossible to find one, I guess we now know who has them but thats great news, hopefully you will get more.

 

[KQ6AR]

Hi,
The 22 eggs are Russian from 5 WC females. Only using one small male to fertilize them, & have been getting about 80% fertility. There are more eggs in the yard but thats enough for me to market this year.
I also have a second generation CB Russian breeding group. One of them is digging some test nests. So this might be my year for CB generation 2 russians. I've been breeding them for about 10 years.

Only 13 marginata eggs so far.

PS I might have 13 little females available in a couple months. Incubator 89-90F

 

[Weloveourtortoise]

Congrats! that is unbelievable!!!

 

[KQ6AR]

Its looking like 7 of the eggs are going to be good, & 6 of the babies are already spoken for.
I'll let you know if there are any more eggs.

 

[KQ6AR]

Just an update,
There are now 23 eggs in the incubator

Its looking like 7 of the eggs are going to be good, & 6 of the babies are already spoken for.
I'll let you know if there are any more eggs.

 

[KQ6AR]

Another update, I've stopped collecting at 29 eggs.
Four have hatched.

They are so much smaller & clumsier than my russian hatchlings. I'v been leaving them in the incubator a couple days after hatching, Its a lot easier terrain to walk on in there.

 

[Meg90]

pictures??

 

[KQ6AR]

Hi Meg,
It might take me a little while but I'll get around to it.
Dan