Golden egg

[CGKeith]

Well, kinda. Here is my first golden for 2010 hatching out. Pics from yesterday, showing a very tiny foot and today, head and front legs out.

 

[Yvonne G]

Aw-w-w-w! But it doesn't look like a goose to me!

 

[Meg90]

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! Bout time we see some hatching pics around here! I expect more when the baby is all the way out! Pure golden? Keith, you need to do updates on your other torts too! I wanna see!

Nothing can give you a bad case of the wants quite like a new hatched tortoise.

 

[Isa]

Sooo cute Thanks for sharing!

 

[egyptiandan]

That's great news Keith He/she is looking good

Danny

 

[CGKeith]

Thank you all.

Meg, I can't say they are pure golden. In fact I don't think I have ever asked to have them ID'd. I will submit to the experts opinions. Tell me what they are.
Here are some pics of the female first.
This first one is from a couple of years ago. The rest were taken today. You can see that she has darkened up quite a bit.

Male

 

[egyptiandan]

The female looks "Golden" to me What do the front legs of the male look like?

Danny

 

[CGKeith]

Like this. Sorry, it's the only one I have where he is not pulled in.

 

[sammi]

Loooove the pictures =] Your hatchling is so cute!

 

[Tom]

That's fantastic. Congratulations! Great pics, too.

 

[egyptiandan]

The male looks more like a Golden/Antakyan cross. It's possible the female is too.

Danny

 

[Tim/Robin]

Congrats, a fine looking hatchlings. Good job!!

 

[spikethebest]

very beautiful torts, and great camera work. congrats on the hatching!

 

[lito]

awe. they are so cute. you could post 1000 more and i would smile at them all day. thanks for sharing. ~lilly

 

[CGKeith]

Thanks for all the nice comments everybody.

Dan, thank you for the ID.

I will be posting more pics as this one and the others continue to hatch.

 

[Meg90]

I look forward to em! What other species you got cooking?

 

[CGKeith]

One out, two more pippin' or is that pipped.

Meg, these are the last ones in my incubator. I have had it on since last Feb. with Ibera eggs, the last of my Ibera for '09 hatched out about 5 weeks ago. I may get to turn it off for a month.

 

[Yvonne G]

OMG! Is that a nickel? I had no idea they were so tiny when they first come out.

 

[CGKeith]

Yes, a nickel. The eggs are about 2/3 the size of an Ibera egg, so these guys are tiny.

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Just to give some size reference, here is a picture of some Ibrea hatchlings next to a quarter, giants compared to the Golden.

 

[PATMAN]

LUCKY!

That's wonderful Keith! The babies look awesome.

I hope to get eggs from my pair of Goldens this year.