Remember Your First Drink?

Yvonne G

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Wow, that's kind of scary. He's got so much yolk on his belly he might drown if you weren't there to monitor.
 

N2TORTS

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Why I left him in the lower portion of the egg....;)
He/she has a very large yolk sac....not even a prem"e" baby either.:rolleyes:
 
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Maggie Cummings

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I sure wish you'd stop posting pictures of these babies. It makes me want more, and I am almost baby free now...:) Darn he's cute...
 

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I do remember my first drink! :p
That is such a sweet picture. Looks like a lot of effort for a hatchling to break out of the egg.
 

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I sure wish you'd stop posting pictures of these babies. It makes me want more, and I am almost baby free now...:) Darn he's cute...
Well Maggie .....we can take care of that ...;)
and yes they are adorable ....even the little baby fat on his rear legs ......:p
 

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I do remember my first drink! :p
That is such a sweet picture. Looks like a lot of effort for a hatchling to break out of the egg.
Easy for some and not so for others. The egg itself is two layers. The outer portion we are all familiar with hard and breaks easily , the inside shell , which is leathery/pliable , and can be quiet hard to tear. The inners of the egg consists of albumen- and is AMAZINGLY sticky and gel like.
Factors of "easy/hard" hatches can be for numerous reasons -with one main one .....humidity during incubation times as well as hatching time. But that is just not the sole reason ...............
 

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I sure wish you'd stop posting pictures of these babies. It makes me want more, and I am almost baby free now...:) Darn he's cute...

You and me both. I only took the plunge this year, and I'm already looking for more when the right opportunity appears!
 
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