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I wanted to be home to watch the whole process suze, but had to go back to work, the first egg wasn't fully out when I had to leave her, so by the time I came home from work she had finished and filled the hole back up, it was a good job I spotted her doing it otherwise I would never have known!
You must be an old hand at all this now after 25 years lol I have now marked the eggs and placed them carefully in a tub on top of vermiculite and back in the airing cupboard until tomorrow......excited much x
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How exciting and so unexpected, Bev! Bless Roxy, she must be feeling so tired. When Tabitha surprised me with her egg, I cleaned it off with a piece of damp kitchen towel and wiped it over with a dry piece to dry it. I'm afraid my experience is very limited but I can relate to the excitement and anxiety a surprise egg creates.
Good luck with the eggs. I'll keep everything crossed that they're fertile and Spart has been clever and had his wicked way without you knowing.
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Thanks Emma, I'm all over the place at the moment with excitement, I said to my son ill treat us all to Chinese tonight as I'm going over there in a minute to watch a film with them, as I'm in a good mood, 2 bits of good news for me this week x
Ill let you know how it goes with them x
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Enjoy your Chinese, Bev. You deserve it! xx
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Enjoy your Chinese Bev 😀 x
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Congratulations, exciting stuff. Fingers crossed for little jelly beans appearing in those eggs! Xxx
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Three eggs is the average amount for a horsfield to lay, if she covered the hole it usually means she has finished,she may lay again in about a month.
I do wash mine as it makes it easier to candle them later on, I also weigh each one and log everything in a book, they get coded with a letter and number so I can tell at a glance which order they will hatch in, my logbook looks like this.... Gladys. Laid 1.5.15 Egg A1= 18g. Hatched 1.7.15. = 16g Egg A2= 20g. Infertile Egg A3= 19g. Hatched 3.7.15 = 17g |
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How exciting! Congratulations on the eggs. Here's hoping you get some beautiful babies.
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06-06-2015, 01:17 AM | #19 |
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How exciting Bev. I assumed it was one of your oldies till I thought again. I hooe the eggs are fertile, such an exciting experience. What sort of incubator have you got?
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Thankyou Emma, I have no candling torch but have a normal torch and will try with that in a few weeks time x
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