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Old 23-07-2013, 07:37 PM   #1
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Default Horsfield Egg Development

Thought I would share these pics as I find them fascinating, and I thought perhaps others might too.

Day 2

Just beginning to chalk




Day 4 chalking more obvious



Day 6. Chalking almost circles the egg



Day 11 embryo visible now



Day 13 I could see the heart beating very easily



Day 16 veins visible



Day 20 Getting bigger. Moving its head a lot



Day 24 the eye is visible and when it moves you can just make out little limbs

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Old 23-07-2013, 07:41 PM   #2
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These are excellent photos. Thanks so much for sharing. Please take more throughout the rest of the incubation period if you can as they're so helpful to first-timers. I know I relied on photos a lot when I had the incubator on. It's great to have something to refer to and your photos are so clear.
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Old 23-07-2013, 07:48 PM   #3
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Wow great pics!!!
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Old 23-07-2013, 10:56 PM   #4
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Wow. Awesome photos!!
Thanks for sharing x
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Old 23-07-2013, 11:00 PM   #5
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Thank you 😊 I am taking them for my daughters teacher because they have never heard of tort eggs being incubated before!

Emma, I would love to take pics all the way through but I am on holiday for a fortnight so will have a gap in the development. My husband, bless him, has just bought home a nighttime Internet camera so I can check they aren't hatching whilst i am away. I wish there was a remote candling device so I could keep a really close eye on them!!!

I will take more in the days before I go and I will add them here though.
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Ah, not to worry. Have a wonderful holiday. Sounds like there'll be babies soon after you get home.
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Old 24-07-2013, 12:03 AM   #7
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I do hope so .... My very first ones
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Old 24-07-2013, 12:07 AM   #8
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I do hope so .... My very first ones
So exciting!
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Fantastic pictures , thanks for sharing x
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lovely informative pictures x
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