I just got back to work after going home to put a new female away that was waiting on my doorstep. Checked on the female. She was in the middle of laying her 5th egg! I got them put in the incubator. I think she has 2 more left inside her. She laid 7 two years ago. So that's what I'm expecting. They are HUGE eggs. Another weird thing, she laid 2 years ago to the day last time. Weird the way they do their cycles.



The eggs were still very soft. I pulled them apart and laid them all flat in the egg box. Awesome feeling, but now I have a question, one of the eggs was tilted on its side. I wanted it to be able to lay flat the most, because 2 years ago, 1 egg was like that and it died 2/3 of the way through incubation. I didn't even have to candle these ones by the way. I could see the veins right through the shell. My question is, I could see the placenta inside the one that was originally sideways. Know how they say not to turn them at all? Well, I laid it down exactly how it would have been if she had laid it flat. Didn't rotate it at all. Is that bad that the placenta is on top and the baby will develop upside down? I doubt it in reality but now I'm on to the second stage of paranoia.....them all hatching healthy. What do you think?



I'll post the pics as soon as I can. Didn't have time yet, plus she's not even done. Oh, and I also checked on my other girls while I was there. Big fat ovulation in one. Things are finally taking off. Almost faster than I can keep up with now.

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