We had a breif discussion on here a few weeks ago about egg teeth in BPs. The general consensus was that BPs do in fact have egg teeth. I'm still not sold. One Poster argued that they must have an egg tooth because of the slashing they put on eggs (as can bee seen in my pics). I have seen egg teeth in the carpets that I've hatched here. However, I have never seen or felt an egg tooth in baby BPs. I paid particularly close attention to this clutch. I felt the noses of these babies right after they slit their eggs. None had a visable or "feelable" egg tooth. If they have them, they drop them almost immediately after slittling the egg. I really think the shape and texture of the nose could be cutting the eggs (I always get a few that seem to poke through rather than slice).

Somebody please show me a picture of a BP with an egg tooth...

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