Hello all,

I'm awaiting one of my clutches to hatch. I've had some problems with incubation this year but seem to have things leveling off (guessing because of the extreme humidity). Anyways, I went to check a my mandarin clutch (hatching at the time) and just peeked in the one hondo clutch. To my surprise a hondo was completely out. I looked at the other eggs and no pipping. The egg it came out of had all the yolk and good stuff still inside, no absorbtion. I picked up the little guy to see the cord still attached and a "caving in" underbelly. It doesn't even look like this guy should be alive. It is moving around just fine. Any reason to why it would evacuate the egg so quickly? Since then the umbilical cord has been shed and it is moving around, like normal. I witnessed it drinking too. I will most likely freeze it, but I'm curious to see if it will survive too. The other eggs are still not pipped. I'll try to get pics to those that may be interested.



Any suggestions/comments would be appreciated



thanks

mgl

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