These just hatched over the last couple days. They are some big little babies.
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Randy Whittington
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fresh little sichuan province mandarins
RandyWhittington
Sep 06, 2008 11:16 AM
Replies (13)
mattkau
Sep 06, 2008 12:11 PM
Those are really nice. They do look big. My brother in South Carolina bred mandarins successfully for years.
jhnscrg
Sep 06, 2008 07:50 PM
Pretty little gems, each & every one!
Matthew
jpc75
Sep 06, 2008 07:56 PM
Cograts Randy!!! Beautiful!! I'll post pics. of mine after they shed. Amazing how babies that big come out of that little egg!! Here's Mom.
Jeff
RandyWhittington
Sep 06, 2008 09:06 PM
Jeff that female is sweeeeeeeet!!!
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Randy Whittington
DMong
Sep 06, 2008 09:46 PM
Excellent, Randy!,...those are really nice!
And, yes!,..That adult female Jeff posted is AWESOME!
~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"
jpc75
Sep 07, 2008 12:17 PM
Thanks, guys. Here's a female that would'nt breed this year--I hope next year. She's the lightest silver phase I ever produced and should throw great young.
Jeff
DMong
Sep 08, 2008 12:43 PM
Yes, that's an outstanding example!. Good luck with next year.
~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"
LloydHeilbrunn
Sep 06, 2008 11:51 PM
Those are sweet, Randy!!
BTW, the Moquard's I got from you at Daytona are settling in fine!! 
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Lloyd Heilbrunn
Palm Beach Gardens, Fl.
RandyWhittington
Sep 07, 2008 09:54 AM
Lloyd you might already know but if not the big female and the albino male above are the parents of the pair you got.
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Randy Whittington
LloydHeilbrunn
Sep 08, 2008 11:40 PM
Thought so! Thanks.
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Lloyd Heilbrunn
Palm Beach Gardens, Fl.
chad_proexotics
Sep 07, 2008 04:32 PM
randy,
what size clutches do you see from your sichuan mandarins?
we just had a clutch of 9 hatch. just curious if anyone has seen 10 ?
do you find your sichuans easier to get feeding?
RandyWhittington
Sep 07, 2008 08:10 PM
I've had small clutches of 4 or 5 so far but my sichuans have only been producing a couple years. Brain Barczyk told me he has had 10 and even one clutch of 12 from some of his. My sichuan babies have been huge compared to some other mandarin hatchlings I have seen.
Most of the sichuan babies I hatched and my breeders when they were hatchlings have only eaten two or three meals before stopping feeding. They also seem to want live at first too but after brumating they all have fed on thawed like pigs from then on.
This is a young female with one parent being from Sichuan province and the other from Fukien province.
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Randy Whittington
souix
Sep 12, 2008 07:33 PM
Congratulations Randy - excellent results and real pretty looking babes
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