Literally. The babies now range in age from 3 weeks old to five days old. I ended up with 21 babies from a clutch of 19! Hey, how did that happen? I made the mistake of trying to make more room and putting 2 eggs from another clutch in with these while incubating and when these hatched it triggered those 2 eggs to hatch a bit prematurely. The preemies are really tiny! They sit curled up most of the day and are not very active. I am not sure if those two will make it or not but they are trying to hang in there. They drink and eat but don't look as good as their siblings. The ones in this picture are the oldest ones. I can't wait till they start showing their Nosey Be Blue coloration. The father is a great blue and teal color and he is WC and old so I am glad his genes were passed on. He is very healthy too just like his mate. She never has missed a meal not even before laying so these kids are from really healthy large parents. Baisically I bred for size and vigor. I am really surprized that my first clutch of panthers is doing so well. I really had expected to lose a baby or two by now. I lost several in the first two weeks when I hatched out my first clutch of Veileds.
These seem to be doing much better than the veileds did.
