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Lost a baby burm still in the egg

MikeSkipRocks Jun 14, 2010 04:06 PM

Unfortunately I found one of my baby albino het granites dead in its egg this afternoon.

Watching them all like a hawk the past two weeks since they are overdue. I incubated at 88.5 this year so i expected them to go alittle long in the egg. I'm at day 64 now, last time which was in 08 mine hatched at day 65.

My female angel pic below, layed 39 eggs this year. One was a dud, and now the one i just discovered brings us down to 37 full term live hatchlings that for some reason refuse to get out of the egg lol. Duno if i can call them hatchlings yet lol but i have 4 peeking out now.

I had been watching the one egg in particular, something just wasnt right with it, I picked it up today and sniffed and that told me everything right there. whew! think he "gave up" a few weeks ago maybe? Looked like all the yolk was still there and he had just barely started to color. I had to look real close to tell if he was a het or granite.

Still its not looking bad so far i'm at almost 95 percent viable. Which is waaaaay better than in 08 when a incubator malfunction cooked half my eggs

Lets just hope everyone finds their way out of the egg ok.

Replies (3)

HappyHillbilly Jun 20, 2010 07:47 PM

How did things go with the rest of the clutch?

Sorry to hear about the one that died in the egg, there are several things that can cause that. If there weren't any obvious (visual) defects I suspect too low incubating temperature. However, genetic flaws are a possibility.

Personally, I believe that 88.5 F is waaaayy too low. A few temperature drops and it's over.

Best wishes!
HH
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American


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MikeSkipRocks Jul 01, 2010 08:29 AM

Yeah I think i will go alittel higher next time. The whole clutch went like this, 39 eggs one was a dud and the other that died in the egg, so there are 37 babies so thats around 95 percent to the good. 19 albino granite 18 albino het granite.

HappyHillbilly Jul 03, 2010 09:21 AM

It's good to hear that there weren't any other problems. Congratulations!

Pigmentation is one of the last things to take place - usually about 2 weeks before they hatch. Critical defects usually become critical, causing death, within 1 - 2 weeks of hatching. Odds are that was the case with your one die-off.

Catch ya later!
HH
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American


www.natures-signature.com

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