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First hook-ups for me!!

Rich, have you seen my big boy, Pepper? He's magnificent. The thing about avalanche stripes is they will have yellow. I don't think whiteouts/blizzards do. Some people like yellow, some don't. For people who don't like yellow- I will have opal bloods!! I love whitesnakes. Opal stripes next season!!
 
Nanci,

yeah, ive seen pepper! and i drool each time. I'm one that doesnt care much for yellow...I'll have to becareful...or i'll have a TON of projects going and no way to see them thru. personally..I'd like to own Several hundred corns...but thats just not feasible. But just 2 opal bloods (a pair) would be ok I guess :)
 
Rich I think you are worse than I was! I wasnt to bad until day 60. Then I got the ok any day now thing then all of a sudden they dented and that was the end of normal sleep.
 
Stormy,

yeah, I admit it...I've been bitten! :) And I like it. Thing is, on day 48-49 all the eggs dimpled....I had taken the lid off the egg chamber to "air them out" for about 10minutes no more than that. Up till that point the humdity was a steady 92-93 %. for the full 48-49 days. So i added some orchid moss(barely moistened) just to be sure. all the eggs eventually plumped back up but 1....but the 1 doesnt look "bad" it just has a dimple in it. the humidity shot back up to around 93% and has been there since...i'm incubating at 83* and im at day 51.....so...yeah...i'm going crazy...constantly checking the eggs...(thru the window of the incubator). when will they get here?? Ugh!! LOL . Cant wait to see a charcoal nose,an ultramel charcoal nose and hopefully a few blizzard noses poking out.
 
Thats about the same temps I incubated at. They were around 81-83. And mine started at day 61 and finished on day 64. I waited until day 65 I think it was to slit open the last egg to find the baby DIE.
 
well,
I suppose I'll convince myself to just look forward to the weekend and beyond.

day 52 And Counting.....
 
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I don't know which is worse...when they pip on your weekend, & you get nothing done, or sitting at work, knowing they're pipping...I still have a couple week before the 2nd Tessera clutch starts pipping. They're getting bigger though.:)
 
neiman07 said:
i know! lol how can you make it though a work day knowing there will be pippies anytime! =]
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LOL..it ain't easy...but whats more difficult...is being home...looking at the incubator..knowing what inside...do you dare peek & torture yourself if nothing has changed?? but..wait..we're close enough..maybe just a lil peek...Nothing..:headbang:
 
I think it's worse when they pip on a weekend. Then you're in there like every 30 seconds. At least if you have to go to work they have an 8-10 hour stretch where they can emerge in peace!

Wait till they start pipping and you have the urge to check on them at 3AM...
 
nwheather said:
I don't know which is worse...when they pip on your weekend, & you get nothing done, or sitting at work, knowing they're pipping...I still have a couple week before the 2nd Tessera clutch starts pipping. They're getting bigger though.:)
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Yeah, Zena's eggs are flippin' huge now. It's amazing...if i didnt think it would bother them I'd take a pic of them next to a quarter...just like i did when they were first laid...to see the size difference if any??
 
I am going to take a picture of this 2nd clutch of Ginny's (if she ever freaking lays it) next to these ones to show the size difference.
 
Nanci said:
I think it's worse when they pip on a weekend. Then you're in there like every 30 seconds. At least if you have to go to work they have an 8-10 hour stretch where they can emerge in peace!

Wait till they start pipping and you have the urge to check on them at 3AM...
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Or, you could end up staying awake for more than 24hrs like I did, when my Tessera's were pipping. LOL

rich333 said:
Yeah, Zena's eggs are flippin' huge now. It's amazing...if i didnt think it would bother them I'd take a pic of them next to a quarter...just like i did when they were first laid...to see the size difference if any??
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I don't think it will hurt them. I did it with Mica's eggs.
 
Oh she better not hold out another 2 weeks we are already a week past the prelay shed. I'll grab her and squeeze her out like a tube of tooth paste just to get that picture. :sidestep:
 
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