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Well folks, my girl finaly poped. She droped 10 eggs over the course of about 16 hours. Then she got stuck overnight, and she had to take a trip to the vet for a little help with the last two. All twelve eggs look good. The smallest was the last, and I realize it may be a bit too small, but otherwise looks good. The largest one is the one that caused her trouble. She was just too tired to push it out. I can't remember the last time I was this happy! She is now resting comfortably, and looking very well. I'm so proud of her. It was her first litter, as well as mine. I still have all my hair. Let's see how much I loose during incubation! Currently there are five names on my list. Please feel free to contact me at; [email protected] and get your name added to the list. Here are a couple pics of her and the eggs.
T.
 

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Hey Tony,

The eggs all look more "tan" than white. The shapes look mostly right but that little one looks shaped kinda weird. I hope the color of the eggs is due to lighting and photography.

How did they feel when you removed the eggs from the nesting box? Where they "water balloon" feeling? If they feel that way now, well that's a bad sign.

I'm not trying to rain on your parade, just letting you know my opinion, which is the color looks bad enough that I don't think those eggs are good.

I hope I'm wrong.

Doug T
 
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The color in the pics is not nessecarily representative of real life. Some of the color issue is due to the fact that almost everything in that room is either some shade of brown or tan, and ambient light in that room casts that apearance. They are very white. The ones which had just poped out were a little soft at first, but they have all fimed up nicely now. No worries. Now let's just see what they do, or don't do.
T.
 
Hopefully they have a rough almost sandpapery feel to them, that's a good thing. Smooth is not.

Shoot me an email and let's talk price and permits and stuff. It's been years since I had/bred any and I'm thinking this may be the year to get back into them.

Congrats too.

[email protected]
 
Sounds like lighting, not egg color, is the reason for the brown eggs. If that's the case, you probably have some winners there. Now you get to wait for 3-4 months.

Doug T
 
Culling

Today I checked on the eggs, and smelled the stench of death eminating from the little one. I kinda figured as much before, but thought I'd give it a chance anyway. Now it has to go. So I removed it. Two more give me a feeling of doubt, including the big boy, so I segragated them from the rest of the clutch. I never expected her to lay 12 eggs, let alone have all of them make it all the way to hatch. So I'm not too disapointed just yet. Heck,...I'm still pleased as punch. I'll be totaly satisfied if the rest make it. I won't be heart broken, unless none do. All the rest look and smell fine, but only time will tell. I'll continue to post both my triumphs, and failures. That's how we learn.
T.
 
two more

The other two, which I had suspected of being no good have shrunk, and colapsed, and turned funky colors. So they are gone. Now were down to 9. But I'm still optimistic! The "Q" word is not in my vocabulary. Period.
T.
 
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Wer'e still at 9 eggs. No funky colors, or rotton odor. However I'm finding it difficult to maintain the proper humidity/moisture level. It seems to be a balancing act between desication, and mold. And there are one or two more eggs, I'm concerned about. But we'll see. Having never done this before, it's a definate learning experience. I'll still be very happy if ANY make it all the way, and shocked if they all do. So cross your fingers, and toes, say your prayers, rub your Buhdah, or whatever voodoo you do. And I'll keep an eye on things here. Thanks,
T.
 
You can mist them off with water of the appropiate temperature. A spray bottle kept in the incubator is all you need to increase the humidity by very small increments.
 
Congrats Tony! I just saw this thread for the first time.
I've never incubated couperi eggs but the cribo eggs I've incubated were very hardy and didn't seem that sensitive to minor humidity fluctuations. I incubated mine on a shelf and I might have added a little water once during the entire incubation process. Couperi eggs might be different but I've never had a fertile cribo egg go bad during incubation and I don't obsess over them.

By the way, your eggs look fertile to me in the pic. I posted photos of my melanurus eggs last year and people thought they looked infertile. I think Dry eggs tend to look yellow and shiny in pics for some reason (I think it was the flash in my case).

I wish I lived in a state that allowed me to buy one of your babies. Being able to see them in the wild is a pretty good consolation prize though.
 

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Houston, we have first pip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I went in to check on the eggs today, and sometime within the last 24 hours, on day 100, the first baby pipped! I thought I was an emotional wreck before. Now I'm REALLY going nuts!!! So say your prayers, cross your fingers and toes, rub that buhda, and hopefully they will all emerge safe and healthy, very soon.
 

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That's awesome dude, congrats!!!

Hopefully they will ALL hatch out healthy & a few of the people on the list ahead of me will back out. :hehe:

Eric
 
Awesome! Congrats Tony! You gotta love it when even the moldy ones hatch :)
I can't wait to see pics when they're out. Days like this make me wish I wasn't a Floridian so I could keep a few of those guys.
Congrats again on being one of the few to have success with couperi this year.
 
Here's #1

This is the first one out. I guess you could call it "balck phase". He or she was out and about this morning. So I snapped a couple pics, and transfered into it's individual tub. I'm on cloud 9. I hope the feeling never fades!
T.
 

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Number two is out, but was very squirmy, so I didn't take a pic. Looking very nice, with no white, and an incredible blue glow.

But I have some bad news,...One which pipped yesterday, died in the egg for some reason. I think it just couldn't get out. There were scratch marks all over the inside of the egg, but the whole he had made at the top, had sealed itself up again. And compared to the other two, his belly had not absorbed any yoke. I guess he was just out of energy. If I'd known, I'd have run through a hail storm of bullets to save him. What a precarious buisness this is! I'm bummed about it, but not overwhelmed. I still have some degree of success. And I am thrilled for every one!!!

There are currently three more pipping at this time. Say your prayers, cross your fingers and toes, and rub that Buhda! PLEASE!!!
T.
 
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