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2nd clutch of 2014 - blasted babies

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Some of you may have seen my last thread - in which I admitted to not noticing that the probe had become dislodged, which caused lower than intended temperatures. While I could be off on the lay date (I didn't write them down); I was pretty sure that this clutch was laid on 4/10.....so it took a full 70 days for them to hatch.
I haven't sexed them yet, and my camera battery was dead; so I'll update with that stuff later....
In the meantime, the clutch consists of:
one reduced pattern normal
one pinstripe
one lemon blast
one super pastel
two super blasts

I'm happy with the breakdown; and the babies are all pretty nice looking, too (but I'll let the pictures speak for themselves later). Hopefully the lemon blast is a female - because Emily has been waiting patiently for it.
 
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I was cleaning them up, and putting them in a different container, so I did the pics in groups of 3.
First: normal, pinstripe, lemon blast
Second: super pastel, super blast, super blast

*Edited to add - first check looks like 1.5, with the lone male being one of super blasts (obviously, I'll be checking that again; but it looks right)
 

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Better to be on the cool side than on the hot side though! That was a lucky break with an unlucky situation. Great looking clutch.
 
I didn't weigh them.
FWIW, I'm not convinced one could make much of a correlation since I've got such a wide range of egg sizes this year.
 
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