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Pixel Pied x Black Pastel Pied update

When I came home his egg had rolled over and the middle of his body had spilled out, umbilical cord and yolk still attached (seems like less yolk). So I carefully righted the egg and slipped him back in. He looks a lot better today, his color is much darker. I almost wonder if his cord was twisted for a while and now is better?

I couldn't help but take a quick pic. I love how the stripes on his face meet up with his white marks! I'm really pulling for this one!

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Color yesterday

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Well the last one is still curled up in the egg. All the veins are gone, so I'm hoping that means he's absorbing the yolk as well. His color still looks good.
 
So here we are! Only three days late. No sign of pixelation, however two interesting traits. The most noticeably is the fact that s/he has the same 'two face' markings as the mother right down to the fact that it's the right side of the face that is browned out. the other interesting thing is the gray markings behind the neck and on the one patch of color.

The one thing I'm worried about is the fact that his/her head is noticeably smaller than the others. Not sure if this is going to be an issue or not.



Meet Semper (as in Semper Fi)


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Mom's face for comparison

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What a gorgeous baby omg. His face reminds me of pied retold, and those gray patches!! I gotta be that person and ask if that baby will go up for sale? XD
 
Closer inspection showed that Oorah has a *single* white scale on the back of her head. And the father has a patch on the back of his neck just like her. Once she gets a little bigger I'm going to see if that patch looks a little 'digital'.

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OMG, don't know how the heck I missed that!
So glad he/she made it out of the egg.
Just beautiful! Love the colors & markings (including color to white ratio).

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I shall flood you with pics of my new guys once they get their white rather than 'pink'. The first four are deep in blue right now, the fifth guy is still baby colors.

I hope his small head size isn't an issue. He doesn't look odd when he's on his own, but when you put him with his siblings it is significantly smaller (even though he weighs the same as them).
 
Well Nimitz and Fallon ate right out of the gate f/t no problems! The other two struck but didn't coil, and Semper is still waiting to shed for the first time. Still I'm happy that two of them ate so quickly without issue, now to get the other ones on board.
 
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