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PNG Jags are hatching

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Thought I'd give an update on the PNG Jags, they started hatching Sat. and of the 23 eggs 10 have hatched so far with a bunch of heads still sticking out of eggs. I'm real pleased with this clutch, mom has a reduce pattern but I didn't think I'd get babies with as reduced pattern as some of these have.
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even the sibs have really reduced patterns
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Harald, Papua New Guinea a different local.

here's mom laying eggs
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a couple of yearling NGs
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Very cool, Randy. That reduced pattern is awsome.
What was the final count on that clutch? What was the ratio of jags to normals?

Thanks, Charlie
 
Thanks guys,,, Charlie out of 23 eggs there were 17 Jags, 1 I'm unsure of being Jag or sib and 5 sibs. So a rather high percentage of sibs, some have already eaten there first time so looks like these guys are getting off to a good start.. Randy
 
WOW, 17 out of 23 is GREAT!! You lucked out on that one.
I would really like to see more pics of them (particlarly the reduced pattern ones)

Will you be producing any of the NG carpets..........I mean from a pure NG x NG pairing?

Cha~
 
Hey Charles, yeah was kind of strange getting so many Jags still haven't decided if the one is or not. I'll wait till they all shed and get some pics posted of the super reduced pattern ones. Got a lot of striping in this bunch as well, thought I'd get some but not this much. Going to make deciding on keepers tough as I plan to keep a max of 4 of them.

I have 2.2 NGs ,, 1.1 WC and the other pair CBB, the CB male was 2 young to go this past season or I would have used him instead of the Jag. My adult male WC was to new to even think of trying. I'm thinking of taking my WC male to my CBB female this season. As far as the mother of this clutch I'm undecided, sort of thinking of repeating the breeding to see if it comes out like this one did. Or trying here with the CBB male or ??? lol. Looking for another female Jag to try with one of these boys as well to see what they do when mixed with a Jag.. Randy
 
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