And we've got babies!!!!

finally got a video of one of the babies hatching. had to split it into two parts and take a little break b/c it didn't want to come out. pt 1 is a little long but you can see it moving its eyes and pt 2 is when it finally decided to come into the world. enjoy!!!

What a great video! As I was watching Part 1 I could hear crickets chirping in the background - it made me laugh; "yah, he's a cham owner" I thought, then I realized maybe it wasn't crickets on your video that I heard, but the crickets currently gut loading in my closet!! lol :rolleyes:

Anyways the babies are incredible...your sire and his daddy are both champs so I'm willing to bet the babies will do the bloodline proud! Congrats!
 
Haha! Just made my way through the entire,thread....WOWWW!! You are the Grand Poobah of successful breeders!! How have you kept your sanity in the face of so many babies?? What are you going to do when the 3rd clutch matures? Take a vacation? :D

Kudos to you....they are simply beautiful!! ;)
 
Holy smoke!! he's on fire!! very nice bud..

thx! franklin is a beast and he's the one that i know for sure which one he was when he was a baby. he was the greenest green out of any of the other babies.

What a great video! As I was watching Part 1 I could hear crickets chirping in the background - it made me laugh; "yah, he's a cham owner" I thought, then I realized maybe it wasn't crickets on your video that I heard, but the crickets currently gut loading in my closet!! lol :rolleyes:

Anyways the babies are incredible...your sire and his daddy are both champs so I'm willing to bet the babies will do the bloodline proud! Congrats!

lol. yeah, i have crickets everywhere. we're so used to the chirping it's ridiculous.

Haha! Just made my way through the entire,thread....WOWWW!! You are the Grand Poobah of successful breeders!! How have you kept your sanity in the face of so many babies?? What are you going to do when the 3rd clutch matures? Take a vacation? :D

Kudos to you....they are simply beautiful!! ;)

thx chammom. i have been truly blessed to have been so successful w/ breeding and raising these awesome babies. it's so fun to watch them all grow. unfortunately, no vacations for me right now. the 4th clutch started hatching!!! :eek::eek::eek:
 
Congrats!! I can't wait for mine to hatch....the weight is killing me. At what point have they been hatching (incubation time). Do you add any water when they get close? What temps are you using? Variation day night?
 
Congrats!! I can't wait for mine to hatch....the weight is killing me. At what point have they been hatching (incubation time). Do you add any water when they get close? What temps are you using? Variation day night?

thx rob! I know the feeling. mine started hatching right at 7 months. I don't add any water at any point in the incubation period. it varies but it stays in the range of 74-78 and it does fluctuate during the evening.
 
thx rob! I know the feeling. mine started hatching right at 7 months. I don't add any water at any point in the incubation period. it varies but it stays in the range of 74-78 and it does fluctuate during the evening.

Thx!! My first clutch is right at 8mo now and look close. My temps are 74 day and 68 night...but the past few days I have been keeping it at 74 day and night hoping to get them to pop. What incubation medium do you use? Have you had good overall hatch rates?
 
Thx!! My first clutch is right at 8mo now and look close. My temps are 74 day and 68 night...but the past few days I have been keeping it at 74 day and night hoping to get them to pop. What incubation medium do you use? Have you had good overall hatch rates?

I use coarse vermiculite. I haven't had any issues w/ it. what are you using?
 
thanks for the pics!
how do you guys do it?
i mean it must be a ton of work to get all the way through that process.
 
It's a lot of work but its worth it when you get babies that look this. :eek:

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BEAUTIFUL! I am so sad that I can't have one of your babes! :( I think cross-border import related costs should be less expensive and less stringent...breaks my heart that I can't have some of the babies I see on CF.

Great job...master breeder! :D
 
:eek::eek:Show off :D:D

He is awesome!!!

lol. thanks rob. :) this is the most colorful guy that I've seen that I've raised. he's gorgeous.

BEAUTIFUL! I am so sad that I can't have one of your babes! :( I think cross-border import related costs should be less expensive and less stringent...breaks my heart that I can't have some of the babies I see on CF.

Great job...master breeder! :D

thx! oh wow. "master breeder"! i'm no way near that status but i'm trying!!! I've been thinking about shipping to Canada b/c I've had many requests from Canadians. i'll have to look into this but it's not very cheap to cross the border. :(:(:(
 
here's his brother. he's showing some really nice reds.
 

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more babies!!! this guy joined us last week. :) yay! I can't wait to have a house full of babies again.
 

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