The eggs that were damaged/shaken (?) in transit weren't viable. :-( The fourth egg appears, so far, to be infertile, but I'm letting the societies incubate it for awhile longer to be sure.
On a brighter note, one of my society trios has at least one new hatchling. They flat refuse to scoot over a smidge so I can peek, and of course I don't want to force them, so the exact number of chicks will have to remain a mystery for the time being. I know for sure that they had at least 2 viable eggs. I'm hoping for some l'il crested babies! :-)
One of my M/M society pairs is sitting on 2 viable eggs. I candled them today and was able to see the little heartbeats. :-) Both are zebra eggs, but I misplaced the paper that told me which parents they belong to. I'll have to find it. They have 5 eggs total. All were viable at one time, but one was punctured somehow, and the other two failed to develop to the "heartbeat" stage. I suspect it happened because the two societies didn't incubate consistently at first. My guess is that they incubated enough to start the development, but once they temporarily stopped incubating, the eggs got too cold and the development stopped.
Some of my zebras are on viable eggs, too. I know of at least 7 good eggs at this point. :-)
Onyx and Blackie's youngster fledged a couple of days ago. The dad will need to be removed from the cage this morning. He's started picking on the baby. I have a new mate waiting for him, though. :-)
If all goes well, I'll have several societies and zebras available for adoption soon. :-)
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