For the 2011/12 breeding season we decided to try breeding the Burke Blue Arfak with Cimbaby (Eddie Aste Cimber x Blue Streak). We were successful in producing 16 neonates.
Burke Blue Arfak Female Cimbaby (EA06013vi) Male - Female shed October 13, 2011
- Cimbaby introduced, courtship observed October 14, 2011
- Copulation observed November 18, 2011
- Female refused food December 30, 2011
- Swelling observed January 11, 2012
- Prelay shed February 10, 2012
- February 24, 2012 twenty-one fertile eggs, no slugs laid. 320g clutch mass, 15.3g average egg mass. Unfortunately 3 were outside the beehive and subsequently perished.
- Clutch began hatching April 13, 2012. Two full term dead neonates, leaving 16 healthy hatchlings.
JEMS1220-JEMS1235JEMS1220 SOLDJEMS1221 HoldbackJEMS1222 SOLD
JEMS1223 SOLD
JEMS1225 SOLD
JEMS1226 SOLD
JEMS1227 SOLDJEMS1228 N/A JEMS1229 SOLD
JEMS1230 N/A JEMS1231 SOLDJEMS1232 SOLDJEMS1233 $1,650 shippedJEMS1234 SOLDJEMS1235 Holdback |
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