Eggs, Tortoises Leopard tortoise hatching; Time lapse. Posted on May 12, 2019 by tortstork This is instahatch egg #55 that was shipped to me from a friend in Connecticut. It was laid on 1/12/19, shipped on 4/17/11 and started to hatch on 5/10/19. This is a time lapse of it hatching. I hope you enjoy. tortstork Instahatch #59 & #60 inspired me!!! Instahatch egg #64 reminded me why I started Tortstork.