They're hatching!!!!! UPDATED W/NEW PICS! DUW

[theOEGBman]

Well, on May 15th, my corn snake laid 19 eggs. I went camping that same day, and when I came home, I was up to 21 eggs. One was a dud, and the rest have been sitting on my shelf. Here is a link to my original post.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=182080


Anyways, they usually hatch around day 60, or at least that's the day when they can start. Of course, they wanted to take a bit longer! I went upstairs to turn on the A/C and I checked and sure enough, 3 pips! I got pics and I'll update with photos as they hatch! So far all look normal like momma, Im hoping for some color!

I checked them and the egg on the right in the pic has 2 babies in it!! Twinnnssss!!!

You can see its eye in this one!

*I deleted two pics to add some more!*

I've got 4 babies so far. My twins hatched and 2 other larger babies. They're all normals like their momma, and so are the rest that have pipped. Im beginning to think Im getting a whole clutch or normals, but Im ok with that!

Twins In the Egg...

Twins Out of the Egg... W/A Quarter

Twin In My Hand....

Babies When I First Found Them...

All Four Babies...

A Couple More Hatching....

And please folks, NO negative comments.

 

[chickenwhisperer123]

I have never seen a snake hatching... THATS REALLY COOL!!

Are the eggs as flexible and flimsy as they look?

 

[theOEGBman]

Thanks! Im glad you find it interesting and not disgusting, haha.

They're rubbery. Nothing like a chicken egg. They're kind of like a shell-less chicken egg, I guess you could say. They're very fun to poke.

 

[ladycrotalus]

I hatched out everglades rat snake eggs and leucistic texas rat snake eggs. What kind of incubator you using? I just use a hovabator. Are your corns any different morphs?

 

[theOEGBman]

Very cool! Im using my shelf!

That's how I've always hatched reptile eggs and it hasnt failed me yet. The mother is a normal, no known hets. She's a petstore buy, so I dont know. The father is an Amel het Butter Stripe. So even if they're all normals, they should have some interesting hets floating around!

 

[showme31]

awww, Jordan's a daddy. Congrats on the babies. My kids want to know what's with the bubbles?

Smiles
Jul

 

[gritsar]

Cool! Thinking of buying a bator, saw your pics and instantly thought what would DH think if I hatched some snake eggs?!?

 

[theOEGBman]

Thanks, Juls! Yeah, I am! Well, grand-daddy really, haha. I raised their momma from a little baby, its crazy to think her own babies are hatching now. The bubbles are just from the little guys breathing in the egg. They come up and get a breathe of air and if they're spooked or go back in the egg for some reason, when they release that breath it creates a big mess of bubbles!

 

[theOEGBman]

Kat! You'll never know until you try it!

 

[Kanchii]

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Jordan i nearly peed myself when I saw this thread, which I've been waiting to see for sooooo looooooooooooooong!!!

CONGRATS! SQUEEEEEEEEEE!

Ican't wait to see the first full body pics!

Also, you'll be pleased to know that I'm looking into a simple snake rack, and am planning on using it to breed my western hognoses, and I'm hoping to get either a pair of Hypo Lavenders, or a pair of Fires to breed.