First clutches of the year

[Corey Woods]

I've gotten my first Ball python eggs of the season. The first clutch was my largest clutch that I've ever had...........14 eggs! I couldn't believe it! These were laid on Tuesday from the father of the Red Axanthics bred to a normal. On average 1/2 will be Hets and 1/2 will be normals.

<img src="http://coreywoods.com/BallBreeding/14HetRedAxanthicEggs9795.jpg">

The second clutch was laid today. 8 eggs from my Red Axanthic bred to a normal. She's got a very nice pattern to her for a normal.

<img src="http://coreywoods.com/BallBreeding/8HetRedAxanthicEggs9802.jpg">

<img src="http://coreywoods.com/BallBreeding/8HetRedAxanthicEggs9803.jpg">

I thought I'd just throw in these last 2 pics. This is my gravid green ghost...........I'm not really sure what type of ghost she is. She could either be a green ghost or a very old Orange Ghost (she is over 14 years old). She was bred by my Super Pastel.

<img src="http://coreywoods.com/BallBreeding/GreenGhost9757.jpg">

Last but not least a little Orange Ghost female. I hope to produce these this year (a couple clutches are on the way).

<img src="http://coreywoods.com/OrangeGhosts/OrangeGhostFemale9721.jpg">

Enjoy,
Corey

[Tim_Cranwill]

Sweet! I love ghosts. :)

Good luck, Corey!

[Simon Hamelin]

WoW Corey

you work too much hard.....
take a break man.........;)

good luck

[elevation24]

WOW! 14 eggs! That is awesome!

Great pictures!! Best of luck to you! :)

[Stockwell]

'at a Boy Corey!! Fantastic,........Congrats
and it starts!!!
I sure hope you're going to have enough incubator room.
see you Friday

[Ron]

Awesome Corey! Hope to see some Orange Ghosts from you, let me know cause it will definitely change my purchase plans.

[emroul]

Hey, congrats! How big was that female (before she was gravid) that laid 14!!!! eggs? That's insane! Best of luck with all your clutches this year.

Jennifer

[NiagaraReptiles]

Congrats Corey, they all look awesome! I thought that last one was going to be the Pastel Ghost.........holy crap that little girl is amazing!! Yep, I'm sure of it......Orange Ghosts are my favorite :D

Looking forward to lots of hatchling pics!

JonK

[LTownsend]

Very Nice Corey!!....Love that little orange ghost....she's awesome!!

[BoidKeeper]

Wow, 14! Is that some kind of record?
Congrats,
Trevor

[Stav.T]

Corey those are fantastic looking balls! It seems you are heading towards another busy season.

Congrats!
Stav

[Invictus]

14 eggs is insane. Congrats!! Good luck with them.:)

[Jeff_Favelle]

That's dope Corey! I hope you get great odds with all the stuff this year! :D

[MouseKilla]

Originally posted by Corey Woods
These were laid on Tuesday from the father of the Red Axanthics bred to a normal. On average 1/2 will be Hets and 1/2 will be normals.


Why will only half be hets??

[hiss-hers pyth]

Wow Corey! That's a good start to your season, all the best, congrats...

Michael

[RandyRemington]

To answer that you have to know that the "father of the Red Axanthics" is a het red axanthic (i.e. an adherent black back). Het X normal = about 50/50 hets.

I think the record is somewhere around 16 - 18 but this girl came darn close.

[MouseKilla]

Father was a 100% het, right... duh! I should have been able to piece that together myself but I thought I had read that the father was a red axanthic. My mistake (naturally!).

[RandyRemington]

I read it the same way the first couple times, thinking the father was a red axanthic. Later I remembered (I think) that Corey purchased the original pair of black back hets from Snake Keeper. Wonder if they held on to any of that project? I'm don't even remember for sure if they where said to be captive bred or not. Just goes to show that you never know ...