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My female corn has finnaly laid 9 fertile eggs on july 11th. I have a couple questions. I have followed all the guidelines for incubating from Kathy Loves book and i am wondering it has been 2 days now. Do the eggs eventually dry and get hard shelled like chicken eggs or will they always stay soft to the touch? And if the father was a anery type A and the mother a snow what can i be expecting?

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1.1 Columbian red tails (Zeus, Athena)
1.1 Corn snakes (Appolo, Boreas)
0.1 King snake tri striped cal morph (Helios)

The eggs will be "soft" to the touch but they will get alittle bigger as time goes on, then as hatching time nears they will dimple and then hatch....Good luck...
You "should" get Anery A het for Amel....
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CD
Corns(Adults)
1.0 Snow
0.1 Banded Motley het Amel
0.1 Blizzard het Anery A
Corns(Sub-adult)
1.0 Bloodred het Pewter
1.0 Anerythristic

>>The eggs will be "soft" to the touch but they will get alittle bigger as time goes on, then as hatching time nears they will dimple and then hatch....Good luck...
>>You "should" get Anery A het for Amel....

I believe you should get some snows too, still learnin here so take it as just what it is a "slightly" educated guess
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A.J.
1.0.0- Amel Motley Corn- Valentine (R.I.P 5/20/05)
0.1.0- Snow Corn- Artica
1.0.0- Normal Corn- Ember
1.0.0- Ball Python- G.T.
1.0.0- Snow Pine- Snocone (no pattern)

You will only get snows and amels if you're anery is het for amel. If he isn't, you will get all anerys. (Unless of course BOTH parents are het for something else, then you could get a bunch of surprises) The eggs should stay soft the whole time. Congrats and good luck!
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15 new babies!
1.0 Anery Corn-Astro
0.1 Normal Corn-Cheyenne
0.1 Amel Striped Corn-Becky
1.0 Creamsicle-Diablo
0.1 Hypo Corn-Echo
1.0 Snow Corn-Frosty
1.0 Dachshund-Sandy
0.1 Beagle-Josie
0.1 Tabby-Nicki
2.7 Rats

Do the eggs eventually dry and get hard shelled like chicken eggs or will they always stay soft to the touch?

What do you mean by soft. Pic would help. They might be slugs if they are still soft!

i know once my chickens lay their eggs, they are automatically hard...as my corn eggs arent soft like a kitten, they are kinda leathery-like.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SNAKIES~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Corns:
.1 Normal (Gertrude)
1. unknown hypo? normal? (Romeo)
1.2 Miami Phase (Hector, Emily, Charlotte) thanks jeff!
1. Amel het Blizzard (Dunesbury)
1. Classic het Hypo, poss het Amel, Anery (Cobra)
1.1 Classics (Henry VIII, Cassy [Emilys babies])
.1 Amel (Pepperoni)
1.1 Hypo zig zags poss het Caramel (Bernard, Abegail)
.1 Classic het Hypo, Stripe (Gracie Lou)
1.1 Anery het Motley (Lleroy, Persia)

Rats:
1.1 Black rats (Willard, Cecily)

Cal Kings:
1.1 Striped Cal Kings (Dweezil, Skunky)

Other:
0.0.1 Worm Snake

~~~~~~~~~~~~~LEOPARD GECKOS~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1. Normal het Midnight Blizzard (Mr. Spot)
.1 Blizzard (Blitz)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~TURTLES~~~~~~~~~~~~
.1 white cheeked mud (Opel)
.1 snapping turtle (no name)