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Hi all. I'm new here on the forums. I have had great luck breeding kings and milks. This is my first year with bullsnakes. I have a very nice Kingsville red female I crossed with a Stillwater hypo from Rick Blairs line. What is the average incubation period for Bulls? Thanks in advance. Rich

P.s. I hope your surgery went well Jeremy. Nice bull!

Thanks for the well wishes Rich. Nice pair you've got there. Typically it is between 55 and 65 days for me. This can vary due to temperature. The cooler your temps the longer it will take. I would rather have cooler temps than too warm, but obviously avoid extremes either way. I typically let mine incubate on a shelf in the snake room at around 78 degrees. Good luck to you and take care!

Jeremy
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Jeremy Pierce
Shade Tree Exotics
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I second the comments above. Here in MT, the animals typically lay in mid to late June with hatchlings appearing in late August to mid September.

-Cole Grover

After a very successful day of milk snake hunting: (Left to right) Magnus Despain (Dell's son), Ryan Nafts, Bob, myself.

One of the animals found (photo by Dell Despain):

Nice king. Where in Mt are you? Where did you go milk snake hunting? By the way, it's day 56 and the first bull poked it's nose out this morning! Thanks for the responses, guy's! Rich
"Billings" MT

I'm in Billings. I take it you are also here? There are only a small number of us in the area, and most of us know one another. Perhaps we've met? You have e-mail.

I herp all over the state, really.

-Cole

Two of my herping buddies: Dell Despain (left) and Rich Marquess (right) in Powder River Co., MT

Obviously your breeding of the bulls panned out in spades! Got two of the beautiful babies to prove it!