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Well I got my first corn clutch and it was good and bad. Nice in the experience and in the total number of eggs but bad in the apparent fertilization rate. Looks like 14 of the 17 eggs lade are infertile to me. Hopefully at least the three good ones might prove out some of the possible hets in the parents. The mother is a whiteout 66%anery 50%hypo and the father is a fire 66%lavender 66%anery 66%charcoal.

I had 2 questions:
1) am I right in assuming that all 14 darker eggs are infertile?
2) is there any way to safely remove the bad eggs from the good ones? I ask since the bad ones in the pile are "glued" to the good ones.

Here's the pic.

Thanks for any info,

Sean.
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1.1 BRB
0.1 Pacific Gophersnake(unproven Hypo)
1.0 Amel Pacific Gophersnake
0.1 Striped Anery Pacific Gophersnake
1.1 Triple Het TPRS's
0.1 Silver TPRS
1.1 Amel Bloodred Corns
0.1 Abbott Okeetee Corn
0.1 Blizzard Bloodred Corn
1.1 Thayeri Kingsnakes
0.1 Reeve's Turtle
0.2 Amstaff's
1.0 Pudytat

If they're stuck too tight, just leave them. A little anti-fungal powder on the bad eggs can limit the rot, but I doubt there's much else you can do.
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Ethans Den

I would venture to say that the others are all bad. Usually the sooner to seperate the better. Duds usually come off easier as they are more moist. i can almost always get bad eggs off good ones. Just be careful, and if you have to damage one, make sure its the bad one.
Also, eventually the bad eggs will shrivel or dry some and be easier to take off if they are firmly attached. Many people suggest leaving them, but I prefer to take them off.Its hard to describe in writing on how to get them seperated, what it looks like when you are ok and where it is too damaging to the eggs to seperate. i have kinda developed a "feel" for ones that can be seperated and ones that should be left alone.
Mind you, I am no expert and have only a few years under my belt.
Plus, some people are more comfortable doing certain things than others.
I hope this helped some.....?
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****Misty****

www.sneakyserpents.com

"Due to intense Mind fog, all thoughts have been grounded."

Yeah, I'd be more willing to try more "rough" procedures if there were more good eggs in the clutch. In the picture I had already removed a couple of bad ones but the bulk of them were stuck on securely enough that trying to remove them was pulling the good one out of shape so I stopped before it could rip the egg.

Mainly I wasn't sure how big a concern it was. Essentially whether I needed to remove the bad by cutting the bad egg if it came to that. Also if I cut one off if there was anything I needed to worry about when doing so. Such as do I need to worry about egg material getting on the good eggs.

Sean.
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1.1 BRB
0.1 Pacific Gophersnake(unproven Hypo)
1.0 Amel Pacific Gophersnake
1.1 Triple Het TPRS's
0.1 Silver TPRS
1.1 Amel Bloodred Corns
0.1 Abbott Okeetee Corn
0.1 Blizzard Bloodred Corn
1.1 Thayeri Kingsnakes
0.1 Reeve's Turtle
0.2 Amstaff's
1.0 Pudytat

most people just rec. leaving them if they are too hard to get off. The 'big names" have said a bad egg touching a good egg will not make the good one go bad.
As I said, there is a chance that when the bad ones get older, they may come off, or dry up and be easier to remove.
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****Misty****

www.sneakyserpents.com

"Due to intense Mind fog, all thoughts have been grounded."