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I'll start at the beginning... about 2 years ago a friend brought me 2 young corn snakes in a 10 gal tank. they were bought a different times but housed together. the seemed to get along fine so even after moving them to a larger tank I kept them together... a while back I was watering and found them locked up. no prep no cooling just happened... when I noticed the female getting larger I set her up with a nest box and removed the male. sure as could be 15 eggs appeared on march 6th. after moving the eggs to the incubator I gave her back her companion and they immediately locked up again. today the eggs have started hatching I have one brave snake that left the egg and 11 little heads poked out of their eggs only one egg spoiled ad was removed 2 weeks ago. not bad for a first time accident. anyways, my local reptile guy said the female probably would not be ovulating if she just laid eggs, but she is starting to plump up again. I gave her back the box just incase but have not removed the male.... so I guess the big question is do I keep the incubator set up for another round?

female is the darker orange with black rings and partial stripe, male has almost no black and very little white on his belly. I'm sure these are just nicely colored wild types and not expecting anything extravagant to come out of the eggs

Some females will breed twice in a single season if they are in good enough condition. As in having enough stored fat for a second round of eggs. The second clutch is usually a small one.

If your female locked with the male then the odds are good she will go again. A non-breeding or pregnant (does not apply in your case) female will reject the advances of a male.

Your care must be excelent for the female to be ready to produce again so soon, congradulations.

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1.0 BP Nicodemus
0.4 Cal Kings 3 alb 1 het Dora Queen Ace Pearl
2.0 Alb Corn Bizaar Elixir
0.0.1 Rev Alb Nelsons Oden?

Thanks for the info and complement, I try my best to provide care for all my snakes.

Can I get any luckier, 2 of the eggs ended up having albino faces piking out, one egg remains

Wow! A 45 day incubation is quick. What was the incubation temp?

Those adults look like hypos to me, as does the baby.

This is one of my first hatchlings from back in 2004.

Great job!

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Kent

1.1 Hypo (het lavender, striped) cornsnakes, 2010
1.2 Gray-banded kingsnakes, blairs phase, 2008 (and 14 eggs)
1.1 Oregon rubber boas, WC, 20??

I set my home made incubator. (styro cooler, submersible aquarium heater, ect) to 82*f. I thought the male might be hypo because of the lack of black, either way they are both alot oranger than most the wild ones I've seen pictures of. is it common to get random albino from a clutch or maybe one of these has a albino in the gene pool, I ended up with 3 out of this clutch

I am assuming by "albino" you mean amelanistic rather than snow. In order get amel offspring, two normal (or hypo) parents would each have to be het for amel. To get snows both parents would have to be het for amel and anerythristic.
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Kent

1.1 Hypo (het lavender, striped) cornsnakes, 2010
1.2 Gray-banded kingsnakes, blairs phase, 2008 (and 14 eggs)
1.1 Oregon rubber boas, WC, 20??

You would be correct, these are not snow, but these three are more the light pink with neon orange markings and pink eyes. I'll know more about what they look like when they show more than just their faces. These 3 and 3 others are still in the eggs just poking thier heads out

Post some pics of the babies when you can.
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Kent

1.1 Hypo (het lavender, striped) cornsnakes, 2010
1.2 Gray-banded kingsnakes, blairs phase, 2008 (and 14 eggs)
1.1 Oregon rubber boas, WC, 20??

so if both parents are hypo and het for amel would I call these babies hypo double het for amel?

If both parents are hypo, the non-amel babies are hypo het for amel. The amel babies got two copies of the amel gene, one from each parent, and are thus homozygous for the amel gene.
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Kent

1.1 Hypo (het lavender, striped) cornsnakes, 2010
1.2 Gray-banded kingsnakes, blairs phase, 2008 (and 14 eggs)
1.1 Oregon rubber boas, WC, 20??

I like the look of those corns, Congratulations!
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