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I just thought I would throw this out to everyone. This is a LEAN year for me with only one clutch of 12 eggs....but they will produce some knockout babies if they all hatch out okay. With a waiting list that far exceeds what I will have available, it sure would be nice to know who else is expecting (or already have) hatchlings so that I can refer people to you. Have a great weekend everyone (I know I will as a very generous person in California is donating his prized male eastern to my wildlife center for our display. Rob

Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm
City of Lake Forest Parks & Recreation (IL)

I bred only 2 easterns this year…one (the solid black snake) gave me 8 perfect eggs,
And the other (my huge 7’ female) laid a large clutch, but only 3 were fertile.

So…that’s it for me.

I think my big female is getting up there in years.
I’ll have another 2 (including a nice red female) ready to go this fall.

Oh, I also bred one TX, from which I have now 6 good eggs (the other 6 turned out infertile)

One clutch, down to six good eggs out of seven good to start with, due to hatch mid-June. One clutch of texas and one clutch of unicolor.