The Garcia Family

Mom Garcia laid today. I didn't do nearly as good of job feeding her this year as Marshall did last year when she laid 14. Looks like 8 good eggs and 3 little duds.

Sorry, no pictures. I had stolen 2 of the rechargeable batteries out of the camera last night to check some older eggs and my wife threw the flashlight away in spring cleaning this morning. I seem to be flashlight cursed. My son has broken every one I've bought in the last 10 years and just when I finally thought he was old enough to buy another now my wife strikes (she thinks anything having to do with my snakes must be junk).

Congrats Randy! I'm excited to see what hatches out from her this year!

Very nice mother and children :) I hope there are even more pretty ones in the eggs for you this year. The chocolate baby is incredible with that pattern and that mojave has some awesome striping going on.

I finally got an updated picture of the Garcia mom's 08 son who is one of the possible fathers of the 09 clutch.

http://homevtour.home.comcast.net/~h...MMVT01_med.jpg

He is probably just a mojave but can't wait for the end of July for a chance to maybe find out.

exciting times Randy! keep me posted on what happens im just as excited as you cause it could mean mines a chocolate too:D

Thanks. I think your's is based on the picture you posted the other day and the feedback you got from chocolate breeders. I dug my flashlight out the other day and my clutch doesn't look so good. Hopefully a few of the eggs will make it and I'll hit on something. If not, there is always next year. Still very disapointing to loose any of the eggs.

I seem to have the worst luck on the most important clutches. In 2003 I had two kinked dead albinos in the two good eggs from a clutch from 66% het albino X 50% het albino. I've got two more clutches from the same odds parents again this year so maybe one of those eggs will be my overdue lucky one.