First clutch is hatching

Today is day 53 for a clutch of spider x normal. When I checked them this morning I had two heads pipped already, so I cut them. I looks like I'm going to get a couple of lookers from this clutch.

mom on eggs
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...9bedc0f9e1.jpg

freshly laid
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...b3914eb0a6.jpg

day 51
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...0d9a39ba8b.jpg

pipping
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...688ffc31b8.jpg

pipping
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...3677f3cc6f.jpg

some great looking hatchlings

Great odd's Bro gotta see them out the egg.

Congrats on the odds!!! Can't wait to see them out of the egg

Congrats Jake! I can't wait to see see them out of the egg! Do you have a picture of dad?

Nice work Jake.
Cool odds:gj:

Thanks guys. I'll post more pics once they are out and cleaned up. I was ecstatic to see 5 spiders from 6 eggs. This was the clutch I incubated using moist cypress mulch to do substrate-less. I kept the humidity lower the entire time, and as you can see, they looked great the whole time, and all of them made it to the end.

Congrats on the great odds :gj:

wow man, very cool

Damn you all on these awesome odds! :P

The normal BP gods seem to just LOVE me!

Can't wait to see all these spiders out of the eggs!

awsome, cant wait to see them once there out

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Originally Posted by LGL

Congrats Jake! I can't wait to see see them out of the egg! Do you have a picture of dad?

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Here's dad. I don't have any better pictures right now.
http://jwexotics.com/Breeding%20pair...der5-23-09.jpg

I wish I had luck like you my last clutch was five eggs and it was 4 normals and 1 spider. You go 3 and 3 so that's 50/50. Good for you!

Daniel

Congratulations, those are some great odds. nice looking babies too.

Real nice babies! Can't wait to see them out of the eggs :) It is a good start to the year!

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Originally Posted by PythonWallace

Thanks guys. I'll post more pics once they are out and cleaned up. I was ecstatic to see 5 spiders from 6 eggs. This was the clutch I incubated using moist cypress mulch to do substrate-less. I kept the humidity lower the entire time, and as you can see, they looked great the whole time, and all of them made it to the end.

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Well congrats :banana::banana:.Now you need to send me 3 :rolleyes:

Great clutch! I've seen some amazing odds from folks posting this season.

Awww! They look gorgeous. Can't wait to see a full profile of the little buggars. :)

Congrats Jake! Can't wait to see them all out of their current homes!

Awesome odds!!! Congrats!!!

Great odd's

Congrats

Two were out when I woke up this morning, and the other four made it out throughout the day. I didn't see a single alien head until the fourth snake was out. Most of them have nice reduced patterns with few to no alien heads. The babies from this pairing look exactly like I hoped they would, so I couldn't be happier.

Here's the entire clutch
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...d269165d43.jpg

Just the spiders
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...b5a4bc49ad.jpg

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...4406269101.jpg
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...9ff4e20110.jpg
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...52b51965db.jpg
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...2eb96ed8ef.jpg
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...c71289f84b.jpg

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Originally Posted by PythonWallace

Thanks guys. I'll post more pics once they are out and cleaned up. I was ecstatic to see 5 spiders from 6 eggs. This was the clutch I incubated using moist cypress mulch to do substrate-less. I kept the humidity lower the entire time, and as you can see, they looked great the whole time, and all of them made it to the end.

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Great looking Spiders Jake and amazing odds......Wow cypress mulch. I was wondering what that was in the pictures. The eggs held up great :):):):)
Gotta try that next year.....Thanks

those r some nice looking spider!

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Originally Posted by spk329

Great looking Spiders Jake and amazing odds......Wow cypress mulch. I was wondering what that was in the pictures. The eggs held up great :):):):)
Gotta try that next year.....Thanks

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It worked great. Here is the original thread where I talk about the mulch and other substrates. http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=91924

I sexed and separated this clutch today. I ended up with 2.3 spiders and 0.1 normal. Woot! There are two that are exceptionally nice and reduced. I wasn't really paying attention when I was separating them, but I'm hoping one of those two is a male, to replace my current breeder male spider. I still don't know if I want to hold back any female spiders, since they are dominant, and I already have a male spider and a male bee. I wasn't planning on it, but I might have to hold one of these sweet girls back. Once they shed I'll post some more pictures. Thanks again for all the comments.

Amazing:gj:
I have seen no odds under 50% yet

Amazing odds Jake! Big congrats bro! Those are some beautiful spiders...

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Originally Posted by cheesy feet

Amazing:gj:
I have seen no odds under 50% yet

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I know, right! Earlier in the season people seemed to be hitting amazing odds, and Mike Cavanaugh said that if we took all the hatchlings from this season, it would even out to the odds that were to be expected. I agreed, but it hasn't seemed to slow down at all, and now I'm not so sure.

Unless people are just not posting clutches that don't hit great odds, I would say the members from this site definitely had the odds god on our sides this season. I wish there was a way to figure out exactly how lucky the members here got with their clutch odds this season. Maybe I'll start a thread so we can try and figure it out.