The Third Annual Bailey Reptiles Clutch Contest is Here!!!

[muddoc]

EDIT by JLC: The contest is over! Congrats to the winner, Anatess! Anatess guessed Normal Female 68.0 grams. The animal first out was a Normal Female that weighed 66.5 grams.

This is the third annual Bailey & Bailey Clutch Contest. First of all, I would like to thank the wonderful admin here at BP.net for allowing us to hold this contest on their site. With that said, I asked and was granted permission by the BP.net Staff to hold this contest on their site (contests are only allowed by permission). As per the Admin of BP.net, any and all Staff members (this includes Admins and Moderators) are not allowed to participate in the contest (they are however encouraged to guess just for fun).

PLEASE READ EVERYTHING BEFORE POSTING!!!

The contest will work like this. The person that correctly guesses the phenotype (appearance)(more than one gene involved is a possibility, i.e. Double co-dominant or double dominant) and gender of the first snake “OUT OF THE EGG” will win that snake. In the event that more than one person has guessed the phenotype and gender, the person closest to the actual weight will prevail. Therefore, make sure that a hatchling weight guess is included in your post. Everyone is allowed ONE guess. Your guess needs to include phenotype, gender and weight. Although there is a possibility that the babies of this clutch could be carrying (i.e. Het or Poss Het) some recessive genes, I will not require that to be included in your guess, as I won’t know for sure if it is carrying them or not. Please do not PM me with your guess, just include it in a response to this thread. Due to the possibility of there being legal ramifications (of which I can find no laws in the state of Louisiana) we are not going to take the chance of giving away a live animal. Therefore, we will sell the animal to the winner for the whopping sum of $1 plus actual shipping charges (Note: If you are attending a show that we will be at, we can deliver the animal to you, as this is what we did the first year, the second year, we shipped the winning animal). We do have our export permits, but due to the cost involved with shipping international packages, I cannot honor guesses made by our International friends on the site (however, once again, they are encouraged to participate for fun).

Disclaimer: Minors(under the age of 18) are encouraged to participate, however, I will need parental consent before sending the animal to the minor(i.e. I need to speak to a parent on the phone).

Here are all of the details that may help you come up with a guess:

1.This is Clutch #33 for 2010

2.The female is a Normal that is 9 years old

3.Her name is Lucy (she was the dame for the first annual contest)

4.16 different co-dom/dom males were introduced to her enclosure (some were carrying or displaying recessive traits)

5.of the 16 males, 9 of them were visually copulating with her

6.She had her Post Ovulation Shed on June 15th

7.She laid her eggs late in the evening on July 15th and weighed

8.The clutch of 8 eggs all candled good, and weighed 826.0 grams

9.The average egg size is 104.2 grams

Lastly, I wanted to mention that although we typically cut our eggs on day 52, we will be waiting until day 56 to cut these eggs, as that is the day that we typically see heads after cutting. If someone pips prior to day 56, we will cut all of the eggs. The first snake out of the eggs is the winner. Everyone please have fun making your guesses, and we’d like to thank everyone for participating.

Below is a link to last year’s contest for anyone that wants to check it out. Last year’s winner did take home a Male Cinnamon 50% Possible Het for Hypo. If you follow the link, there is a link to the First Annual Contest

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=96998

NOTE: Please make sure that you review all of the guesses before making yours, as if any guess is a duplicate of another, the first person to guess will be the winner, and you are not allowed a second guess if you make a mistake.

Here are the pics of the female on eggs, the eggs in the tub and the eggs set up in the incubator box before resting in their home for the next 60 days.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

I think I need to resign from my mod position so I can FINALLY play

[PythonChick]

Whoohoo! I love this time of year! You are awesome for putting on this game!

My guess is:

Female Enchi 65 grams!

[mainbutter]

Male champagne 66 grams

crosses fingers

[joepythons]

Female bumblebee 67 grams

[ted1025]

female pin 64 grams

[Quiet Tempest]

I'm guessing.. Female Pinstripe.. 55 grams

[cboocks]

Female Mojave 63grams

[Samsa]

Male pinstripe, 67 grams.

[stratus_020202]

Male spider, 65 grams