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The first things to figure out is what size prey you will need. If you need adult mice then then you have to factor in time to grow them out. Next is if you plan to feed live or euthanize and freeze.
If you have one corn snake that eats 1 live mouse a week. You would need about one buck and 4 does (separate) and rotate him between each doe every week since gestation is roughly 21 days. You might be able to get away with 3 does. In theory you would be getting a litter a week to provide you with enough to feed the snake. Just assuming each litter is 10 babies, the snake eats 4 a month, that leaves you with 36 extra mice per month.
If you can euthanize and freeze then you would only need one buck and one doe. Figure a litter of 10 per month, the snake eats 4. You are left with a surplus of only 6 extra frozen mice.
So the real comparison is if you want to pay for feed for the 36 babies + 5 breeders or just food for the 2 breeders.
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