From breeding a pair of "normal looking" siblings that were sired by the "Platty Daddy".........I want to see if the Platty has a "hidden" recessive gene that makes him appear the way he does?.........so I figure breeding any of his offspring together should show me that gene............if it is there??................ain't it fun!!.........;)...........( 01 plat sib f # 2 )

Here is a pic of mom on her eggs

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3.2 hatched on 7/18/03....all look perfectly normal to me.............this is the first clutch and the first time I bred normal "Platty Sibs" together..........I will still continue to try.............heck...........they could be 50% poss het for "Lucy"..........

03 plat sibsib male # 1,2,3
03 plat sibsib female # 1,2

From breeding a normal female to BHB's and my "Bumble Bee" male............this project has to be genetic!!......( n f # 1 rick )

Here is a pic of mom on her eggs

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Hatched

4.3 "het" for "Bumble Bee" hatched on 7/21/03..............I was "banking" that this would be co-dom??...................so I will raise these up "as hets" and breed them back to the father and each other..........:)

03 het bumble bee male # 1,2,3,4
03 het bumble bee female # 7,8,9

From breeding a Double Het For VPI Snow male to a Double Het FOR VPI Snow female...........this is the female who was a "poss het" last breeding season..........she was bred to the DH male and produced 5 eggs ( last year ).........1 of the 5 eggs was a Snow Ball...............so this year I did it again............6 eggs ..........hopefully I will get "lucky" again............)..........( 00 DH Snow vpi f # 1 )

Here is a pic of mom on her eggs

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Hatched

1.1 Axanthic 66% poss het for Snow and 4.0 poss double het for Snow hatched on 7/18/03...........NO SNOWS!!!.........1 in 16 ain't as easy as we all think........;)............so when you do produce a Snow Ball.............you can count your blessings.........;)

03 axanthic 66% poss het for snow male # 1
03 axanthic 66% poss het for snow female # 1
03 poss double het snow male # 1,2,3,4
All from the "VPI line"

From breeding a "Goblin Type" male to a normal female...........another "Dinking around" project.......;)...........this male is NOT my original "Goblin"...........he is another male that I picked up because I thought he would go good with the "Goblin Project"...........both the male and female are African imports raised from babies........( weird f )

Here is a pic of mom on her eggs

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Hatched

1.3 " Het Goblin type 2 " hatched on 7/21/03...........they do look a little "funky"...........I will raise up the three daughters and breed them back to pop...........yep............"dinking"..............:)

03 het gob 2 male # 1
03 het gob 2 female # 1,2,3

From breeding a DH Snow "Jolliff Line" male to a DH Snow "Jolliff Line" female ............hopefully I will hatch another "Jolliff Snow Ball" this year!! ( dhsn jolliff f # 1 - 2nd )

Here is a pic of mom on her eggs

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1.0 Albino 66% possible het for "Jolliff Snow" and 4.1 possible double het for Snow hatched on 7/24/03..............yepper..........this is the female who produced the first Jolliff Snow Ball male in the world last year!!...............my double hets are "humbling me" BIGTIME this year........;)

03 Albino 66% phsn male # 1
03 pdhsn male # 2,3,4,5
03 pdhsn female # 2
All from the "Jolliff Line "

From breeding my "Anery" male to a het female that was produced by NERD............more Ghosts?? ( 99 het anery f # 1 )

Here is a pic of mom on her eggs

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Hatched

2.2 het Anery hatched on 7/24/03.............no Ghosts this time???...........I hope I prove this damn gene out one year?!...............I have a female who produced eggs from a het that I produced here..............so maybe I will see some baby Anerys soon???????

03 het anery male # 1,2
03 het anery female # 1,2

From breeding my "Butter Ball" male to a normal female............Mark and Kim Bell also have a "Butter Ball"...........theirs and mine were both imported from Africa and are both males............the Bell's have produced from their male.............so far it is a dominant gene............so I expect to see some baby "Butters" in this clutch.......;) ( nf # 1 )

Here is a pic of mom on her eggs

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Hatched

2.6 baby "Butters" and 1.1 normal looking "Butter Sibs" hatched on 7/23/03............I finally produced from my wild caught "Butter male"!!...........these are extremely similar to my "Lesser Plattys"..............is the Butter a Lesser?.............who knows??.............this is a brand new bloodline for sure.........I will have to see how the colors in the Butters look as they mature.............they do resemble Lessers at the moment.............but they seem to be slightly different in color..............anyway...........I'm totally stoked to finally produce from my stubborn Butter male........;)............only one pair of these will be sold this year........this is as fresh as it gets.............:) ..............here is a pic of a nice pile of snakies..........;)

03 butter male # 1,2
03 butter female # 1,2,3,4,5,6
03 butter sib male # 1
03 butter sib female # 1

From breeding a "Lesser Platty" male to a normal looking "sibling" female ( both were sired by the Platty Daddy ).............I'm hoping to reveal a "hidden gene"..............I'm wondering if the Platty Daddy is also homozygous for a simple recessive trait that makes him look so different from his "lesser" offspring??.............I would expect more "Lessers" from this clutch...........and who knows what else????????? ( 01 platty sib f # 4 )

Here is a pic of mom on her eggs

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Hatched

2.1 Lesser Platty and 0.1 normal hatched on 7/27/03.....one egg went bad...........so Lesser Platty bred to a normal or anything else DOES produce more Lessers...........this breeding was to a Lesser Sibling female............I was hoping to see "another morph" in this clutch..............I have two more tries of this type of breeding to see if the Platty gene will expose another "hidden trait".......;)

03 Lesser male # 1,2
03 Lesser female # 2
03 Lesser Sib female # 1

From breeding a "Granite / Speckled" male to a " Granite / Speckled" female.............both were raised from babies out of Africa...........who knows what the heck to call these things?............I think they are pretty and could be made better ( if genetic? )............More "Dinking Around!!" ( spec/str f # 1 )

Here is a pic of mom on her eggs

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2.2 hatched on 7/28/03..............3 of these babies are "Granites"...............who knew??...............three of these babies look exactly like the mom..........I believe that dad had nothing to do with it............he has sired clutches before producing nothing but normal looking babies..........or did I get two of the same "lined up"...........I would say no............I would say that this is dominant for now..............maybe a "Super Granite" will look like a Granite Burm??...............cool stuff!!...........I have been "dinking" with the Granites for several years ............actually joking about them..........and here they are!! pic # 1..........pic # 2

03 granite male # 1,2
03 granite female # 1,2