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First ever Pippies! Anything good?

CornBoy

CornBoy

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Wahoo! :D
16 of the 19 have hatched, still waiting on 3 eggs.
Sorry for the bad pictures...
Well, from above, all the babies look completely normal, I wasn't expecting more, but from below, I see there ARE differences! Daddy has split belly checkers and is het for bloodred. Mamma is a nice normal, unknown hets. Can anyone tell me what I can deduce from this picture about the mother's hets ?? And, does anything look promising so far? What's with the rosy colored bellies?
Thanks!
Rob
 

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Very cute! The only thing you can say is they are normals possibly het bloodred. I hear split checks could be a sign they are het blood. But it's not 100% guarantee.
Congrats on the babies :)
The Mom and Dad could have other hidden hets, but looks like nothing was matched up. You could try to breed her to a snow next time, seems like being het anery and amel is very common.
 
Wyldrose said:
Very cute! The only thing you can say is they are normals possibly het bloodred. I hear split checks could be a sign they are het blood. But it's not 100% guarantee.
Congrats on the babies :)
The Mom and Dad could have other hidden hets, but looks like nothing was matched up. You could try to breed her to a snow next time, seems like being het anery and amel is very common.
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Thanks! Yes, I heard about split belly trait being marker for het for blood too. Seems like split belly can pass from one parent alone then?

Don't have a snow, but I do have a butter...
 
airenlow said:
Umm...are they all healthy? That's always good!
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LOL! Thanks, yes, all healthy - all beautiful!! :)
I have them in a 10G nursery for now. They are starting to go blue...
I will be setting them up in individual bins this weekend.
 
CornBoy said:
Thanks! Yes, I heard about split belly trait being marker for het for blood too. Seems like split belly can pass from one parent alone then?

Don't have a snow, but I do have a butter...
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Yes they can get a split belly pattern from just one parent. With Dad being het blood they had a 50/50 chance for being het them self's. If they are het they have a chance at getting a split belly pattern. I actually have a male het blood that does not have a split belly pattern but he sure does pass it on to his kids.
 
I see mostly normal belly pattersn, including the extra color on some (it can be normal). One might have a split belly pattern, but whether it's due to being het diffuse or not, you'll only know for sure when it's bred to a known het or homo diffuse.
 
Christen said:
With Dad being het blood they had a 50/50 chance for being het them self's. If they are het they have a chance at getting a split belly pattern. I actually have a male het blood that does not have a split belly pattern but he sure does pass it on to his kids.
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Cool!
So is there any certainty about those hatchlings WITH split belly pattern that they ARE het for Bloodred?
Thanks!
 
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