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AllanRiis · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 11:18 pm Post subject: sperm retention

Hi have any of you had a female that has retained sperm from the year before?

I have a female that i have breed to my pastel in 05/06 and got nothing
then i breed her to my mojave in 06/07 and nothing and this year i breed her to my ghost male and i can see in the eggs that there is on mojave and the last 4 is normal....
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jamie_s · Site Moderator Joined: 08 Jan 2006 Posts: 1963

interesting post allan Wink

that certainly does make you think doesnt it,especially if you was to use reccesive males and the babies the following year wouldnt be visually spottable
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AllanRiis · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 11:39 pm Post subject:

So all the normal you can only sell as pos het...

I think from now I'll use the same female for one recessive male so that don't happen again with a mix of het babies...
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quasimodo · Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 6:32 pm Post subject:

If that has happened with other breeders, then some buyers out there might be in for some lovely surprises... Surprised

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AllanRiis · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 10:13 pm Post subject:

Here is a picture of some of the babies. (still one left in the egg..also a normal)

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Rad · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 7:40 am Post subject:

lovely little normals you have there

Lynne · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 10:25 am Post subject:

the 2nd one looks unusual. they are all stunning.
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AllanRiis · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 10:52 am Post subject:

the are all girls... so i keep them all, the 3 pos het to prove out.. and the Mojave for combo's now i need one Mojave female more then i have all the Mojave females i wants.. Laughing

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Lynne · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 10:56 am Post subject:

wow, well done. these are certainly little beauties.
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jimmy.on · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 5:07 pm Post subject:

the great thing about royals is they just sit there and let you photograph them. imagine sitting 4 corns in a line and trying to do that lol. lovely babies you have there.
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