Ten years ago I had an adult male bloodred. He bred several females and each and every one of them had infertile eggs. A couple years later that male died at 5 years of age. The females that he bred were later bred by non-bloodred males in future years and produced many fertile offspring.

Three years ago I took a female bloodred on a breeding loan. It laid eggs (which were mostly fertile) and then promptly died.

It is well documented that historically bloodreds are weak and I think that it is fair to mention this in posts.

This year I hope to breed Love line bloodreds and am interested to see what the outcome is.

Tim

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• ? on Bloodred genetics - Rob Lewis, Tue Jan 29 07:28:46 2008
• RE: ? on Bloodred genetics - tspuckler, Tue Jan 29 07:54:38 2008
• Thanks Tim..... - Rob Lewis, Tue Jan 29 09:37:50 2008
• RE: Thanks Tim..... - tspuckler, Tue Jan 29 10:17:17 2008
• RE: Thanks Tim..... - boxienuts, Tue Jan 29 11:56:48 2008
• RE: Thanks Tim..... - tspuckler, Tue Jan 29 12:39:09 2008
• yes, I concur on that! - DMong, Tue Jan 29 12:11:33 2008
• Explanation . . . sorta - DonSoderberg, Tue Jan 29 12:16:32 2008
• RE: Explanation . . . sorta - tspuckler, Tue Jan 29 12:37:41 2008
• Embarrassing, but . . . - DonSoderberg, Tue Jan 29 13:06:44 2008
• My 2 cents on bloods. And my reports. - HerpZillA, Wed Jan 30 18:21:46 2008
• Don...... - Rob Lewis, Tue Jan 29 12:46:15 2008
• LOL, Bob. . . - DonSoderberg, Tue Jan 29 13:12:11 2008
• I too have had just a few sterile corns - kathylove, Tue Jan 29 22:24:17 2008
• Isn't it funny bloodred threads still ,, - HerpZillA, Wed Jan 30 18:26:45 2008