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Posted by: kathylove at Thu Sep 4 16:17:42 2008   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by kathylove ]  
   

Surprised to see you here on a CORN forum, lol!

I think virtually ALL of the bloods you see these days have been outcrossed, except maybe the ones that Mike Frase found around his house in St. Augustine. I bred one of my amel bloods to one of his, and the babies are very nice - can't wait to see them as adults. Of course, that mixing of lines is why we now have blood / diffused combos in everything from charcoals to amels to ghosts, and everything else.

The "old" original bloods from Eddie Leach did have some black borders dorsally. But they acquired so much darkness ("dirty wash" as they got older, that they often appeared to be an almost uniform dark, brick red after a few years of maturity.

The first and second generation babies from the original stock tended to produce huge clutches of tiny eggs, and those little babies were often difficult to start. But after the first few outcrosses, most bloods have the same size clutches and eggs as other corns. My personal experience is that some bloodlines (my old line of pewters) tend to be more difficult starters, and often want anoles, as compared to other bloodlines.

   

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