Guys the only thing I can add is that the Lemke line animals, even the black ones do not produce blacks all the time. I have some f1 and f2 lemke animals that are getting really old now days, that I purchased directly from Lloyd and they do not produce blacks on a regular basis.



They show the diversity of the original lines of Thayeri that we all saw in wild caught animals back in the late 70's and early 80's, without a lot of really any of the exceptional bright colors we see now days. I am rasing up some f2 and f3 aniamls in order to keep his lines going as I think it is important.



The predominate colors seem to be milk phases mixed in with a lot of leonis phase animals that have the darker buckskin, orange and yellows from yesteryear.



I personally like those type colors and also am really turned on by some of the milk phases that end up having extremely clean white, and/or yellow banding from lemkes and laredo line animals alike on a pretty regular basis.



Sure wish Lloyds colony was still intact and he was around to give us specific locales on his animals as I think that might give us some real indications of the genetics we are all working with.






Cherryville Farms

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