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Big Sterling Night

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Posted by: maizeysdad at Sat May 24 22:59:31 2014   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by maizeysdad ]  
   

Big night for Mainely Boas. Until tonight, all the Sterlings in the world were produced by a single female, and three different males.

Tonight, a possible het female, bred by a possible het male, produced a healthy litter of 17 babies, 2 slugs, no stills. And 5 of those 17 are Sterling Patternless Boas. This was day 107 from her POS.

The ratio of Sterlings to non-Sterlings in this litter once again supports my belief that this is a simple recessive gene. I still have a Sterling x Sterling litter due on June 3, then my season will be over.

Here's a peek:













   

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