that nice tangerine hypo female i got from you had her prelaying shed several days ago, laid a slug today but i'm hoping she'll drop the rest of a good clutch. I bred her X my tangerine albino male that's at least het/hypo and might BE homozygous hypo--breeding to her was part of the testing process this year. Even if he's only het/hypo, half the babies would be hypos het/albino, and has been noted, that's the only genotype currently that will produce known, definite hybinos: from hypo/alb x hypo/alb, the 1/4 that are albinos will BE hybinos.

that's why i'm hoping so much for the balance of a good clutch. but most of my hondos who are laying here right at the end of my laying season are the ones that are not as productive. I'm not sure what the variable is yet, but it seems that the 75% - 85% of the female that progressed through the process at about the same rate as one another, have had excellent fertility, but those that were behind that schedule for whatever reason may have missed the boat. we'll see.

peace

terry

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