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Here's a thought I had from a post below about not inbreeding...

If you're wanting to produce supers or are working w/ proven recesive traits, wouldn't it be beneficial to occasionally trade stock w/ other breeders?...where's what I'm thinking.

I'm breeding blondes this year and will hold back several females to produce supers and future crosses...does anyone ever trade female hatchlings w/ other breeders who are holding back blondes in order to get "not so close" blood? If the trust is there, I see it as mutually beneficial
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Jeremy Conrad
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This is what I was wondering also, why not?

I do this with my rats when I need new blood rather than buying new I trade my breeders and/or some offspring with a friend or my favorite shop. I only have a small colony right now, so I don't have much option to trade between colonies, so this seems to benifit both ends of the deal.
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