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Hatched speckled kings born three days ago and one third of the babies have orange bellies. I've never seen this before in speckleds. Is this rare?

Thanks

I've had a couple hatch out like that from my Ghost/Palomar female (het albino) x Albino High White male. I then bred those back to each other to get the CASPER Cal Kings (Albino Ghosts).

Kerby...

>>Hatched speckled kings born three days ago and one third of the babies have orange bellies. I've never seen this before in speckleds. Is this rare?

I've hatched Splendida & Holbrooki both with orange bellies. After about 3 sheds the orange turned the normal yellow.
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John Lassiter

"Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part....."

I've seen Galveston Cty, Texas speckleds that tend to have the orange ventrals. Seems to be characteristic of this population.
Do you know what locality the parents that produced the babies are from?
Brad

The Calhoun county populations that have orange tinted bellies have turned out to be the screamin' yellows that everyone likes so much. I caught one adult male many years back that had an orange throat and orange sidewalls, John saw it. I think that orange is a genetic marker. Keep all of them back and compare down the road.

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Todd Hughes