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Pastel or Super Pastel - you decide

4ktung Sep 11, 2010 10:25 PM

So here's the story on this guy. I picked him up at a show a few years ago. He was with two other pastels but he was by far the nicest of the three and he was part of a clutch that produced two supers in addition to the three pastels for sale at the show. Being told by the vendor that it was just a real nice quality pastel I never gave it a second thought, until this breeding season. This was the first year that I decided to breed him and put him with a young normal. She only gave me three eggs but when they hatched they were all three pastels. It was a small clutch so it's hard really to go by the odds. Going by the first photo I took of him, what do ya think? (Sorry, I know the camera flash makes it a little difficult to tell.)

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AVinczeBPs Sep 11, 2010 10:57 PM

Over-exposed picture of a pastel. Auto fixed in photoshop and it's just a very nice pastel.

You just hit the odds on three eggs, it happens all the time. Breed again next year, I'm sure you'll get some normals.

mykee Sep 12, 2010 09:28 AM

I agree, a very bad picture of a very high blush pastel, just like the breeder said.
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kingofspades Sep 12, 2010 11:38 PM

Only way to know is breed him again next season.
If you get all pastels again, then you can wonder.
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If all the beasts were gone,
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For what happens to the beasts,
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