**Do you remember when Lloyd Lemke sold 2 kinds of Lavenders, JR strain and JD strain and they weren't compatable? One was lighter with yellower bands and the other was darker with cream bands, or perhaps the other way around. Nowadays I only ever see just plain Lavenders for sale like they are all compatible...**
If that were the case (and I'm not saying it isn't), then where is the other strain? Unless one strain is out there more than the other one?
**except on VIVID's website Tim says he bred a hypo looking Cal King to his Blue Eyed Blonds and all the babies came out normal.**
Which proves nothing except that his Blue-eyed Blondes is a recessive gene, which I agree with. He should have bred a Lavender to his Blue-eyed Blondes (producing normals that would be double hets), then I will be convinced that his Blue-eyed Blondes are a separate gene. IMO, until proven otherwise, I believe that his Blue-eyed Blondes are Lavenders. Of course, I've e-mailed him numerous times without a response, and 2 of my friends have e-mailed him numerous times without a response in trying to purchase a pair of his Blue-eyed Blondes.
**So Tim's could be another type of Lavender and there are at least 2 or 3 kinds of Lavenders out the with most of the old JR and JD strains now being compatable since they are all exhibiting one trait while being het for the other.**
That would not be true. If you bred 2 types of Lavenders together that weren't compatible, you would produce normal looking cal kings that were double hets(JR & JD strain),just like any other recessive genes. But since most people are buying siblings, then breeding them back to each other (1/16 would show both traits at the same time). So what would a cal king look like that would be showing both traits at the same time (JR & JD)? But I can see the situation getting muddier because I now have cal kings that are double hets (albino & lavender), and some more that are double hets (ghost & albino), and this year I will produce some more double hets (lavender & mendota) and (ghost & lavender). Now if I could just be able to buy a pair (1.1) of Blue-eyed Blondes.............
I do believe that VIVID's Blue-eyed Blonde is unique (and can be labled as such)IF IT WAS PROVEN BY BREEDING IT TO A LAVENDER TO SEE IF IT IS THE SAME GENE. Just like I'm sure that the Davis and Mendota are the same gene (melanistic), different locales. I will be breeding the Davis' to the Mendotas next year to prove that theory.
And I can see in the future a lot of double, triple, and quadruple het cal kings. So what would a cal king look like if it displayed these 4 traits at the same time....Albino-Lavender-Melanistic-Ghost??????
LOL
Kerby...
