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What's the deal with ringers? Anything special about them other than looking slightly different? Don't know much about them so any info is appreciated.

Thanks for the help,

Tim

By giving you a link... That was given to me.
Ringers.

Thanks for the link. So the trait is considered a "morph" and is simple recessive just like an albino or pied? Have people made combos using ringers? Is there a market for that? Seems like an interesting, understated morph and haven't really heard much about them. What do they sell for? I'm assuming females are more than males considering the recessive gene?

Thanks,

Tim

The genetics of ringers are still unknown - although some people have been able to breed ringer to ringer and produce more ringers, some people have bred ringers to normals and produced ringer - but there doesn't seem to be anyone that has consitantly proven the genetics one way or another.
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Robert Harmon is the only one that I know of that currently has "genetic" ringers. If I remember correctly, he has been able to produce 2 years with them. Not for sure though. I know Robert reads these forums, maybe he can shed some light.

Jason Smith

the works, we've produced several clutches of ringers (Normals and Cinnamons) over the past two years from our Cinnamon line. The founder breeder Cinnamon we're using is also a ringer, so from that I assume he's passing it. None of the females he's bred show visible Ringers unless they carry the gene.

On the attached image of him as a hatchling you can see the Ringers.

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