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Quite Interesting * Babys all different

Eve Sep 14, 2010 11:39 PM

These kids all came from the same parents and each is totally different looking. Usually you have some the same or close. These kids look like they came from a few different parents, lol.

Sibblings all different

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Eve
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Replies (3)

Boost Sep 15, 2010 01:54 AM

Lol, wow Eve that is a very interesting bunch of babies, though can you be 100% certain there wasn't any hanky nor panky going on behind your back?? Lol, either way they all look outstanding Eve.

NDokai Sep 15, 2010 12:25 PM

Are those mixed locality? If so, it is prety common for such babies to show a good deal of variation. It seems like different babies get different traits taking dominance. In a lot of mixed populations, there is a lot of variation, some looking more like one type, or the other, instead of an even blending or mixing of the two looks.
If the parents are from the same locality, as far as you know, it is possible that the area that they came from is such a "melting pot" population, and your babies could be getting their looks from their grandparents.

Just a thought.
Nick

Eve Sep 16, 2010 12:36 AM

Boost and Nick these kids are New Mexico Fancies/ or parents are both from NM same locale, and are sibblings from the same clutch that hatched about a month ago.

Nick, I totally agree must be a melting pot, the locale just must have so many diverse patterens and colors and generations, that anything is possible, lol. Just looks so crazy that these kids are all in the same clutch.

Mom and Dad are pictured Zazzle is thr dad and Pretty yellowy Grindella is the Mommy. This was their first clutch. She only layed 2 eggs in her second clutch which the 2 just hatched yesterday. So far they both look somewhat similar :0)
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