Clown pics
 Here’s a new pic of the little clown girl I held back this season I thought I’d share.
She’s coming along nicely if I do say so myself. I hope to produce some more like her this year.
Her parents have copulated a couple of times so far, but in the past I’ve found that I have a smaller degree of success getting a given female to reproduce two consecutive seasons, especially when she’s a young female.
We’ll see what happens though.
Click the thumbnail for a larger pic.
I’m proud of this girl, and am very glad I was able to start with good genes and was able to produce her to add to my breeding colony. Her grandfather was also a very nice reduced patterned male, and that was the main factor in my deciding to start my clown project with his offspring.
Despite the claims of some, you can see the benefit of starting a project with good stock. Clowns are indeed variable, but not to the point some (mainly the ones producing the lowest quality) would like you to believe.
I’m not saying that to promote my animals. There are many breeders producing high quality clowns. There’s a good number producing low quality animals too that look more like blackback normals than clowns too.
I’d like to see this gene refined and improved on, and to that end I’d like to see people interested in the clowns make the effort to acquire high quality founding stock, regardless of who they buy it from. With careful breeding, aimed at improving the look as opposed to just producing more to sell, I’m anxious to see what will be produced in years to come.
Clay :: Jan.04.2008 :: The Collection ::
