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Originally Posted by Susan
However, this second clutch, from the anery motley het stripe and ghost male X ghost het motley female, has totally messed with Murphy and his laws! I do find it sort of weird that not one typical ghost hatchling is in this clutch, making me think that perhaps the "blued steels" are a weird ghost and not a weird anery.
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Perhaps the reason that you did not get any Ghost in the clutch, is because the Anery Motley het Striped was the father and not the Ghost? It seems likely that he is the one that is het for Blued Corns as well.
I have been following your Blued Steel Corns, due to their resemblance to Blue Motleys. I wonder if they are being caused by the same gene or type of gene. It sure seems like an on/off gene. Have you been able to obtain any Blue Motleys to test against your Blued Steel Corns? I do find it odd that all Blued Corns have been Motleys, but I think that a Blued Normal will definitely be possible. Everybody who has been producing them, have done so from Motleys.
I have several small clutches coming from my Blue Motley male that was out crossed to other Anerys. One clutch has hatched from an Anery het Snow Motley so I do have some Anerys het for Blued. At least, I believe that is the way it will work. I also learned that my Blue Motley is het for Amel which is nice. It will be interesting to see if the Blued effect can be seen in Amels or Snows. A bluish Snow, may be interesting.
I really wanted to get the Blues bred to the Charcoal line, but got all slugs from that cross. Somebody will have to get that cross done someday and the Lavender Line would be great too. I almost think that I have something similar in my Lav line now, with my Sunsets. They have the look I would expect from a Blued Lav.
I produced my first Sunsets from my line of Lavenders, from my Striped Lav Project. This caused me to breed brother and sisters together that were het for Striped Lav and presto, Sunsets. I obtained some Sunset Motleys from Ted Frey, who I found out had also produced the first Lavenders I got way back when, that I bought from Rainwater. When I raised them up, they reproduced several Sunset Motleys. The one if the photo is from 05. My line of Sunsets has proven to be reproducible as well and seems to be an on/off gene. They resemble a Hypo Lav Motley, but are not, which is the same thing that you and others have suggested about the Blueds. They resemble Ghost, but they are not. They seem to be caused by a hypo type gene or dilute gene.