Hatchling Pics...

[Laura&Mark]

Taken some more pictures of our clutch from a pair of amels het lavenders after they had shed, still having some trouble distinguishing what is what though. The breeder we had the pair off said they may be poss Het Anerythristic also, which may explain the 'snow' looking hatchlings. But we are still unsure as to what they all are yet lol... :shrugs:

Gonna have to keep them all back and see how they develop by the looks of it :crazy02:

Here they are...

 

[Bwana]

The patternless (3rd) one looks good.

 

[SickPyth7]

The patternless (3rd) one looks good.

That 3rd picture would indicate to me that Charcoal was there as well seeing that it looks like a Blizzard...not an expert at this though, just my guess...I love that 1st amel pic as well...really stunning red.

Congrats

 

[Susan]

Lovely snows, opals and amels! Nice mixed clutch!

 

[snakeparadise]

that is a nice mixed clutch

the parents must be Het anery otherwise you didnt get the snows in the clutch

and you maybe have some chance on a snow lavender in that clutch


they are stunning :sidestep: :cheers:

congrats

 

[Laura&Mark]

Thanks for the great comments, :licklips:

All the amels from the clutch are stunning, and we have had many folks say that the pink ones could be blizzard, but ive also read on a few sites that the opals can also take a plain patternless form when hatchlings, and the breeder of the parents said there was no way charcoal could be in the mix, so i guess theyre opals :shrugs:

Gonna have to keep hold of them for a while i think to see how they turn out and see if we can determine what they are.

:idea: Does anyone else have any hatchling pictures of opals and snow lavenders?

Would be great to see them to compare if so.

Cheers
Mark

 

[snakeparadise]

the pink one most be a opal
otherwise you have same more Gene's in the parents


I onley have a picture of my blizzard they are look te same :cheers:

 

[snakeparadise]

here are some serpenco pics of a opal

http://www.serpenco.com/shop/custom...=1&PHPSESSID=bc11c40cf8b786e15d3e8de98941dd3e

the snow lavender I didnt find hem

 

[Laura&Mark]

cheers for the pics
think we are just going to have to keep them back for a few months see how they develop, pretty sure the pinks must be opals and the snow lookalikes snows lol

 

[Lexcorn]

Original post by Laura&Mark
........the breeder of the parents said there was no way charcoal could be in the mix, so i guess theyre opals :shrugs:

hmmm..........they sure look like Blizzards to me.

But, hey I did not breed the parents...........so it's anyone's guess here.

I have attached a photo of my male Opal for comparision, he's approx. 2weeks old:

The Opal males, often, display deeper colouration than the females.....however, I would not say that the lack of saturation would be as obvious as the hatchlings that you have presented.

Regards. Lex

 

[Laura&Mark]

thanks for the pics!

the breeder was pretty sure charcoal wasnt in the mix, but guess you can never be sure!
must admit they really do look like blizzards! but if they are blizzards, both parents are 100% het for lavender so what has happened to the opals? :shrugs:

 

[Lexcorn]

Original post by Laura&Mark
the breeder was pretty sure charcoal wasnt in the mix, but guess you can never be sure!
must admit they really do look like blizzards! but if they are blizzards, both parents are 100% het for lavender so what has happened to the opals? :shrugs:

Ya...........that was my next question!

O.K.

How many eggs were in the clutch?

I'm now assuming that the parents genetics are - Amelanistic het. Lavender, Charcoal, Anerythristic.

So, yes you would expect a high proportion of the clutch to = Amelanistic. The others to be a mix of Snow, Blizzard & Opal. (i.e. statistically 9/64).

There are, also, other combinations but we will stay with this at the mo.

Perhaps, due to the size of the clutch, the genes just did not combine this year for Opal hatchlings...........that will not prohibit your chances of producing Opals in future years

Lex

 

[Laura&Mark]

There was 15 that hatched of the 16 laid, and we was expecting 75% Amel and 25% Opal roughly, as we only knew that they were Het Lavender.

We have had 3 of the pink ones, 5 Snows and 7 Amels....

I have read on a number of sites that Opals can look almost like Blizzards when hatchlings, and i found a photo of an Opal hatchling that looked like these but cant remember what site it was on.

But the ratio above is about right if they were Het Lavender and Anerythristic.

If they were Het Charcoal then as you said it would be 9/64 so there should typically be 3 different hatchling morphs as well as the Amels, but with Just Het Lavender and Anerythristic it would be 3/16 for the snows and Opals, which is roughly what we got here. Oh and 1/16 for a Snopal :crazy02:

So lets hope one of those Snows is different to the others Hey

Thanks for the reply again Lex, by the way Phoenix (Granite) and Blaze (Anerythristic Het Bloodred) who we had off you couple of months back are doing Great!

Cheers :dancer:

 

[Lexcorn]

Original post by Laura&Mark
Thanks for the reply again Lex, by the way Phoenix (Granite) and Blaze (Anerythristic Het Bloodred) who we had off you couple of months back are doing Great!

Good to know that the 'guys' are doin' fine :cheers:

Yup, I too hope that you have your Opals / Snopals........we shall wait & see.

Lex