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Post by lilyscavies on Nov 3, 2006 22:14:59 GMT -5
Okay, I am not sure but I have a few questions. I know you all will help me out a great deal!! ;D I have a REALLY nice red American sow. She does have one white rear foot. Is that a DQ? Also, I have another red sow that has a white snip on her nose. Is that a DQ? The one with the white foot is awsome every else. Nice big eyes, nice crown, nice head and color. Thanks in advance!! Edona
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Post by huntscavies on Nov 4, 2006 23:51:20 GMT -5
Hi Edona,
Yes they are both DQ. They are not self reds if they have any white on them. They would not fit into any other group either because they dont have enough white. What did they come out of, roans or brokens or TSW? Sherrie
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Post by lilyscavies on Nov 5, 2006 9:44:38 GMT -5
I figured as much. Oh well. One was Firefly's, out of reds. (The reallly nice red with the white foot) The other was a red by a roan. I just wanted to make sure. Edona
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Post by huntscavies on Nov 5, 2006 13:59:01 GMT -5
Hi Edona,
Now if you like the one baby out of the roan she will be carrying the roan gene and you can breed her back to a roan boar and see what you get. I have done this if the red sow has things i really like. I have gotten some nice babies and some that were not. I did get my best eveness of roaning from a pair like that, but I only got it once, then the rest of the time they were breeders only. You could also get more reds. So unless you really like what this sow has to offer, and you have cage space, I would pass on using her. The thing with the roans is, if breeding self colors into the roans, it takes more time to get what you really want and that is the eveness of the roaning without it looking patchy, or stricked. You can do a more direct approch which is roan to roan, but you must be willing to deal with leathels. You get better roans this way and its faster. Now I do know that people also breed them to brindles, this is not something I have done so im not sure how even the roan would be or what the rate is for getting roans. I myself just know that I dont want to get started in the brindles, they are just as hard to do as the roans as far as finding the perfect marked animal, or at least one that comes close, havent seen that in americans to often but I do see it in the abbys. Well I hope this helps you some! good luck and keep us posted! Sherrie
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Post by lilyscavies on Nov 5, 2006 22:56:53 GMT -5
Thanks Sherri! I have her in with a roan, that produced our boar that has two legs now. I have tried to talk my daughter into breeding a roan to a roan, but she is not into that. Even thought we did it for several years, not knowing anything about leathels, then only producing one from 5 breedings. (each litter had 4 pups) We did end up with three satins from Comma's last littler, two roan sows and a solid red. We are keeping all of them, even the red sow that is not satin. I did think about a brindle, but I have had no luck with a finding any for sale. We do have one that is poorly marked and his type is okay. It was an odd one from a breeding we did. We had no background on the sow. Thanks a bunch, it does help. Edona
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Post by cafeduck1 on Nov 10, 2006 1:54:41 GMT -5
Do you breed brokens? If the sow is really nice, maybe a red and white boar would do.
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Post by lilyscavies on Nov 10, 2006 10:06:44 GMT -5
No brokens, as of yet. We are wroking on roans, reds, blacks and dalmations. Might be adding Solid Goldens too.
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