Check out this image of a female "improved" Crumbly line. She's 2 years old, and I just "took" her from Don. Don and I have been selectively breeding on Crumbly reds for 3 generations now. We started with a pair of Crumbly reds produced by Scott. I got them from a friend who acquired them from Crumbly by putting a deposit down a year in advance so that he could get the best pair.
OBVIOUSLY, not all of the ones from our line turn out this red. Don still has my original breeders at his place, plus some of his own produced by those original breeders, and at least one I have some type of ownership concern in.
Anyway, the attached image is of one of those that Don actually owns now, but I took on loan to breed back to a male I own next year that is better than my original male. I have one that is likely going to exceed the original male, but Don hasn't gotten a male quite as good as our founder
yet.
Anyway, funny story on this female. She surprised up. 2 years ago, I grabbed the best 2 or 3 from the clutch. Don grabbed the best couple, and then we sold the rest. Well, we sold all of the rest EXCEPT this girl. She had NO signs of looking like she'd be a red. She was yellow, plain, and "ugly." Period. I would have sold her to a wholesaler as a normal and never blinked an eye. I certainly wouldn't have sold her as a red. She was that bad looking (as far as "reds" go, anyway).
Well, THANKS TO EVERYONE for not buying the ugly one....lol.
She grew in to one of the really red ones. It surprised the heck out of us! There's a funny curve ball for you, eh?
KJ