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Posted by rtdunham on February 04, 2003 at 18:19:49:
In Reply to: Re: Hypo or no?? PIC posted by gilbert on February 04, 2003 at 12:20:22:
:Terry, What are the obvious signs on newborns for hypo?
Gil,
Nothing could be easier to spot: the tiny snout shows through a slit in the egg, and it's gray (purplish gray, gray, brownish gray, whatever)--NOT black. Once you see one you'll understand, it's all the diff in the world.
The hypos in the top two pictures here are pretty typical of juveniles; as they age the skin darkens and on early-era hypos, at least, the dark rings can get so dark as to be not clearly distinguishable from a normal. I think we're still seeing better and better hypos: the "super" hypo lower left is an example. There have only been a few of those produced so far and it's unclear whether they're something different or just the same recessive mutation but with complimentary gene traits that lighten it up even more. We'll see the same sort of improvement in ghosts, and that's an exciting thought.
The fact that some of these are vanishing pattern and some are het/albino, for example, is irrelevant, i think, to the point i'm trying to illustrate: all are clearly distinguishable from "normals" when they're juveniles.
Again, once you see a clutch hatching with some hypos and some normals, you'll never wonder again about what the difference is. Good luck with yours this year!
peace
terry
