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Post by andy on Jul 6, 2013 22:02:09 GMT 10
Just wondering what everyone's breeding goals are? Besides breeding for the best conformation possible I am working on a line of longcoat siamese to get the best coats possible and the shading as dark as possible. I am also trying to breed for some reverse siamese because I haven't seen many around lately and I think they are gorgeous. It's so hard to pick just a few to work on.
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Post by MojoMouse on Jul 7, 2013 2:00:06 GMT 10
Long haired siamese are particularly beautiful mice. I've never bred shaded, but I love them. Reverses are also very attractive mice. Personally, I think it's not only because of the colouring, but also because, like ce mice, they appear to have some characteristic traits that contribute to good conformation.
When you say you are trying to breed for some reverse siamese, do you mean you have them and are breeding more, or that you are aiming to have some?
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Post by andy on Jul 7, 2013 8:18:46 GMT 10
Technically I have some my hairless manx line are blue reverse but since they have no hair you can't see it lol. I want to breed some reverse that doesn't carry hairless so am getting a new boy that carries reverse.
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Post by MojoMouse on Jul 18, 2013 0:24:29 GMT 10
I also have been focusing on conformation. It's been my exclusive breeding goal for the past 5 years. I feel I've made some progress, but for variety, I've reached the stage where I need to introduce a more specific goal, and one that has a point where I can say - Yay, I've reached that goal. My favourite colour is true BEW, from overmarked mice, which I've never had until now. I also have had some nice long coats, and I have manx in my lines. My new goal is to breed fluffy, long hair BEW manx mice. If I can get the eye and ear conformation into this new line, I hope to have fluffy little pure white hamster mice! I think they'd be adorable.  |
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Post by andy on Jul 19, 2013 20:09:57 GMT 10
As long as they don't have the temperament of hamsters then that's ok lol
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Post by anielka on Jul 26, 2013 12:36:55 GMT 10
BEW long-haired hamster-mice sound like heaven in a rodent. Tricky in WA to find BEW. I have never seen a mouse here with a really good long coat. Oh we do have good Manx though.
Our breeding goals are simple- healthy mice with nice temperament. If we had any colour options and Had a club we might look at improving our Siamese with good black out crosses. At the moment it's just agouti, black, Siamese and the occasional argente/dove or Himalayan/albino. Just daren't risk getting a pet-shop mouse that might introduce poor temperament or worse, congenital mammary cancers into our lines. However, I think we are going to have to take a risk soon as our gene pool is so small.
As we breed for ourselves or friends only our litters are rare and we have an ageing population of mice. Biggest challenge at present is to keep the lines alive with a couple of new litters.
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Post by zenkaty on Jul 27, 2013 9:00:35 GMT 10
I've always bred for conformation, my 'Zen line' is standard c-dilute mice, lots of chinchillas and bones. I've recently started playing with manxes too, but am finding them not as robust as the tailed, so not sure if I'll focus too much on them. I also have a favourite boy at the moment who is an enormous hamster of a mouse, Zen P-Body, a straw longcoat rex, and I'd like to start a line with size in mind. I find too many of our mice are too small.
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Post by Chris on Aug 16, 2013 20:52:56 GMT 10
I still want to try and focus on Arry's strange colour, I have several relatives of his even though he has passed away now. Otherwise I superwant to get a few nice Snow tigers going.
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Post by Chris on Aug 16, 2013 20:53:19 GMT 10
I still want to try and focus on Arry's strange colour, I have several relatives of his even though he has passed away now. Otherwise I superwant to get a few nice Snow tigers going.
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Post by andy on Aug 18, 2013 8:18:09 GMT 10
I love snowtigers I just got a new blue brindle boy so I am hoping to produce some blue snowtigers in the near future
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Post by greydawnbreaking on Sept 2, 2013 22:08:50 GMT 10
I think my breeding goal is going to be for a) perfect conformation and b) males with a temperament that lets them be reliably kept in groups--brothers at the least, and ideally strangers. (Yes, I know this is a long shot, but hey, everyone needs a hobby.)
I haven't had much exposure to different colors yet, so I don't know how to gauge breeding for various types. Of my five mice every one of them is a c-dilute, so obviously I'm most interested in trying to improve those. I adore the dilutes, so I think I'll be focusing on them for now, but one day I'd like to start experimenting with blues, like blue foxes and maybe blue brindles.
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Post by andy on Sept 3, 2013 19:57:48 GMT 10
C-dilutes have great eyes good luck with your breeding plans and keep us updated
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Post by MojoMouse on Sept 21, 2013 22:21:51 GMT 10
It was nice meeting you at the show today, greydawnbreaking. I just worked out who you are as I remember chatting about your breeding goals.  Your first litters will be very exciting! |
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Post by greydawnbreaking on Sept 22, 2013 14:52:10 GMT 10
It was nice meeting you at the show today, greydawnbreaking. I just worked out who you are as I remember chatting about your breeding goals. Your first litters will be very exciting! Great meeting you too! Yeah, I really hope I can make some progress on temperament. I know it's unlikely to have a significant effect but it'll be a good long-term project. I'm so sorry that I had to leave early, hope we can talk again at the next show. |
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Post by sharky on Sept 27, 2013 19:01:32 GMT 10
Black blazed (preferably wedge-blaze) variegated mice and black headspot/blaze broken-marked mice of any coat |
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Your first litters will be very exciting!