Black Basin Babies!
Betty had her babies today on Day 135. She had 9 babies; 8 alive and one stillborn. She was bred by BW who is a green male. Note pictures of the babies, Betty and BW.

Awesome! Put me on the list.(seriously) Kyle

Nice Steve! They look like they are taking after mom in the pattern department. Hopefully in color too. Did you try Fraiser again this year?

Congratulations!!! They look amazing!!

wow.

Steve, That is absolutely fantastic..... I will let my FedEx guy know that my package will be coming any day now! Matt, great question, did Frazier mate with any "normal" females this year. Norm photo of Matt when he realized Steve is giving me and not Matt a black baby!

A big congrats to you Steve.. They look awesome!! Rob

That is fantastic Steve!!!! Finally some black babies, it will be fun watching them change color with a posible black surprise!!! Great Job. Ed M.

Many congratulations Steve! Bet that's a relief? Hope they pack the black on for you.

Awesome Steve!!! Congrats! M

Thanks, guys. Frasier died of a mycobacterial infection I could not detect until it was too late. He was never a strong animal and although he bred for two seasons, he never produced anything. All three of my black Basin females are gravid; Abby, Betty and Carly. They are sisters. Betty and Abby were bred by BW and Carly was bred by Sidney and Snowballs. My expectation (but who knows) is that the babies will carry some black but will need to be bred back to the black females to produce an animal like Abby. This will be a long process to produce black animals. Here is a shot of Abby with BW. Quite a contrast between a normal and a black Basin. I think the effort will be worthwhile.

that's awesome news Steve, if only you could find an unrelated black-line male. with all those gravid black ladies you may need to send some to europe 8) Jurgen p.s. day 135 post ovulation or POS?

WooWoooo!!!!!! Way to go Steve they are spectacular!!!!! I am man enough to say I am jealous! LOL... I'm really happy for you Steve and good luck with the rest of your litters!! Looking forward to seeing similar threads from you in the near future. Great Job Steve!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome babies, congrats steve. Would be interesting to see the color change, please keep us posted.

Jurgen: I meant 135 days from POS. You are right.