MONARCH Super Pastel!

[MonarchBall]

I think the pattern is cool on that snake. I'm looking at a few normals (related) that have some off the wall patterns that I was hoping to incorporate into my single gene mad scientist projects. I can't tell visually what is different about the monarch from a normal. I saw your originals in from 99 and WOW was that the standard for pastels back then? If I posted that now people would tell me I had a normal lol Maybe not that bad but still, they did have awesome blushing. That gene (pastel) has come a LONG way!
I was wondering how the stripe is included in any of this. Is that part of the gene or was there a het some where...
I'm confused because it looks like the ghost gene when combined with the pastel and super pastel but it brightens up the genetic stripe? Some of your old pictures are gone too.
So the 99 pastels produced a genetic stripe offspring, pastels, super pastels and???

Alan,

Yes, the original Pastels are very ugly indeed.....almost hard pressed to call them pastel! Both of these Pastels turned out to be double hets....het for Monarch, and het for Genetic Stripe. When I bred these together the first time I only got two good eggs. I now know that the two babies are a Monarch Super Pastel Genetic Stripe, and a Monarch Pastel. The following year I got a seven egg clutch. 2 super pastels, 1 genetic stripe, 1 pastel genetic stripe, 1 super pastel genetic stripe, 1 Monarch Genetic Stripe, and the first single gene Monarch.

[MonarchBall]

Amazing looking do you have a monarch to compair him to would love to see them side by side

Here is a picture of the Monarch when she was approximately the same age

Monarch

Monarch Super Pastel


Monarch around 2 years old


Monarch Pastel adult


Let me know if I can do anything else for you.

[MonarchBall]

Love the monarch gene. I remember the thread showing it's original and progress popping up a while back. Sure is a really nice and clean gene. Your boy look awesome!

Thank you....always nice to hear!

[oskyle1567]

Truly amazing thanks for the updates