Oh, now this is yet another fun thread to read and ponder! I loved seeing the photos (soon, I will take the time to figure out how to post photos here), and loved reading about everyone's projects and how they are progressing.
Got me to thinking about the retired furs, eye colors, and other traits, so I went back (waaaaaayyyy back) on my pedigree page and took inventory. For most of the retired traits, I have at least one boxed female and one boxed male. I was sad, however, to realize that I had only one 774-day-old female Silver&White Tabby - and NO boxes, and only one perma-petted male Chateau Silver&White.
The Chateau was never partnered, so there's no chance of any hidden offspring somewhere in the dark recesses of my inventory. (I do love this fur; my current 17-year-old RL cat is close to this... I may eventually have to go on a search for a pair to try to breed..........)
The encouraging (and challenging!) discovery, though, is that I was able to find some descendants of the Silver&White Tabby! Though they do not SHOW her fur, they may still have it as a hidden! I think I will take this on as a project for the fall - to see if I can start a new line of this retired fur when I only have a couple of kitten boxes who are possibly hiding the fur!
All of this hunting and backtracking makes me truly appreciate KittyCatS' providing us with the Pedigree Site, and Saga Felix for taking the initiative to begin the dominant/recessive charts. (I certainly had to go back and check the fur orders, because I had no clue as which whether the Snowshoe Chocolate box could possibly be hiding the Silver/White Tabby fur --- and yes, yes, YES, it can!)
As for current projects... for the summer, my cattery population has been drastically whittled down to less than 50 due to time constraints. There are two smallish projects and one larger project.
Project 1 - Figure out what my Mega White Tiger is hiding! She's beautiful, but she's being stubborn. All she's revealed thus far is that she's hiding OdySublime eyes (and I was so hoping for Green Quartz eyes!).
Project 2 - Bengal Copper with large-pupil mysterious Crystal Spring eyes; Wild Tiger ears; Tiger Curl tail; Blonde-Streaked whiskers.... with the ultimate goal of breeding, breeding, breeding until the cat gods toss this cat to me in Mega size! ; ) Progress is definitely being made in the area of traits! I have the fur and eyes, a couple with the whiskers ... and the tail and ears are hidden.
Project 3 - (In preparation for future breeding projects) Foxie Salt&Pepper with as many of the most recessive traits as I can get on this fur! Before we know it, the Halloween cats will be out... then the holiday cats... all with NEW traits we want to uncover! Autumn/Winter breeding mania will strike again, and THIS time, I hope to be prepared with my 'arsenal' of recessive-traited Salt&Peppers!
(06-12-2013 09:03 AM)Kayleigh McMillan Wrote: My breeding projects goes over multiple retired furs and traits and preserving them.
Kay, thanks again for your inspiration. Your post is what prompted me to poke around in my inventory to see just what retired traits I've saved. Consequently, I've set myself a project for the fall... to try to breed a line of Silver/White Tabbies from the one or two offspring boxes I have that are hiding that fur (I hope!). I think it will both challenging and fun!
RE: What's your Breeding Project? 
