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Sex linked red-

XOXO (red) XOXo (tortie) XoXo (non-red)

XOY (red) XoY (non-red)

B locus: B -> b -> b1 (black, chocolate, cinnamon)

D locus: D -> d (dense, dilute)

(blue, lilac, fawn) (red dilute = cream)

A locus: A -> a (agouti (allows tabby expression), solid)

Mc locus: Mc -> mc (mackerel, classic)

Sp locus: SpSp -> Spsp-> spsp (spotted, broken, mackerel/classic)

(broken classic, broken mackerel, spotted classic, spotted mackerel)

T locus: TaTa -> Tat -> tt (Agouti tabby, ticked tabby, not-ticked)

(agouti tabby (no leg stripes), ticked tabby (leg stripes))

W locus: N- -> DW- -> NWs-> Ws (normal, dominate white, white spotting, pied)

(white, often deaf if blue eyed) (spotting >50%, pied <50%)

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Pre Story Time Line

2009, 9- Cinder born in city colony

2010, 7- Warbler born to feral molly

2011, 11- Gable born to house cat

2012, 6- Red and Shade born at boat dock in small colony

2012, 8- Gable’s first litter

2013, 1- Gable’s second litter

2013, 1- Rafter born to feral country molly

2013, 5- Cinder left for new home, meets Warbler

2013, 6- Finds barn. Chicken (f), Gravel (t), Twig (f) born that night

2013, 9- Cricket born at distant farm

2013, 11- Cricket brought to farm at 8 weeks

2014, 1- Gable finds barn. Has Raven and Quail

2014, 12- Stone born to feral molly

2015, 2- Red and Shade come to farm

2015, 4- Warbler has Ladybug, Ragweed, Butterfly (Shade)

2015, 7- Twig is killed by a coyote when visiting the toms at night

2015, 8- Chicken has Root, Branch, Timber, Oak (Shade)

2016, 1- Shade run off property

2016, 2- Raven has Beetle and Patches/Skunk (Shade)

2016, 4- Quail has Mist(y), Star (f), and Wind (f) (Gravel)

2016, 5- Barley born to boat dock colony

2016, 5- Patches/Skunk becomes housecat

2016, 6- Cinder has Algae, Pebble, Rain, and Turtle (Red)

2016, 6- Misty becomes housecat

2016, 9- Egg born

2016, 10- Warbler has Rust, Bale, and Lizard (Passerby, Sky)

2016, 11- Gravel leaves with passerby tom, Sky

2016, 11- Egg dumped at farm and raised by queens

2017, 1- Raven has Birch, Cloud, and Holly (Gravel)

2017, 1- Warbler spayed when vetted for leg injury

2017, 2- Root has Dawn, Moth, and Petal (Red)

2017, 4- Stone comes to farm

2017, 7- Gable has Tulip, Feather, Bark, Marigold (Red)

2017, 7- Barley comes to farm

2017, 10- Beetle has Steer, Grackle, Ant, and Rat (Stone)

2017, 12- Rafter finds barn

2018, 4- Quail has Hawk, Leaf, Briar, and Bramble (Red)

2018, 6- Chicken has Frog, Storm, and Dove (Rafter)

2018, 8- Ladybug has Coop, Fallow, Filly, and Jay (Red)

2018, 10- Beetle has Skink, Spider and Ivy (Egg)

2018, 12- Chicken has Hen and 2 stillborn kits (Rafter)

2019, 2- Beetle spayed due to pyometra

2019, 2- Root has Rabbit, Sparrow, Vole (Stone)

2019, 5- Ladybug has Cherry, Russet, Duck, Tadpole, Ember (Barley)

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Housecat

Misty- spayed grey tabby molly with white feet and snip

Daughter of Quail

Born April '16

Taken inside by the farmers children as a kitten and became a pet

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Housecat

Patches- altered black and white tom with green eyes

Son of Raven

Born February '16

Taken inside by the farmers children as a kitten and became a pet

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Housecat

Cricket- longhaired brown tabby and white molly

Born September '13

Lived at the farm since 8 weeks old

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Transitional

Leaf- brown tabby tom

Son of Quail and Red

Born April '18

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Transitional

Storm- grey tabby and white tom with amber eyes

Son of Chicken and Rafter

Born June '18

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Transitional

Steer- black tom with yellow eyes

Son of Stone and Beetle

Born October 2017

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Tom

Egg- longhaired, blue lynx point tom with blue eyes

Born September '16

Father of Skink, Spider

Dumped as a kitten at farm November 2016

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Tom

Barley- cream and white tom with green eyes

Born May '16

Father of Ember, Tadpole, Russet, Duck, Cherry

Came to the farm July '17

Half brother of Red by queen in former colony

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Tom

Stone- solid grey tom with amber eyes

Born December '14

Father of Steer, Vole, Sparrow, Rabbit

Came to the farm April '17

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Tom

Rafter- black and white spotted tom with green eyes

Born January '13

Father of Dove, Frog, Storm, Hen

Came to the farm December 2017

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Tom

Red- ginger spotted tabby tom with amber eyes

Born June '12

Father of Fallow, Coop, Hawk, Leaf, Tulip

Showed up on the farm February of '14

Half brother to Barley by queen in former colony

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Kit

Ember- tortoiseshell molly with white paw and a blaze

Daughter of Ladybug and Barley

Born May 2019

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Kit

Tadpole- black and white tom

Son of Ladybug and Barley

Born May 2019

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Kit

Duck- tortoisehell and white molly

Daughter of Ladybug and Barley

Born May 2019

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Kit

Russet- ginger and white tom

Son of Ladybug and Barley

Born May 2019