|
Within our foundation stock are four grand-get of Cavendish (Jubilee's Courage x Paragraph) the foundation sire of Eve Oakley's Caven-Glo Morgans. Cavendish was a grandson of Jubilee King carrying 50% of his blood. These individuals are a very strong link to the legendary Jubilee King. We have taken on the stewardship of these Morgan treasures in hopes to insure these distinct bloodlines are preserved as a genetic resource for the future. It is in our opinion though, that breeding for any extreme cannot be considered beneficial, and is instead often destructive to the genetic health of a population. We have studied and then used a model conservation breeding program that was designed to protect genetic variation in small contained populations. We are very excited with the results of adding new "genetic material" while still maintaining a very remarkable uniform appearance to the foundation lines. These outcrossed individuals now have their place in the herd and will be bred back into the foundation lines for genetic viability.
|