whats with pinstripes

I paid $400 for my pin a couple of years ago. I felt I got a good price. Seeing them go for so little now doesn't make my guy worth any less in my eyes. When they first came out the big breeders paid $20k for them, not that many years ago. Ask them how THEY feel about selling pins for $250 these days.

no kidding about the 20k. i couldn't imagine spending that kind of cash. my boys and i scrounged up 600 bucks to go to the columbus show and we were decided we were not coming home without a pin. there was only one there. she was the only bp on a table full of corns we almost didnt see her.

the guy was asking 200 but we would have given him all we had. needless to say we got a pin and a mojo that day.

what exactly is that makes one pin leaps and bounds better than another?

Visually it mostly comes down to personal preference, it's not nearly as cut and dry as something like pastels. On the other side of the coin you've got the REST of the genetics to think about. Things like breeding young, being a great eater, and growing fast can all be passed down the line. As an example, our female pin came from a breeder who's stock generally grows fast and breeds at 18 months old. She was about 2 years old when she laid her first clutch this past year, weighed near 3000 grams and dropped 8 eggs. Probably the best $600 I've spent!