Why do you pair mulriple sires w/ one female?

My husband paired four different males to his normal female this season. He got a baby from at least three of the four males, and possibly all four. To me that's cool. So far she's hatched a lesser, a pastel, and a woma. We are waiting to see if there is a spider or another woma still to hatch.

Now, by the same token, two of my females are paired with a single male only, because I have specific babies and looks I want.

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Man, a whose your daddy clutch sounds like fun. I think im gonna make a thing out of it. Raise up a big female I expect many eggs from, pair her with four distinct codom males, and have all my friends place bets. Closest guess morph for morph takes the pot. Ill throw a party for the cutting and everything haha. Yup. Totally doing it. Well hey, at the very least now if I ever have a normal female I just dont know what to do with I can make a game out of it.

It's all about what your personal breeding goals are. Who's your daddy clutches seem like a lot of fun, but for my first season there's a very specific pair I want to try out for a certain combo. Back when I got my first snakes I wanted a pastave, but wasn't impressed by the ones that just looked like mojave hatchlings that were a little more yellow. I went out and bought the most yellow blushed out pastel I could afford and a light mojave male. The hope is that the pastaves will be some smoking little critters, but I won't know until after this season :D

People breed multiple males (usually newbies) because they dont have enough faith in their males.
I use one male per female (I keep two of every "good" male I have). I either get what I want or I get nothing.
I refuse to breed a "junkier" third-string male to get junky babies just to get babies.

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Originally Posted by mykee

People breed multiple males (usually newbies) because they dont have enough faith in their males.
I use one male per female (I keep two of every "good" male I have). I either get what I want or I get nothing.
I refuse to breed a "junkier" third-string male to get junky babies just to get babies.

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I know of quite a few breeders who do double and triple sired clutches. I guess these bigger breeders are producing junk then, huh?

If all of your males are quality...

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Originally Posted by heathers*bps

I know of quite a few breeders who do double and triple sired clutches. I guess these bigger breeders are producing junk then, huh?

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:gj:

Nothing wrong with increasing your odds!

Just because you have a proven male breeder does not mean they will get the job done with every female every year. Also there is nothing stopping the female from refusing a particular male. Doubling up is just a way to increase your odds, or to lean your breeding goals in one direction or the other.

Reassurance I my eyes. You want to make sure you hit that ovy so more makes the better.

A good reason to use multiple males is proven males versus young males.

This past year I bred a proven clown male to a proven het clown female but then started backing him up with a first year (2011) male pastel clown that got to size. Either way everything is het clown and there "should" be clowns. Just depends if I get the pastel clown to be the dad or not :)

I think this is a great way to use multiple sires. Banking on a young male being your backup and being an "upgrade" to the proven male.

Hope that helps! :)

Because I can :gj: or maybe because I am a newbie pairing junky males :rolleyes: :rofl:

If I have no specific preference on the future outcome and know I will be happy either way with what comes out of it I will pair 2 males to a female. If I plan on very specific results than only one male is used.

Sometimes it also helps if the female is not receptive to a certain male then I introduce another one. (that is granted I don't have specific expectations).

Ultimately depends on your plans, this year I needed some enchi and mystic females so I pair them both to a few females, got what I needed and even got a double sired clutch both males are high qualities and both males are great breeders.

Next season my kingpin and POG will likely share a few females as well spider & bee most likely because again no preference here I will be happy with either outcomes.

Who's your daddy clutches are always fun.