Small But Cool Clutch

congrats! glad she proved out for you!

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Originally Posted by slashlax99

I would really like to find someone willing to trade a 1 for 1 to out cross and avoid inbreeding, but don't know if I can find that (since I have not established a reputation yet).

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What's the guarantee that the traded animal you get in is 'as advertised'?

With your 3, you know exactly what you've got - Line-breeding is fine - Do it! :gj:

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Originally Posted by alan1

What's the guarantee that the traded animal you get in is 'as advertised'?

With your 3, you know exactly what you've got - Line-breeding is fine - Do it! :gj:

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I have thought about this, and I am willing to line breed, but had hoped to avoid it if possible. If I can find a reputable person who is willing to trade, that would be great. This is also about trying to establish my name as a person of quality and integrity. To establish yourself, you sometimes have to take risks, but by finding people with good reputations, that risk can be minimized. I probably will end up line breeding the male Pastel Double het to his mother in the 2013-2014 season. If the same male and female go for me this season (2012-2013), I would really like to trade some of those babies to diversify the blood line and that would be a lower risk since I would have these three babies. I will just have to wait and see what opportunities present themselves.

Wonderful little clutch you got there! Came wait to see some ghost pieds in the future, ghosts pieds are HAWT.

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Very nice. Cool project, keep us updated on it!

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Very nice. Cool project, keep us updated on it!

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Will do. I plan on pairing the same parents in January 2013. They were paired at the beginning of this year, and the female has already gained back a her prebreeding weight, but I want to get more weight on her in hopes of getting more eggs this next season.

That's a great clutch. Hope you hit something showing pied next year. "And may the odds be ever in your favor."

Just an update. In the 2012-2013 season, I repeated this pairing and got 1.0 Pastel Hypo het Pied, 0.1 Hypo het Pied, 0.1 Pastel het Hypo het Pied, and 0.1 het Hypo het Pied. So the 2009 male Pastel Hypo possible het Pied did not prove out that season. This past season, 2013-2014, I decided to repeat the pairing one last time to give the 2009 male Pastel Hypo possible het Pied a third season, and hopefully at least a total of 10 eggs. I got 5 eggs (a total of 12 for the 3 seasons that I have paired him with this 2010 female Pied het Hypo) this season and they all hatched out about 2 weeks ago. Unfortunately, the 2009 male Pastel Hypo possible het Pied did not prove out again, as there were no visual Pieds in this clutch. However, I got some pretty good results, 2.1 Pastel Hypo het Pieds, and 1.1 Hypo het Pieds. This season, 2014-2015, I plan on pairing the original 2010 female Pied het Hypo to her 2013 Pastel Hypo het Pied son. Hopefully I will see some good results in 2015. It's been a long project, as I got the original 2010 female Pied het Hypo in December of 2010 and have been working at this project since then.

Great small clutch! Congrats!

Nice clutch, hypo piers are awesome