Re: What would you hold back?
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Originally Posted by
f22raptor95
Okay, so the pairing was a clown to a spider (not het clown). I got 7 good eggs due august 8th. What would you be looking for to hold back from this clutch and why? I'm trying to understand the whole "hold back" thing better. Thanks!
I can't tell you what to holdback because that is up to you. But I will help clarify the whole "hold back thing" cus it seems as if you are having a bit of confusion there. A hold back is just an animal or animals you want to keep back to expand your collection and go in a certain direction with. So for me, for example, I only plan to holdback a male or two this season (as long as they have more genes than my current males) and I plan to holdback just about every 2+ gene female I hatch. Why? So that I don't have to invest money buying females since I am raising them myself. This will allow me to triple my current collection in size and in a few years I will have that many more females to breed.
Re: What would you hold back?
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Originally Posted by
Deborah
In that case I would hold back a Spider Het Clown Male, by the time she is ready so will he. This will allow you to shoot for Bumblebee Clown in no time. Even in that case holding back 1 or 2 females Spider Het Clown can't hurt if you have the room, you never have enough female Hets.
If you don't want to keep a male you can hold back some female Spider Het Clowns instead and pair the Clown to your Pastel Het Clown and hold a male later own from that clutch (if there is a male) it's the longer route but with better odds but if you don't produce male Pastel Clown it will be an even longer route.
If I bred a spider het to a pastel het my odds of hitting the bumblebee clown are 1/16:/ I may breed the pastel het to my visual...so you're second option...
