Keeping offspring vs. selling..

I want to keep everything :) and buy the ones others are selling ;)

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Originally Posted by Holbeird

I want to keep everything :) and buy the ones others are selling ;)

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Let me send you my phone number and a price list. :D

Well, mine won't be for another year but... I already plan on holding back at least two female pastels IF the morph/odds fairy is kind to me, same with yellow bellies. As far as anything else that I don't hold onto, and I won't know for sure until that time comes, lol! I already have a website I am working on, several people who want babies and I may go to the local show as well.

I am keeping every female that hatches this season except I am going to sell one 6 egg clutch of 50% poss het lavenders that should start pipping in the next couple of days(hoping for a lot of females). I am only going to sell those so I can pick up a male lesser and a pair of Ruppel stonewashed pastels in Daytona. The hard part for me is trying to sell of all of my poss het males that are hatching. I just don't feel right selling any of my hatchlings to the local pet store.

My decision this year is easy, as I will have no babies... but last year my clutch was from a normal x normal breeding and I planned on keeping the two females that were produced. I sold/found homes for others through friends, internet classifieds, and local classifieds. Next year will be more difficult to pick and choose, as most of the babies I produce (if all goes well) will be from unproven projects. If a project proves dom/co-dom, I will keep any visible morphs and perhaps the siblings... so that would be the whole clutch. If the babies show no phenotype, I will end up keeping them to try and prove/disprove that they are carriers. I also have one recessive morph project, and if all goes well I will keep all visible carriers and female hets.

Also, you should be prepared to keep each hatchling for quite some time, perhaps more than just 5 or 6 feedings... as it is really hard to predict how many potential buyers you will have, and how many of those actually complete a sale. I'd be prepared to keep them into at least sub-adulthood, especially if you want to try to hold your asking price.

All normal males,poss het males,66%hets males will be sold. All normal females will be sold. All poss het females will be held back. The only male i am keeping is the PIED male.

Sorry i sell to friends. I have one who wants to by all of my males. Ok sold. Some I sell to local pet stores.

well, when I do get my 100% het pied pair and they are of breedable age (like 2 years from now), I will keep any pieds that hatch and sell/give away the siblings. Thats my plans in thought for now, that could always change over the years. :D

Keeping everything.... not paying the bills for three months, ignoring the phone for 3 months and then living in a tent on abandoned toxic waste land for the rest of my very short expected life.... *Priceless* :)

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Originally Posted by Rapture

Also, you should be prepared to keep each hatchling for quite some time, perhaps more than just 5 or 6 feedings... as it is really hard to predict how many potential buyers you will have, and how many of those actually complete a sale. I'd be prepared to keep them into at least sub-adulthood, especially if you want to try to hold your asking price.

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This is a great point that you made. I hate seeing ads that say "everything must go.." It is akin to the horse-selling tactic "she needs to be sold by this date, or else she is going off to the meat auction!"
I am definately going to be prepared to keep all hatchlings if the need is there!