Do dinker projects really pay off?

congrats! can we see some pictures of your dinker (now proven het pied)??? show us what led you to believe she was het pied!

well, since ur so disappointed with the sex results, i'm more than willing to sacrafice some space in my room to keep them :D

they looks awesome :gj:

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Congrats dude!! Stopping eating at 900 grams should have been a sure sign that she was a het Pied. Both my het girls stopped eating at 900 grams and that isn't the first time I've heard the same thing. 2 Pieds..Wicked!

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Yeah, that should have been a definite tip-off! LOL! I have known several people that it has happened to as well. It seems that it is the het pieds and the one female that you really, really want to breed that season. :rolleye2:
Thanks J-Man!

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Originally Posted by Jerhart

wwooooooow....I have never heard of that. And I have a het pied who stopped eating when she was at 900 grams, but then started back up a few months later. Crazy!

Congrats MPenn! Bet you had a smile ear-to-ear when you sliced open those eggs. :)

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I actually had another clutch that I couldn't wait to hatch but I expected the results from that one. This one just blew my mind!

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Originally Posted by jkobylka

Got to love the dinkers!!! Congrats!

I know you you feel. :) Seriously :)

Justin

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Yeah, when I cut the eggs and realized what I had, your project last year was the first thing that popped into my mind. Kinda wishing that I had stuck my pastel poss. het pied with her now. But, I know who her boyfriend will be this coming season! :D

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Originally Posted by MarkS

That's really great. Knowing what to look for can really pay off sometimes. Very nice pieds too.

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Thanks Mark. It does help, doesn't it?

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Originally Posted by twistedtails

So did you figure she was het due to her markers? Pics please I want to see this girl! Congrats by the way. That is just awesome.:O

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Yes, she had the ever elusive het pied markers on her. As we all know, some definite hets do not have them but some non-hets do, so it was a gamble.

Awesome! That's great to hear. Hatching out cool stuff from "normals".

IT's always worht keeping your eyes peeled when dealing with CH animals... and dinkers are always worth a shot! ;)

Congrats!

We have two CH females we're very hopeful are het pieds (one actually has stronger markings than our 100% het pied female), and dinkers are always worth it, even if they don't prove out you still end up with neat looking normals :)

Het pied? find out next year. (she stopped eating this year at around 850G as it happens :rofl:

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...s/Somanya4.jpg


What if dinkers don't prove genetic? Well, who cares? This girl may prove genetic (she's 1200-1300G right now) but if not she's still one fo the prettiest normals you'll ever see, and that has to count for something in co-dom breedings at least!

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...yals/Afife.jpg

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...als/Afife7.jpg


As for people who think dinking is a waste of time, thats fine, leave it to those of us who don't ;)

That's awesome! I hope I can have some luck like that in the future!