multiple males

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Hey guys,

Got a quick question for you all.

How do you guys feel about pairing multiple males to one female. I know it would get confusing with recessive genes. But I just purchased a 06 spider female who produced 9 eggs in 2010 and hasn't been bred since..

I am assuming I will get at least 9 eggs from her next season and the male lesser I was planing to pair to her to will be just about 600-800 grams. I want to make sure she gets as many plugs into her as I can.. I was contemplating pairing her to my male pastel as well..

Considering all the genes at play will be co-dom there will be no confusion with hets, so in my mind it's a good idea, but maybe there is something I am over looking.

What do you guys think?

Cheers,
Chris.

[The Serpent Merchant]

I think that it is perfectly fine, there will be no question who the father is when they hatch with co-doms. I wouldn't do it will recessives but co-doms/doms sure.

[sho220]

I think it kind of depends on what your goal is. I put my Enchi with both my Spider girl and Butter girl and didn't rotate any other males in because I was determined to produce Enchi's and Enchi mixes (and both females are about to lay ). But if I wasn't dead set on Enchi's I'd definitely rotate other males in just to be sure someone gets it done. With recessives I'd probably stick to one male.

[h00blah]

You're not overlooking anything. Breeding dom/co-dom to a female results in a fun "who's your daddy" clutch! As long as recessive males aren't involved you're all good.

If the female was recessive, same story. Any co-dom/dom males would work since 100% of the offspring will be het for the recessive girl.

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k great! I don't want to throw all my eggs in to one basket (no pun intended) LOL. I would like to see some Lesser Bees but frankly I just want to produce something next year.

My male pastel is het. axanthic and he will be going in with my female pastel het. axanthic. but I am not to concerned about carrying the possible het onto offspring. It wont be advertised when I got to sell any pastel or bumblebee offspring. Although if I produce a bumblebee PH ax. I will probably hang onto it and breed it back into the project. some axanthic bumble bees would be cool.

[BFE Pets]

Lol I got on here to ask that very same question! Thanks. I have a couple virgin males that will be ready for next season and was thinking about running them with the same females just incase one isn't feeling ready by then.

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k great! I don't want to throw all my eggs in to one basket (no pun intended) LOL. I would like to see some Lesser Bees but frankly I just want to produce something next year.

My male pastel is het. axanthic and he will be going in with my female pastel het. axanthic. but I am not to concerned about carrying the possible het onto offspring. It wont be advertised when I got to sell any pastel or bumblebee offspring. Although if I produce a bumblebee PH ax. I will probably hang onto it and breed it back into the project. some axanthic bumble bees would be cool.

AX BEES! Very nice! I would still advertise as "PH ax" because the gambler side of people will encourage them to just go for it anyways . I wouldn't care to price them as such though, which would also help you sell them quicker !

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AX BEES! Very nice! I would still advertise as "PH ax" because the gambler side of people will encourage them to just go for it anyways . I wouldn't care to price them as such though, which would also help you sell them quicker !

great advice! thanks