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    advice on pastel breeders

    I'm looking for a mate for my male pastel. I have two females - a cinnamon ivory and a phantom. But neither will produce offspring that are worth very much. But I am not an expert, and am only looking at small scale breeding. Does anyone know of a good pairing for a pastel? I was looking at GHI as it produces really brilliant yellow bands.

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    Re: advice on pastel breeders

    Quote Originally Posted by ben_marko View Post
    I'm looking for a mate for my male pastel. I have two females - a cinnamon ivory and a phantom. But neither will produce offspring that are worth very much. But I am not an expert, and am only looking at small scale breeding. Does anyone know of a good pairing for a pastel? I was looking at GHI as it produces really brilliant yellow bands.
    If you are looking at a small scale breeding that will pay for itself and at least do not make you loose money you are gonna need to pair more than a 1 gene male to a one gene female.

    Breeding means breeding what you like but also have a knowledge of the market, what sells, what does not, saturation etc.

    When people say I don't do it for the money that's fine however do you do it to lose money and be stuck with extra amount of mouths to feed for and extra undetermined amount of time and that is the real question.

    Breeding a pastel male is really like breeding a normal male it's pretty much a waste, unless it is a new gene I would not consider breeding a single gene male, 3 to 4 genes if we are talking about genes that have be around as long as pastel would be the minimum.
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    Re: advice on pastel breeders

    I would not cross a Male Pastel with anything-the gene by itself is too common.

    Your male breeder should be your prize specimen/key component of a breeding cross. The reason being: Males can mature within a year while many females can easily take up to 3-4 years before being ready to lay eggs. The investment in time/energy raising a female is considerably greater and it would be inefficient to use an inferior male.

    I recommend you look into getting a new male and use online calculators/pictures to determine what permutations of offspring you can create with the females you have.

    I won't discourage you from breeding, but, as Deb mentioned you have to be very committed to handling all the hatchlings until you can sell/rehome them. Don't expect it to be a profitable venture unless you really do your homework.
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