What should I go with...?

[alan1]

Buy a het pied female now and raise her up. When she gets closer to breeding size you can look at getting a male pied to pair her with. That way you don't have to pay to feed a male for 2 years and prices on males will be probably half of what they are today.

this ^

also - a visual x het pairing means you won't be producing any 66% poss hets (from het x het, and not knowing what is what) - they'll all be 100%