New to the Industry: How Should I Start My Breeding Colony?

[Wiggles92]

any morph that doesnt take mortgaging your house for is already flooding the market. just breed what you like. if you want bee's but are on a tight budget then get your female pastel now and a spider later and make one. dont worry about getting a male this year. get your females they take 3 years to raise up on average. most males can breed within the first year of life. also you can get proven breeder single gene males cheap. ghost,pin,pastel,black pastel,mojave,spider,and yellow belly males are cheap 100-350 dollars as proven breeders. but if you get your girls now maybe next year you could get a pastel lesser for example or a bee male. males drop every year in price as people replace them iwth newer better versions. hold out and get your male later and put your money into the girls this year.
adam jeffery

Hmm, that makes a ton of sense to me, actually! In that case, I think I'll get maybe one male since I have a friend that's willing to give me a good deal on one, but otherwise I'll get no more than five more females and call it good since I'm capping myself at eight total BPs for this year.

As for the morphs in particular, I'm a of the BELs and black eye leucistics, so I'll snatch up a female from one of the base morphs for one of those if at all possible. I also like the various bees, so pastels are a must, too.