Het/Homo or Het/Double Het?

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Ack! That wasn't an option.

The problem is that your Pied is a male and you only have a Het. Pied female, so do you breed the male Pied or the Pastel Het. Pied male to the female? It's either that or fork out a few bucks on a breeder sized Pastel/Het. Pied female.

I voted based on your example. I thought that was an actual possibility. If you only have a Het Pied girl, and a Pied and Pastel Het male, I would do the Pastel Het to Het (in an attempt to hit the Pastel Pied). However, in the event of your example, I would do the Pied to Pastel Het (vs. Pastel Het to Pastel Het), as I would want a better shot at Pastel Pieds. Then the following year you could put the Pastel Pied to Pastel Het to up your odds at Super Pastel Pieds.

I did something very similar this past year. I had a Pastel Het Pied girl that was ready. My choices were Pied male or Pewter Het. While the Pewter Het could have given me some cooler stuff, I wanted to try and up my odds on getting a Pastel Pied to replace my regular Pied male. So I went with the Pied male. Now, I did get lucky in another clutch and made a Cinny Pied male that will probably see the Pastel Het girl this year.

I hope that helps,