I've been through this dilemma recently and came to the realization that a breeder ready het female is pretty close price wise as a visual. I went with the visual.
Good point. It's really only cheaper if you raise up the pair yourself.
And also, I got 1 visual from 5 eggs last year. I got no visuals from 4 eggs this year. That's a lot of 66% possible hets. I've only managed to sell half of them so far.