I Need a Little Help Deciding...

[smalltimeballz]

As you know, income tax time is rolling around...and now its time to think of what add to my collection. But I need a little help because I can only budget for one or the other (unless you have other ideas).

Pair #1: 2011 Silver Streak male/ 2012 Silver Streak female
-Pros:
Almost breeding size
Will not produce normals
One in four shot in producing Super Pewters (goal)
Both would be useful for future projects

-Cons: ??

Pair #2: 2013 Black Pastel YB male and 2013 Pastel Specter female

-Pros:
Cheapest option to produce Black Pewter Super stripe (1 in 16 odds)
Female Pastel Specter will be a useful breeder
Only $50 more than Pair #1

-Cons:
Will take 1.5 to 2 years to reach breeding size
1 in 16 odds of producing goal
Will produce normals and specters in same clutch, which might give problems identifying the Specters.

Which should I choose? Granted they might get sold before I have the cash... but I hope my refund won't take long to come in. If somebody has other suggestions, I'm all ears. I love clown stuff, but I'm doing a breeding loan to produce lesser het clowns... I love pieds, but I would want a sub adult/breeder size female at least. I would love a GHI, but can't see myself paying that much for one hatchling. I don't care for enchis or pinstripe stuff. I love crazy patterns and dark/contrasting/ silver stuff. I adore the yb & black pastel/cinny complexes. I also wonder about starting a Desert project (but then I would have to get enchi Because they go so well together!). Anyways... sorry for my long, indecisive post lol

[TexanLady]

I would go with the first option.

[T&C Exotics]

I would also go with the first option

[BumbleB]

If you can not think of any cons to one of the pairs it should really be an easy decision to make

[manicmorphs]

I'm assuming you are being loaned a clown to breed your female lesser. I would get a 2011/2012 female clown and next year a pastel(or other gene) clown male. This way you would have lesser het clown male x clown in 2 years and pastel clown x lesser het clown in 3.

[smalltimeballz]

I'm assuming you are being loaned a clown to breed your female lesser. I would get a 2011/2012 female clown and next year a pastel(or other gene) clown male. This way you would have lesser het clown male x clown in 2 years and pastel clown x lesser het clown in 3.

You assume correctly. That is a nice idea, but I want to wait for the clutch to be laid & hatched before I add anything to the project because I don't want to count my chicks before they hatch. Could have bad odds. Or poor gender ratio. I could end up buying the wrong gender.

[JMinILM]

between the two options you laid out I would choose the first pair. For the second pair, I would not buy them as a pair now. If they female is a 2013 there is no need to get the male for at least a year. In that time you might change your mind and even if you don't the price on the male you want will probably go down.

[smalltimeballz]

between the two options you laid out I would choose the first pair. For the second pair, I would not buy them as a pair now. If they female is a 2013 there is no need to get the male for at least a year. In that time you might change your mind and even if you don't the price on the male you want will probably go down.

Yeah, you're right. I just put it as an option because it was the cheapest way to produce a black pewter super stripe. I would rather do a black pewter yb x super stripe... but that is expensive. Maybe I could pick out one to be female to raise up. The only black pewter yb I could find was around 1600.... perhaps I could pick up the silver streak pair and a yb breeder size female and do payments on a super stripe female. Breed the silver streak male to the yellow belly while waiting on the silver steak female to come of age/size and produce my own black pewter yb male (hopefully). Price check on breeder size yb female?!

[don15681]

go with no 1 . super pewters are very cool. I have a super black pewter. clown stuff is nice and when you produces hatchlings, it's pretty easy to sell.

here's a pic of my super black pewter.

[smalltimeballz]

Thank you guys! I have the silver streak pair on hold and am currently searching for a breeder sized yb female. Then I'll be looking for a super stripe female in the near future. Can't wait!