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    Post Wanting to breed but have some questions.

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    I have a breeding pair that I recently purchased at a show and was wondering when I can I breed them and any tips that anyone has thanks.

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    Need a lot more information about your animals to answer anything like that. General rules male 600 grams, female without knowing the animal 1500 grams and 3 years old.

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    Re: Wanting to breed but have some questions.

    What type of information do you need? Thanks for the help though I appreciate it, about the only info that I have on the pair of BP's is that there het for pied and I'm not a 100% sure on there age tho is there any way of telling?

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    No way to tell for sure by looking. If you do not know how old they are you are going to have to go by weight. I would ask the breeder about the age though. If they are het for pied and only het for pied i would make sure I had something to do with all the normals I am going to get from the breeding before I did it.

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    Re: Wanting to breed but have some questions.

    Ok I appreciate the info, and that's the thing the g/f won the pair as a door prize at a show so didn't really get the breeders info was just told they were het for pies and that's really the only thing they told her, if there's going to be a lot of normals in the clutch what type would you suggest to bread them too or should I just take a chance with them?

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    Pied not pies.

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    Re: Wanting to breed but have some questions.

    If they are both 100% het pied your odds come out to 25% pied, 50% 50% het pied, and 25% normals. What the other user was saying is there's a very good chance (75%) you'll end up with some kind of normal. It can be difficult to sell normals, even with the 50% het pied. They were just making sure you have a plan to house babies that may not sell for months.
    1.0 pewter bee
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    What are their weights?

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    Wow. What a trainwreck, really love all these people who are breeding animals willy nilly.

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    Re: Wanting to breed but have some questions.

    Quote Originally Posted by Fred89 View Post
    Hey, I have a breeding pair that I recently purchased at a show
    Quote Originally Posted by Fred89 View Post
    ...the g/f won the pair as a door prize at a show so didn't really get the breeders info

    Pied not pies.
    Seems like a bizarre and impractical 'door prize' particularly if basic info on the pair is not included.
    Last edited by The Golem; 07-07-2016 at 07:17 AM.

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