Breeding Standards

[JodanOrNoDan]

The easiest way for you to do this would be to buy a male super gravel and breed it to all your single/double gene animals. That way you'll know anything that isn't a combo is a gravel. Unfortunately you probably don't have 5k sitting around to purchase a super gravel

You are of course right. The problem is my mentality. Once I start dropping that kind of cash I will go into money making mode and I am really trying to keep this at a hobby level. The most expensive animals I have allowed myself to purchase are my male and female highways. I didn't get involved in YB until last year. All my YB complex females are up to size but they are only two. So far it is not looking like they are a go this year. My male went to a normal who I am pretty sure is going to go, so I am looking at quite a few holdbacks if I don't figure out how to tell them apart. The other consideration is what started this thread in the first place. Super Gravels were 8k last year, now down to 5k. So, if my male turns out to be a dud I will pick up a Super Gravel male next season. If my luck holds it will take me no more than six months to get him ready to roll. To make matters even more difficult I have a Puma involved in this mess and I don't know how to identify a Spark either.