Breeding question..!!

[Swiftstar]

Hey all, just a quick question. Not planning on breeding bps personally but a friend of mine does. We were debating but I'd like to input on here as I'm not an expert lol, would it make more sense to buy a good high end male or good high end female? So e.g. a.piedbald male with a female het pied or a female piedbald with a male het pied? What's your thoughts he seems to buy better females but thought was other way round

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[Stewart_Reptiles]

You want your male to be higher end than your female, pied male to het pied female, yes, het pied male to pied female is a waste unless this is a multiple genes het pied male.

[Swiftstar]

Nah its just a normal, thankyou for that Some people ha cheers

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[paulh]

Genetically, it makes the most sense to mate a pied to a pied--all babies are pied. And you get the same results from a male pied to a female het pied as you do with a female pied to a male het pied--50% normal-looking het pied and 50% pied.

Economically, you can expect more pied babies by mating a male pied to two or more female het pieds than by mating a pied female to one or more het pied males. A male can sire clutches with more than one female, while a female has only one clutch per year, no matter how many males she mates with. Male pied x 2 female het pieds produce two clutches, each of which is expected to produce 50% pied and 50% normal-looming het pied. That's where the benefit of using a pied male appears.

[Swiftstar]

That was a class response appreciate that!

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[PitOnTheProwl]

You always want to "plus" the female.
The only time you would want to downgrade a female would be either trying to prove out an animal you produced or working on something like double hets.