Thanks for the input Joe! That was kinda what I was thinking. Glad to hear someone that does not think it is a 'bad' idea.

I was also considering this because I don't plan on keeping tons of bps anytime soon....just a smaller collection(for now)...I figured that raising up 1 or 2 groups of PDH female would be a great way to 'keep the numbers down' but would still give me the breeding stock that I want. Also, I would not be wasting my time on raising normal females since I am mainly interested in recessive traits.....all the babies from that pairing would have 75% chance of being het for one or the other. That is alot better odds IMO.

The only downfall that I see is that I am basically wasting a chance at producing a homozygous animal by breeding het A to het B....but I dont mind waiting to produce something visual