Het Pied "Markers"--Fact or Fiction?

[jkobylka]

I have 1.1 100% Het Pieds and neither of them have it. So in my world the 80% rule I read somewhere is total BS LOL!

I did see a Petsmart WC normal with the marker though, Wow, I thought what are the odds? Not that great I suppose. I believe like someone said before, some breeder with good business sense came up with a great marketing scheme to sell possibles.

I have nothing to gain from relating my experience and my experience has not been minimal, and is continuing to grow. For those who feel that a striped belly is unrelated from the pied trait, I invite you to purchase any poss het pieds that I sell without markers because I will sell them for a fraction of the price! So for me this is not a way to make extra money.

I really do wish that there were no het pied markers. Because I believe their are, I cannot and will not in good conscience sell an unmarkered possible het for the same price as a markered one.

I will openly post any findings that I discover in my breedings. This year should give a lot of data in the debate and I will post all of it in the my official clutch thread. Like all of you I'm only interested in discovering the truth and understanding the animals better!

Justin