As everyone has said, females are worth more. And you only plan on making one male? If you breed 3 females (remember, you can breed 7, or sometimes more), 6 eggs each, then that's 18 eggs (I'm assuming nothing goes wrong, and everything does in fact come out in perfect ratios). 9 pastels......let's say 5 males, 4 females. 250X5=$1250 and about 750X4=$3000. So a total of $4250. And this is assuming you don't keep back any females, which holding some could make you more in the long run. Now I know it won't be this clean (but remember you could make more than this). Bad things will happen, eggs will go bad, females will lay less than 6, females will reabsorb, clutches will give you horrible odds at times. But this is fun stuff anyway, and just from my one example here of what could happen your first year if things go well with 3 females. Everyone wants a new morph, and you could easily afford one under these conditions. "Just don't expect to be buying banana clowns from breeding a pastel for one year".......and Tosha, you could quote me on that!!

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