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Brandon Osborne
at Tue Mar 20 19:42:54 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Brandon Osborne ]
But are you really saving money?.....not to mention time.
Cost:
4.0 100% het pieds $150 ea. = $600
0.7 normals $ 50 ea. = $350
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Total ======================= $950
About the price of a pair of hets, give or take $100. The time it will take you to produce a pied with the group you mention will be 2x as long. Consider it takes 3 years to raise the average female to a good breeding size. You breed those 7 females, and say 5 of them ovulate. You still have to raise up all the young from those for 3 more years and wonder if any are 100% hets. Then there's the possibility of having lots of males....or lots of females. It sounds like a good idea, but on paper, the 1.1 Hets are a cheaper and easier bet. Food, utilities, and time play, and pay, an important roll in breeding.
Good luck.
Brandon Osborne
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RE: HETS! HETS! HETS! - Brandon Osborne, Tue Mar 20 19:42:54 2007