There is a slight difference, but it all works out the same in the end. (I used to know the name of the specific probability formula that applies here. I'm old. I forget things.) Basically, the odds are 1:4 for each individual egg. This is not the same as a total 1:4 clutch ratio. However, as far as the probabilities formula I mentioned goes, the total clutch may theoretically reach a 1:4 ratio with enough eggs tested within the clutch.

For example, if I randomly flipped a penny four times, I cannot state that half of the flips would/should result in heads. (I may get no heads.) But if I flipped it four hundred times, the likely hood of a 1:1 ratio increases. The more I flip, the better the overall "clutch" ratio narrows down to the 1:1 ratio.

There is a difference, but not enough to spoil your breeding expectations at all.


Chris
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