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I have 2 females 66% het for albino. They should breed this winter or next spring. If i were to buy a 100% het male that is breedable this winter....would I have a chance of etting at least 1 albino or would they all be hets? the 2 females are nerd line bought from kevin. Thanks for all responces

You don't know yet, you have to find out if they are hets or not. If they are hets, then yes you will get albinos (based on the odds). If they are not hets, you will get 50% poss hets. Here is the punnett square for that cross.

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That is assuming the 66% het proves out. If it does, 25% will be normal, 50% will be hets, and 25% will be albinos. So you will end up with (out of 4 eggs) 1 albino and 3 66% poss het for albino. This is all based on numbers, you may end up with all albinos, or no albinos. Just a roll of the dice.

Well, keep in mind that a 66% het in the end is either a het or not a het, it just has a 66% chance of being so (probably from a het-to-het breeding).
So, you have two scenarios. The first is that one of the females is NOT a het. If you breed the 100% het male to her, all of your offspring will come out normal and will all be 50% het for albino.
The second scenario is that one of the females is indeed a het. If you breed the 100% het male to her, then the numbers are the same as a het-to-het breeding and you would get 25% albino, 25% normal, and 50% het for albino (the normals and 50%ers will look the same and be sold as 66% het albinos).
Now here's the tricky part. Being first-time breeders, these females may only have 3-4 eggs. It's highly possible that they will not produce any albinos so one would be quick to say that the offspring are 50% het. BUT, in reality, maybe the female is indeed a het and you just missed your numbers. In that case, the offspring are 66% het. There's absolutely no way to tell unless you actually produce an albino in a clutch and then you know that her siblings are each 66% het.
So, in the long and short of things. If one of the females is indeed a het, you can produce an albino next year from her. If she's not a het, you'll only get 50% hets.
Hope that helps and good luck,
Jason @ Jason's Jungle

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I have 2 females 66% het for albino. They should breed this winter or next spring. If i were to buy a 100% het male that is breedable this winter....would I have a chance of etting at least 1 albino or would they all be hets? the 2 females are nerd line bought from kevin. Thanks for all responces

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