honestly i dont really know how the 'baldy' gene works for sure..but i can only make an educated guess from MY OWN experiences (others might have different results).
anyways, i found that using a baldy male is probably the most efficient way of producing a number of baldy offspring. for that particular pictured cross animal, the parents were male- hine line baldy super hypo ct 40%, female- independent super hypo tangerine line, some orange on tail but not much.
obviously if u breed a baldy male to baldy breeder females that increases the likely hood that more offspring are baldies, but it's still not 100%. i produced some where around 25-30 baldys this year, the majority of them coming from baldy x baldy. but even doing a baldy male x non baldy females will produce a varying percentage of baldies.
the reason i stated that using a baldy male is the most efficient way is because obviously one male can breed to several/many females, thus increasing the chances that his "baldy allele" (if it is in fact carried by an allele) will be inherited in the offspring. using a baldy female and breeding her to a non baldy male, u may get the same percentage of baldy offspring but only from her eggs from that breeding (6-8 clutches average). one baldy male can easily breed 10 females and u get (say 6-8 clutches x 10 females) the same percentage of baldies just with more eggs..so u get more baldies haha..didnt realize this post was so long! sorry for talking too much, anyways i hope that kinda helps?
ps- rob, if you're still looking to add some nice baldy super hypo females to your colony u can email me. i got about 5 or 6 subadult (45+ grams) nice females available that were born late this year. some are tang x hypo crosses, others are hypo x hypo. i haven't had time to post them on ks but im sure u might like a few of them.
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