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Awesome Pied Clutch Odds

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.....did NOT happen with this clutch :rofl: Pied x het pied pairing and ZERO pieds :ack2: If this female didn't give me 3 pieds last year, Id be questioning her genetics. Oh well, theres always next year and I still have another 8 egg pied x het pied clutch incubating.

1.4 100% het pieds
 

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oh man that bites.. Sorry bout that one.. We hit the 1-16 odds last year.. Yep got the normal.. Next year will be yours for sure..
 
That sucks...maybe you should question the male's genetics, lol. (Maybe she got a late night visitor one night while he was out?)

At least you can log this one as evidence that one can breed a visual to a het and not produce visuals.
 
Well, I have a clutch from albino to het...no albinos in 4 eggs. Now I don't feel so bad.
 
hhmoore said:
That sucks...maybe you should question the male's genetics, lol. (Maybe she got a late night visitor one night while he was out?)
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That might be the case ;) Maybe a male normal found its way into my house and snuck in while the pied was out shopping :rolleyes:

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Well, I have a clutch from albino to het...no albinos in 4 eggs. Now I don't feel so bad.
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We can feel bad together :)
 
hey kris, how many babies u get last year from this mother including pieds and hets...just wondering if u got super bad odds or if the genectics are going to even out over two years or three...sorry for bad odds, u will make it up next year and hit odds like me on my pied clutch...
 
snakejems said:
hey kris, how many babies u get last year from this mother including pieds and hets...just wondering if u got super bad odds or if the genectics are going to even out over two years or three...sorry for bad odds, u will make it up next year and hit odds like me on my pied clutch...
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Ahhhh so YOU stole my odds from me :rofl: Last year was her first year, I got 4 eggs and 1 slug, 1.2 pieds and 1.0 het pied
 

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ok,, not bad,, nine eggs, three pieds, one short or not of 50%, but six hets and half of six is three which u got with the math, so to me it balanced out, so next year u should hit better odds again for sure if u breed parents again or try another pied male same female to see what happens,, its all a gamble on how the genes hits and averages...good luck next season, hope u crush odds then!!!!
 
Bummer, my buddy hit 2.1 pieds on a 5 egg clutch from het x het..It's crazy how you didn't get 1..You'll knock 'em out the park next year
 
dude...at least you got females...I had from pied x het pied this year 3.1 Hets born...same as you...she has produced pieds in the past...just not this year...lol....odds gods!!!!!!
 
Ok so I feel a little better with my 2nd pied clutch, 3.3 pieds, 2.0 het pieds :D. Odds of this clutch even out the last clutch (which is what I keep telling myself lol). They just had their first shed...first pic males, second pic females (except the het).
 

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