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I have an ice and mushroom boy I can send straws to you if you can use straws.

She's pretty! My first gene license was mushroom also! Unfortunately, my only foundation mushroom is a mare..

@gilded and @natalya, how much are your straws? Don't I need a license for Ice though?

Mine was Mushroom and its on HJ2

@bambi, is the only reason you say foundation because of even/uneven breeding? Maybe I should be more sensitive, but I don't personally care about breeding evenly. If the only downside is a "lopsided" looking pedigree when you click on Family tab, it doesn't bother me. I'd love to see your mushroom stud even if he's not a foundation

@chesneythecorgi I believe another downside of breeding unevenly is it’s harder to get foals that pass BA/SBA, but I’m not entirely sure. :)

In order to pass BA or SBA, a foal is compared to both parents. That means that if one parent is significantly worse than the other, which frequently happens in uneven breeding, that parent essentially drags the quality of the foal down and it doesn't pass when compared to the other. This is also why breeding matching paper levels results in more intacts. Yes, sometimes they do pass SBA anyway (esp if the paper levels match even though the gens don't), and sometimes with flying colors, but as most can tell you the ones you like best will always be the ones who don't pass and get snipped lol.

Some also breed only evenly because then you can set a bar for quality improvement in your line- I want them to be papering such-and-such by gen two, such-and-such by gen three, meeting these requirements for the line by this gen, and so on. You can't do that with unevens. This is one way to get your lines producing better show horses faster. If you personally don't care about those kinds of things, then the biggest disadvantage is that your foals and straws if you try to sell them will not sell as well or for as much.

I prefer my horses be bred to matching gen horses when I sell straws that way it doesn't goof up their stats (mostly average foal pt, I don't want my horse's page to suddenly say their AFPT is higher than it really is because somebody used my foundie eggs with gen 6 star studs and got 12 pt foals or something like that) but I don't care if they're breed evenly or whatever down the line from there. I do breed my own evenly though. I like seeing the line progress from the basic foundation level and go up the paper levels and pt scores and get closer and closer to my ideal for the line.

If you don’t have the room to do both, I would separate by generation. :)

ill still sell you some straws for next season if you would like!

I got my first license this season too! I just loved it so much not to get it! Go Axiom Blue! I now have a hom axiom blue mare! Will have to find a stud for her next month!

I sell his straws anywhere from 2.5k-3.5k

@Natalya thanks for the explanation. It makes sense. I just have a hard enough time with so many staying intact that I don't know who to use and like I said, I don't see my ratio as skewed. But if it were, hey it makes making that decision that much easier.