(11-12-2014 05:19 PM)Sorcie Naxos Wrote: I am a relatively new breeder, and am currently working with a male and female Siamese chocolate tortie. They just had their 4th baby and once again, its a male. My question is, are there some pairs who only produce a certain gender? I had another pair of cats who did this and I decided to split them up to other partners. But I really don't want to split these two because their fur is the most recessive.
Has anyone else had this issue?
Thanks!
Of course, most have had that issue. In my case one pure breeding pair and their offspring have been producing 4 boys for every 1 girl for the last 2 1/2 years and over 150 kittens. It is a continuing experiment for me - because data always trumps theory, or in this case, what someone has been told, and blindly accepts without the data to back it up. "A string of bad luck" is not science, and not the scientific method. That's all I will say for now - no reason to subject myself to ridicule based on statistically significant data.
If your "bad luck" with all boys continues, change one of the parents - there could be a reason that fixes your "bad luck".
