Technical Breeding Tips and Advice

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I agree with you Kay when it's immediate and you have no others to breed with it.

But here is the reason I think it does help if it's farther back in the line.

I got a kitty not too long ago showing porcelain. Dads side I've been breeding for about a year. The highest shade I've ever gotten in his line is glitter.
Moms side I've been breeding since around Dec or Jan. No shades.
I've back bred the lines, inbred the lines, never got porcelain. Porcelain only came from the lazy dazies so it didn't come from any of the starters I used along the way on moms side.
These are my kitties, not a mix of other ppls kitties for almost a year now. And remember all the inbreeding and back breeding would have pulled it out a lot sooner. If it worked like anna said mathematically. Yet this is what I got.
Fur: Balinese - Flame Lynx
Eyes: Gerbera Blue (Shape: Curious | Pupil: Small)
Shade: Porcelain
Tail: Curious
Ears: Soft Fold
Whiskers: Silver (Shape: Guitar)
How many times did we get a trait pop out of nowhere that was waaaaaaaaay back in a pedigree. Yet the whole time we were breeding it never showed.
I do agree if it shows in parents grandparents then inbreeding is going to bring it out. I do think the math changes over generations.
I'm just suggesting that sometimes maybe we can shove that more recessive trait farther into the background so it doesn't always haunt us.
As far as buying a new fur with a recessive showing like the one Kay said. I would never buy it either, unless it had traits I wanted and i had a pure fur to breed it with. That is the only way I would buy a fur like that. Or if I wanted the hidden fur.