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Originally Posted by gethyn69  hi i just had a litter of 6 pups from normal coloured yorkies but 3 of them are parti coloured, mum has had 3 litters before and all the pups were either silver/tan or black/tan. does anybody have any idea on what price to put them out at. i live in the uk. |
The only rational explanation is that both parents are carriers for the piebald gene. The typical odds ratio for carrier-to-carrier producing a parti would be 1 in 4. Your girl certainly beat those odds.
This is from info I've seen based on recessive genes expressing themselves in puppies. If I'm wrong, someone will correct this, I'm sure.
I can't answer your question on price. I would suggest you think of the other qualities of the pups as to the standard for the breed, apart from their color, and go from there. You can't put a value on a pup based on one trait alone.