Which to make the female, which to make the male?

I hope I word this right! Not everyone can afford only the homozygous and double homozygous corns. So to make up for this most of us buy them with common het traits in order to produce what we want. My question is, does it matter whether the double homozygous ones are male or female? For example: I want a Butter Motley and Butter het Motley. But I have no idea which one I should make the male and which the female. Both have their cons and pros. For instance, if I make the male the Butter Motley. What if he doesnt perform? Or what if he is sterile (shoots blanks)? Then the money I spent on the double homozygous animal was wasted (for breeding purposes anyways). Say I choose to make the Butter Motley a female. What if she only prefers certain males (that so happen not to be of the butter line)? What if she only lays slugs? Or even worse what happens if she died on me the first year producing eggs (which many females do)? Yet again money would have been lost! *sigh* I know this is a chance you take with anything. I was just hoping maybe someone had an idea as to which is better to make the female and which is better to make the male? Anyone else have any ideas on the subject? Different point of views maybe? Thanks, Lindsay