Chocobo breeding isn't hell, just takes time and patience.
I started breeding two days ago, and last night, I got my gold .

Little tip, Sylkis Greens boost all stats, yes, but so do Tantal Greens, and for only a small fraction of the price. The downside, they don't boost stats as much. I just used Tantal Greens for everything until I got my gold chocobo, then I sold all of my MASTERed All materia for over 5mil, then I fed 99 Sylkis Greens to my gold chocobo, and he still had some pretty good stats.