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If you have related strains..And live at least 500 miles apart ...And have been breeding your pure flock for at least 5years, swap birds and breed them together. It'll be more like a line breeding than an inbreeding because of the differences in climate, management, and breeding decisions. This...

Just checked the net. Slew of lit on fattening Malines. In France the Bresse, in England the sussex, in Belgium the Malines. Compare notes on all three historically fattening breeds and use to breed Malines. That's what I am doing with sussex. Also check out trunorth heritage hatchery in British...

And perhaps this breed needs to be finished off like the Sussex with a fattening gruel. I read that done in some of the early Malines lit.

Hi, Re you feeding them meatbird diet? This breed is like a super sussex. Huge, heavy. Should be faster maturing. Yup 5 lbs. At 14 weeks. Up to 12 lbs. Later on for pullets and 16 lbs. For cockerels. The ones I have seen so far seem weedy in comparison. I know, it takes time to bring a breed...

3 ways to start a breeding program with a small gene pool. Hi, There is a way to start a breeding program with just 2 birds. Eric Rivard over in Canada wrote it up when he had Preservation Genetique back several years ago. As I remember the article was shared among the Euskal Oilia ( Basque...