Improving flock genetic

[Josip]

So last spring I buy some local barnyard mix egg's and hatched them.. they all turn beautiful this are keepers.. My goal is improve genetic of my flock and get best chikens I can get.. Anyone's with experience I read somewhere about pelvic bones and head structure.. am really into gentic so.. I will hatched CHICK'S out of this babies maybe in March or April. But I will breed only best ones

 

[Wezdin]

What breed characteristics are you looking for? Every breed has different desirable traits.

 

[Josip]

What breed characteristics are you looking for? Every breed has different desirable traits.

I have banyard mix so desirable trait's would be number of egg's and also size because I want some quality dual purpose hen's

 

[Mrs. K]

You can generally work on one or the other, size or eggs.

The easiest way to improve genetics is with a high quality rooster. I had a barnyard mix flock that were laying well, but so light weight. I add a Bielefelder rooster. There was a woman that was trying to raise them, bought a very expensive dozen eggs and not all of them hatched, but the ones that did were all roosters.

A big improvement on the size of my birds with the next hatch.

Mrs K

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Well, I know the ones with a wider gap between pubic bones are usually preferred since they can lay better