Have done a little reading on threads covering inbreeding and line breeding.
Any thoughts on the possibility that some of these sudden deaths (many written about in other threads and one of my own birds), in apparently perfectly healthy birds, may be due to internal defects? My thought is that...
This is Jenn - she's mother to the two black and gold girls. Jenn is close to 13 years old. Pure black Astralorpe. She's a slight thing. Weighs around 3 pounds. She's never been a fat girl. (Cat in the background is Emma.)
This is Grace - she's under one year. It was her 'sister' Sophie who...