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I have 6 Americana hens and one Americana rooster, all about one year old. I believe they are pure breds. If I raise chicks from them, and then breed the chicks together will I have any inbreeding problems?

They all look healthy, no bald spots. full, fluffy feathers. The coop is among the woods so they get very little actual sunlight. I do not know about mites, etc. but will ask her. We do have a number of hawks in the area but they seem to be outside most of the time and have areas they can get...

She is not free ranging them. They are inside a fenced area which is about 10 x 20 feet and high fence so they could not fly out.

My neighbor and I bought 25 Americana chicks the end of March this year and split them, I took 12 and she took 13. Mine started laying at 41/2-5 months old and are producing very steadily, even with the shorter days(I have a light on a timer so they get 16 hours of light every day). My neighbors...