This is regularly done to stabilize desired traits in a breed, and is not an issue for chickens until about the 12th or 14th generation? I might be wrong on this number but it was quite a bit of generations before problems usually show up. Usually folks introduce a new roo every few years, or...
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us! This is fascinating, and super helpful!!! Hope things continue to go well with your breeding efforts. Those pictures really show what you are talking about, and you have some very beautiful (tasty looking) birds. Thanks for the update!!!
How's it going now? Are you still happy with the way your birds are growing out? There's a lot of interest in one breed for meat and eggs, and I'm wondering how well yours lay, and how they're doing on meat. I've been considering the Breese for some time, but wonder what I should be looking...