Bird inbreeding

[isegal]

I'm confused on how inbreeding in birds work. What if I wanted to take a random bird and breed the tamest ones for many generations. How could I do this while not inbreeding them but not needing to bring in new ones and lose progress

 

[HPancho]

My understanding is that it's fine with chickens, for several generations. Breaders usually have multiple flocks and pick the favorites from each.. year often year .. I'm sure some mega expert will come on here with great info to help you out. tons of knowledgeable peeps on here.

 

[Crazy Chicken Keeper]

Interbreeding is when related birds mate with each other and produce offspring. If this happens into generation with very closely related birds, or mother/son or father/daughter, this can cause problems such as defection and smallness. I had a sterile rooster born from a son/mother, it was sad because he was an amazing rooster

 

[isegal]

Interbreeding is when related birds mate with each other and produce offspring. If this happens into generation with very closely related birds, or mother/son or father/daughter, this can cause problems such as defection and smallness. I had a sterile rooster born from a son/mother, it was sad because he was an amazing rooster

I understand what inbreeding is, but thank you. My question was how would one work on this project, prevent inbreeding, and not lose progress when bringing in new birds

 

[Debbie292d]

5 or 6 generations is what's done most of the time with nearly perfect chickens. Some unknown negative thing could still pop out, but that would be one chick. Breeders accept that could happen. Good things in a bird would continue through the generations just like the bad. So you'd have to ensure you're only using the best birds.

I personally bring in new genes at least a couple times per year, but I'm a silkie breeder. I hatched over 500 silkies this year alone.

I do have to breed siblings to get mottled for instance. After that, I can keep going to put the two full mottled together. That's now three generations. I would then bring in another mottled bird from another breeder.

 

[Perris]

What if I wanted to take a random bird and breed the tamest ones for many generations.

To avoid time-wasting, you might want to start by finding out which traits are genetic. Being tame is not among them, I think.

 

[isegal]

To avoid time-wasting, you might want to start by finding out which traits are genetic. Being tame is not among them, I think.

According to my research, it is. I night be wrong though. So, is there no way to prevent losing some work when I bring in new blood?

 

[Crazy Chicken Keeper]

Keep your stud birds. Get one the same breed frrom a different place you got these

 

[isegal]

Keep your stud birds. Get one the same breed frrom a different place you got these

? Sorry, can you please rephrase that.

 

[Perris]

Have a look at this
https://cluckin.net/chicken-genetics-gene-table-and-breeding.html