Breeding chickens that came from same hatchery?

[Spitman]

I got 3 hens and 1 roo from a local feed store chicks came from local hatchery, ? can i breed them, 4 of 50 they all cant be brother and sister right. total nebie give advice please. thanks

 

[canada-goose]

I think it would be fine. I'm not an expert but I seriously doubt you'll see inbreeding related problems very quickly.

 

[lilray]

You would find out real soon. They usually die in 4-6 weeks.

 

[clothdiaperingmom]

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I had wondered the same thing. 1 of my RIR's (from feed storeJackson Bro's hatchery) turned out to be a roo. Hes a calm fellow so figured I would keep him. But was worried if he mated with the RIR girl.
I had been planning on moving him with the BR girls (1 from ideal poultry and 2 from JB hatchery) because they arent related...and hey, could get sex links.

 

[sourland]

When you think of the hundreds of thousands of chicks that hatcheries produce, the chances of any 4 chicks being related is absolutely minimal. Even if they happened to be related, inbreeding in poultry is not a problem.

 

[Spitman]

thanks that helps.

 

[NYREDS]

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BINGO!