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It can be but I feel only on closed flocks. If you keep on bringing in new blood you never know what you will end up with. All kinds of things can creep up. If I was to bring in new blood, say a male, I would probably breed him to one or two hens,cull hard, and keep a few of what I think are the better young. Then I'd breed them to another small pen breeding. Those chicks would be 3/4 my line. Better chance of keeping control but then again you could still get some bad traits that would creep in. Years ago I had brought in birds from where ever I could get them. Granted you have to start some where. Bred a lot of crap for the next couple of years. It takes time and you have to know what you are looking for. I had copies of the standard and pictures posted in every coop. A great thing to have is someone else to look at your birds. Some times you can't see the tree through the forest. I remember one time we were going through my buddy, Eddie's bantams. He couldn't wait to show me this one bantam pullet he had. She was beautiful....if you liked yellow legs HA. He couldn't believe he missed that. This is why it's good to have the SOP with you. Post it in your coops or take it with you when ever your going to look over your birds.
Dick
