FERTILIZATION

[RROSA]

Is it ok for a father to fertilize his female chicks when they reach a good age? Or do you have to seperate them. Help!!!!

 

[Frozen Feathers]

It's called line breeding and some people breed their birds like that, so I don't think it's a problem.

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[silkiechicken]

And if you are really that concerned, just don't hatch out eggs from those breedings.

 

[peeps7]

They say you can breed father to daughter and mother to son. Most people don't think its a good idea to breed brother and sister though.

 

[asher]

I agree with peeps. It's the sibling breeding that you shouldn't do.

 

[Bawkadoodledoo]

i think it lowers certain immunities in the offspring because if the brother is immunodeficient to Mareks, and the sister has a strong immunities to Mareks, the sister's immunity is diluted by the brother's deficiency.

 

[speckledhen]

Linebreeding is an acceptable practice. Brother to sister is even okay, but be warned, it will, after a couple of generations, concentrate any less-than-wonderful traits as well as the good ones.