I made a big mistake...

peafowl_Lover

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Hi, this is my first time hatching chicks with my broody ayam cemani. Her name is Dove, and she's doing a great job. We're on day 4. I gave her eggs from my own flock, but I realised yesterday that my rooster Walter is related to one of my hens Bluebell, they share the same father, I'm pretty sure as I bought them as eggs, and the owner had 1 breeding pen, so more than likely they are related. One of the 4 eggs under Dove is Bluebell's. So if this egg hatches Walter, its father will also be its half uncle, and Bluebell, it's mother, is it's half aunt.
Will this be a big problem?
I won't ever make this mistake again :(
Thanks
 
This shouldn't be a problem. Its not something you can easily control in a flock unless you have multiple coops to keep them separate. I wouldn't worry about it.
 
Hi, this is my first time hatching chicks with my broody ayam cemani. Her name is Dove, and she's doing a great job. We're on day 4. I gave her eggs from my own flock, but I realised yesterday that my rooster Walter is related to one of my hens Bluebell, they share the same father, I'm pretty sure as I bought them as eggs, and the owner had 1 breeding pen, so more than likely they are related. One of the 4 eggs under Dove is Bluebell's. So if this egg hatches Walter, its father will also be its half uncle, and Bluebell, it's mother, is it's half aunt.
Will this be a big problem?
I won't ever make this mistake again :(
Thanks
It's perfectly fine. Unless they're so closely related that there's little to no diversity among them, then there'll be some problems.

Inbreeding is a practice breeders use to produce, & replicate better birds, or lock in particular desired traits. There's a few different forms of Inbreeding used.
 

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