"in breeding" question

I need some help with pairing up my flocks.

I have 2 sets of chicks.

Question 1: both sets share a father, but the mother's are different. so a Cockrel and a Pullet from the two different batches are technically half brother and sister. would this be an acceptable pairing?

Question 2: can a cockrel breed with his mother?

Question 3: as far as I can understand, fathers and daughters are okay?

help would greatly be appreciated.

 

yikes, this is far more complicated than I thought. Which brings me to an inevitable question which I had never asked myself before.....What do I want to do with my chickens? Do I want to become a breeder to sell breeding pairs? Do I want to breed a show bird? or do I just want fresh eggs???

Thank you so much for all this info guys! Whichever way it turns out, you have set me on the right path to do whatever it is, in the correct way. Those diagrams are going to keep me busy for a few evenings!

 

I would also just like to add that it's not for lack of money or stingyness that I'm not buying new birds. the problem I have is that where I stay there are very few breeders. 2 to be exact. I have been trying for some time to get into contact with them, but it's vitually impossible. there is no relpy. These breeders also do not sell hens seperately. The ONLY sell trio's. so If I want 6 hens, I have to buy 2 roosters with them. what do I do with the excess roosters then? (IF I finally get to buy a pair?)

 

Quote: eeeeeek! it feels like I'm on a rollercoaster and cant stop! At first I got myself some silly little mix breed bantams (4 hens) at the local feed store. I thought I just wanted a few chooks around because they are pleasant and they give me eggs. Then my father in-law baught me a hen and rooster at a charity auction. He braught them to me and I was instantly inlove. The little rooster was SO pretty. Then I started googling about different breeds to see what breed he is. Then I found BYC. Obviously BYC has only watered my new found addiction. I learned that the chickens my father in-law gave me were dutch x OEG bantams. I was stangely dissapointed to learn that they were not show quality. And then shrugged it off because I didn't want to show chickens....or did I? Then I got a batch of chicks from them....one of the chicks had grey legs? So that meant that the dutch bantam gene's were for some reason more dominant in that specific chick? So then I started wondering if I could eventually breed a true dutch bird again with the two birds I already have... Or if I used the pullet with the grey legs with the father again, if I might have MORE dutch chicks until the OEG is gone, or I could swing it the other way with the OEG. Some of the other pullets from the same batch have more OEG characteristics.....

All of a sudden though, It's not just about having chooks in the backyard. NOW I want more. and the more questions I have, the more I realise that I need to start dabling with genetics. This worries me. just the word genetics gets me nervous. I suppose it's the inevitable next step for me. I just wonder if anyone will have the patience to see it through with me.

as for the heritage, there is no way for me to find out where these two birds actually come from. They were wondering around on some old ladies farm. She caught them and sent them to the church for the auction.

Is there a forum around here where someone like me who has NO experience in genetics can go to learn more. Where I can ask endless questions? Obviously google is my first stop, but I know there will be questions google can't answer.