Inbreeding Chickens?

[overthetop]

Wow, that really surprises me. I thought RIR roos were the most gentle of all roos! I guess it's just an individual thing. My roo Gideon who I got from a byc member here, is the sweetest guy in the whole world (and very handsome too). He's half & half Delaware & EE.
But I guess I'm changing the topic, so I'll stop now.... (I got to reading this string because Lena, a gold laced Wyondotte has gone broody, and I'm trying to decide what to do with her!)

 

[munchs birds]

So just making sure is it ok to breed farther and daughter for eggs and chicks?

 

[3riverschick]

So just making sure is it ok to breed farther and daughter for eggs and chicks?

Yup, go ahead. It should be fine.
Best,
Karen

 

[3riverschick]

Hi,
Don't know whether this URL has been posted yet...this is a great BYC thread for your questions. Hellbender is very experienced and tells it like ti is. So are the other posters.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/845018/breeding-for-production-eggs-and-or-meat
Best,
Karen

 

[gaylittleswan]

I bought chicks yesterday from amazing sultan parents and the breeder let me know that the lady she got them from had had them for a few years and that they were probably very inbred. Now, one day later, I see that the chicks have balancing problems that chicks that I've raised before never had. Maybe this is one side effect? I don't know, I just thought maybe I'd put this here because I felt like this forum helped me

 

[Foristers]

Well Inbreeding can go either way Gaylittleswan. If you are inbreeding but not carefully choosing which chickens to breed and which to cull then the results will be quite mixed with a good likelihood of negative characteristics.
You have to intentionally cull out sickly, weak, aggressive, deformed and misshapen birds and only allow those to breed that are strong, healthy, meaty, have good eggs - or whatever other traits you wish to perpetuate.
So for your birds, being wobbly and all, I would check with the breeder and see if other bird in his/her flock have the same issue.

 

[Chick Peas]

One of my chickens went broody and had chicks ,now one of those chicks is broody. Is it OK for her to have chicks?
It has been about 7 days and we are going to candle the eggs later. Do you have any idea whether this would be safe or we should not continue on?

 

[Tuhmu]

Same rooster I'm assuming? Are all the eggs hers or are there other hens?

I wouldn't really worry about it for 1 generation, but probably wouldn't allow it in the future...as in letting this hens chicks hatch something while having the same rooster.

 

[Hermits Garden]

i have to agree with new blood can bring trouble crowd..... i'm in no way a breeder, i don't show my birds, etc... i'm on my 4th generation of inbreeding, mixed breed=muts..... for 4 yrs, i had nice roosters, never a mean one..... thought i'd add some new blood last year... got some rhode island red hens, then a few months later had my flock killed by coons, so i hatched what eggs i had on hand..... well every single rooster that had red in him, 5 roosters, were very mean, attacked kids, wife etc..... it was only the roos with red in them, so it definately came from those rhode island reds..... these were bought from local feed store.. i'm not sayin all RIR are mean, but the ones i got were passing on bad genes... kinda bummed me out because they were beautiful birds.... so now i've gotta cull out the ones with bad habits..... all because i bought into the "new blood" montra........ never again....

Darin367--this is why I started searching out the topic of possible inbreeding problems in a closed flock. I don't plan to show, just to raise dual purpose birds. And I won't be able to start with many (maybe 10, including the rooster), and didn't want to start seeing problems within a generation or two. I might start with two roosters and cull the meaner one, if that is an issue.

 

[strobl4christ]

I line breed which involves breeding only related birds but in a controlled manner. I often see admonitions on this site warning against the dire consequences of breeding related birds.
People who issue these warnings will tell you that it's absolutely necessary to add "new blood" on a regular basis. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact the surest way to screw up a breeding program is to randomly add "new blood'.
I have a closed flock [meaning no "new blood" added] of Single Combed Rhode Island Red Bantams that I have bred for 25 years. My feertility is nearly 100% & my hatchability over 90%. I do not have problems with illness or deformity. This is a show line that is probably among the best in the country. Last year I was only able to show 5 times. I showed against the best of the North East Reds & had Best of Breed all 5 times. Three of those times I also had Reserve of Breed. I sure don't see how I could benefit from adding "new blood" to this line.
There's nothing radical about my breeding program it's how most serious & successful breeders approach the breeding process. The people here who warn about the perils of inbreeding are people with little or no breeding experience. If you are happy with the quality of the birds you have there's no reason to cross in another strain. Look up Line Breeding & apply it's principles, you'll do fine.

Are there any line breeding that shouldn't happen like Son to Mother or Father to Daughter? Etc?