Inbreeding, Etc.

[patandchickens]

Really my only point about trios (or pairs for that matter) is that if your eggs all come from a particular breeder who only HAS one pair or trio of that breed, then you know that your chickens from them are either half of them full-sibs (in the case of a trio) or ALL full-sibs (in the case of a pair). As opposed to if you're buying from someone producing large amounts of eggs/chicks, in which case chances are that few or none of the birds you got are really all *that* closely related.

Pat

 

[Jmurcks]

Thanks you guys!
You have answered all my ?s wonderfully!
I had been thinking of having two to three seperate coops anyways so it seems that is just what I need to do!
Your help is really appreciated!
I'll post later looking for really nice bantam cochin stock!

 

[CreleChick]

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That's not always true with breeders. People do like to have unrelated things.

 

[patandchickens]

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That's not always true with breeders. People do like to have unrelated things.

I don't see what you're saying... perhaps I was not clear... if Joe Smith only OWNS one pair of (say) buff silkies, then if you buy buff silkie eggs/chicks from Joe Smith, those eggs/chicks are GUARANTEED to be full sibs. Because he *has* only the one female and one male. You know? If he has a trio instead of a pair (and that is ALL the buff silkies he has), then roughly half the buff silkie eggs/chicks you buy from him will be full sibs to each other; the others will be half-sibs to each other.

Obviously there are lots and lots of breeders with more breeding birds than that, but that's not what I was talking about

Pat

 

[CreleChick]

Whoops sorry about that Pat. I misread your post lol I thought you said if a breeder has more than one trio that they were all related

Where's my brain today? Good question. How did I come up with the two trios I made up are related or unrelated? Another good question/

 

[houndit]

I think that the book that can give you the best information on this is The Mating and Breeding of Poultry. Kelly Klober a renowned poultry expert recommended it to me himself.

 

[cluckcluck42]

Helpful thread, I was wondering about this.

 

[Jmurcks]

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Thanks! To amazon.com I go!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Sorry if some of this is posted above, I haven't read all the responses.


I asked this same question a while back and got A LOT more info than I had even hoped for. Here's the post:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=224917

 

[PortageGirl]

I'm very interested in this topic, not that I think I'll ever become a dedicated chicken-breeder, but I do want to learn. Something occured to me while reading it though. I'm not clear that the OP realises that a hen holds the sperm within her reproduction system for 2 to 4 weeks after having been bred. I suspect he does because Jmurcks seems like they've read a lot, it's just not clear so I'm sorry if this is insulting in any way.

The hens need to be seperated out either alone or with only the chosen roo around for, most say, at least a month. (probably alone for a while or she'll easily be over-bred by the fellow) Once they've been together for even just a few days, depending on how many eggs you want to collect, you can let the roo out to give the girls a break. If you want to know which eggs are which hen's, yes, the hens need to be seperate too so you know exactly who's eggs are who's. If you don't mind not knowing that (more of a backyard type of setup) well, no need to seperate.