Inbreeding question

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Chirping
5 Years
Jul 24, 2014
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Washington, Kitsap County
How close is too close to allow quail to mate?

Is it just direct siblings or is there other match ups that would cause issues. I haven't bred any to sell just to eat but would like to get into shipping some eggs soon. I tried to look on here for a little while but didn't find a clear answer, if someone else knows of a post please post a link thanks!

Edit: meant to say eat eggs, I've only hatched out purchased eggs.
 
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Oh, no worries. They can inbreed for many generations.
... and by "many" generations, he means it. Here is a link to my my response to a post that asked a similar question last month.
The study showed a vigorous breeding after 17 generations of "full sibling" breeding. I think any quail breeder should introduce "fresh" stock every 3 or 4 generations.

James
 
Well I have my original group that i will use for this years then I was figuring if I should order another 2 dozen to pair with the new chicks in spring. I think I get the gist of things now. Thanks for that link. looks like I just need to pay attention to my groups and check their chicks for defects. If they do, guess it's time to order a new group. :) Thanks again. I plan on a large run in the near future so there will probably be a few hundred birds in that.w
 

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