Working to understand chicken genetics.
Lets say I got hens from Karimw from the same hatch as the cockerel Spartacus got from Karimw. Then I get a cockerel from Spartacus that is two generations downstream from the cockerel he got from Karimw and that cockerel only appears in the 1st generation.
If I am trying to avoid close inbreeding, does the Spartacus 2nd generation provide enough separation to be at least line breeding?
Hopefully, I got my thought across although I may not have used the correct terms.
Since the Iowa Blue gene pool seems limited it appears inbreeding is inevitable unless some other breed is brought in.
Lets say I got hens from Karimw from the same hatch as the cockerel Spartacus got from Karimw. Then I get a cockerel from Spartacus that is two generations downstream from the cockerel he got from Karimw and that cockerel only appears in the 1st generation.
If I am trying to avoid close inbreeding, does the Spartacus 2nd generation provide enough separation to be at least line breeding?
Hopefully, I got my thought across although I may not have used the correct terms.
Since the Iowa Blue gene pool seems limited it appears inbreeding is inevitable unless some other breed is brought in.