New to breeding....confused ???

[daisychick]

Ok if I buy a batch of eggs from the same person and then hatch them out and they grow up and then I end up with a rooster and hens....then let them breed will the babies be inbred??? Can brothers and sisters or half-brothers and sisters breed and produce offspring that are good???

 

[willowcol]

Not sure, I would breed brother to sister. Thats why I ordered eggs from 3 different people and still have them seperated. So I can later a put them in breed cops with roo's and hens not related. I think its ok for mom - son, father - daughter but not brother sister.

 

[daisychick]

yeah I was wondering if I should try ordering from 2 different people so I don't have same bloodlines.

 

[speckledhen]

Its not the same as incest with chickens. Yes, you can breed brother to sister, but be warned, it will intensify traits, both good and bad. It's preferable to breed father to daughter or granddaughter or mother to son or grandson. If brother and sister are shining examples of the breed, they may produce spectacular offspring.

 

[DTchickens]

also heard half brothers/sisters are Ok, but never tried it myself. i breed father/daughter, mother/son, Cousins.. etc.. or just introduce new blood

 

[Wynette]

Fertility begins to decrease the longer you line-breed, too. So, yep - IMO, always a good idea to add a different line. Others do it quite successfully, though.

 

[hinkjc]

It also depends on who you buy from. Personally, I keep multiple breeding pens of my breeds, so you would not always be getting brother/sisters. The only thing is, keeping track of them when you hatch to ensure you know which chicks came from which eggs and then marking them until you select who to keep to breed.

 

[daisychick]

thanks to you all! I am learning a lot!!

 

[patandchickens]

Breeding brother-sister is absolutely the exactly same degree of inbreeding as mother-son or father-daughter. Mind, brother-sister is less often done than the latter two, largely because parent-offspring breedings have the big advantage that ONE of the parties is well grown and probably progeny-tested and thus you have better assurance that they're what you're looking to breed from.

From an inbreeding standpoint though it is exactly the same genetic thing, brother-sister or parent-offspring.

If you are just wanting a backyard flock, not really breeding 'for' anything, it's not such a terrible thing, just know you *might* get a higher incidence of poor birds in the ensuing generations. Inject fresh blood periodically to offset.


Pat

 

[chicken_dude]

Many of my rare breeds are inbred. Brother sister is the closest you can inbreed. Sometimes it makes the birds grow slower. My Yamato, Chu-Shamo, Satsumadori, Kimpa, Ko-Shamo Chibi, and O-Shamo are inbred to differing degrees. Some are losing some body size as a result. Its a good way to clean up the genes. I discard all birds that have a deformity.