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Why in the world would you ever tell a new breeder or any breeder at all to do this?
Please where are the NON internet breeders? Ones that know it is highly important to keep pens pure? The old school breeders. Im mean the non milling out birds for profit or the I need to have it because its hot breeders? LOL, some people will believe anything they hear.
Another plane going down in flames. Just like those poor self blues.
Actually I've been breeding Silkies for many years. White has always been my focus. So your blanket statement is way out of line. Actually I've been breeding Silkies far longer than you.
NO one knows for certain what will happen because we do not understand how paint works yet. There is even conversation back & forth about what gene it is or that it is even the function of a specific gene. The old time breeders got answers by breeding, they didn't know what would happen until they did. So, as long as we keep good records, we are repeating what was done in the past to get understanding.
I was one of the first to breed to white. My results were very, very good. But, as yet, I don't know what will happen with these young birds when breeding down the line. No one does. So, to say that being a true breeder and keeping pens pure you are way off the mark. Whites have been used for years to improve type in other varieties. To say keep pens pure you are implying that the long time breeders like George Mahalick had no clue what he was doing. Because George did mix his varieties for many reasons.
