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That's a very good question, and a huge consideration!
I have hatched tens of birds from him and never had a single anomaly- I've done lots of research on this and have decided that the majority of data indicates that it's a skull deformity due to a heat spike early in incubation. Many cross-beak owners indicate that they have not had downstream crossed beaks subsequent to a crossed beak parentage. Just to be safe, I don't sell eggs from him, but from my farm EEs instead.
He isn't my roo over my EE fertile eggs that I sell, but I feel confident there's no risk with the many birds I've hatched from him.
If anyone knows of a cross-beak that produced similarly affected chicks, please let me know! I'm very interested in that info. Does anyone have direct experience with crossed beaks being inherited?
That's a very good question, and a huge consideration!
I have hatched tens of birds from him and never had a single anomaly- I've done lots of research on this and have decided that the majority of data indicates that it's a skull deformity due to a heat spike early in incubation. Many cross-beak owners indicate that they have not had downstream crossed beaks subsequent to a crossed beak parentage. Just to be safe, I don't sell eggs from him, but from my farm EEs instead.
He isn't my roo over my EE fertile eggs that I sell, but I feel confident there's no risk with the many birds I've hatched from him.
If anyone knows of a cross-beak that produced similarly affected chicks, please let me know! I'm very interested in that info. Does anyone have direct experience with crossed beaks being inherited?
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