Question about breeding

[Derek]

Just wondering, if I have a high quality rooster can I get decent chicks if I breed with lower quality hens? I only have a few nice ones but I have access to more hens of lesser quality. They are silver laced wyandotte's

 

[Illia]

Depends on how much and what type of "quality" we're talking here. It all boils down to genetics and just what traits we're dealing with.

So for example if I have a decent Wyandotte, not great but better than most hatchery stock, and a bunch of pinch-tailed, poorly laced, underweight hens. . . I'm not going to go too far.

But if I have a great male over some okay females, like for example what some BLRW stock looks like out there, I may likely improve those girls. Perhaps they need shorter backs, and he's got the stuff.