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[flypen]

Lol, believe me color is not the reason I keep one for breeding. I do line-breed in-breed all my pure fowl and have been since I started. That stag I posted is going to cock out around 5.10-5.12 I haven't hurt their size or performance. I bred the 2 sides back last year and got a yard full of them.

 

[SOHC-FTW]

Performance
Function over form.

 

[JShubin]

Many families, especially in the past, have more than one color morph. Sometimes the morph involves something like dark brown or wheaten that is easy to see. Other times it is a pattern gene that is noticeable under close scrutiny. Getting them down to all look like minted copies of each other may indicate more inbreeding than is ideal, especially if color is what selection if based on.

You did color and pattern studies on your line bred fowl from what I remember. Are you still pursing that study? Or are you focusing on your new crosses?

 

[flypen]

Performance

Yes, in-breed till they can't whip their own shadow

 

[roosterhavoc]

I like pretty feathers

 

[JShubin]

Lol, believe me color is not the reason I keep one for breeding. I do line-breed in-breed all my pure fowl and have been since I started. That stag I posted is going to cock out around 5.10-5.12 I haven't hurt their size or performance. I bred the 2 sides back last year and got a yard full of them.
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[centrarchid]

I was not challenging anyone's breeding program. I line-breed and periodically inbreed as well and must when keeping a line that has not had new blood infused for decades at the very least. I was referring to @JShubin comment on potentially splitting a line out based on coloration.

@JShubin, the following my strain will never end. One hen from outside was bred to 2 cocks, each from a separate line, from my strain. Each brood gave at least 10 with 8 of those pullets from each, luck of draw. Two pullets from each mating will be kept back for testing mating as grades back to respective lines of their sires. Final selection of pullets to keep will not be made until they are pushing a year so spending a little money on that experiment.

@SOHC-FTW,
The day you start practicing below, you let me know.
"Performance / Function over form"

 

[roosterhavoc]

Haha

 

[SOHC-FTW]

Oklahoma Collectibles on their way here soon don't you worry bub, I figured I'd let you know.

 

[JShubin]

Oklahoma 2 5/8s on its way here soon don't you worry bub, I figured I'd let you know.

going to have a tournament with 2 cocks and a stag? haha