Since they come from an egg... is it still inbreeding?

[CityChicker]

They should be okay unless you do too much inbreeding. Inbreeding and line breeding is very common practice.

I sometimes do it with F1 siblings or sometimes will breed a sibling back to the parent when I am trying to develop a certain color or trait. Something about it just creeps me out though, so I am trying to have more than one line of each thing I am breeding for so that I can cross the lines instead of inbreed. I guess it shouldn't bother me, but it does for some reason. LOL

 

[Giddyup]

It's creepy because we put human traits on our animals, and anything else for that matter

I've so far been told that breeding "up or down" (parent to offspring/grandparent to offspring) rather than "across" (siblings) is better for "line breeding".

So far keeping a generation apart seems to be more prudent practice.

It's one of those topics where people agree or disagree. But as I research this it seems the most people that disagree with it are the people who are not practicing breeding at all...and that those people that run breeding operations of some sort, have line breeding to some extent and when done properly have excellent results.

Correct me if I am wrong? <---silly statement isn't it...there are as many opinions out there as there are people!!

 

[Kaelinstorm]

Thank you for this post. I recently had some Magpie/Khaki cross and soon will have Cayuga/Khaki cross and was thinking of keeping one of the Magpie/Khakis that are chocolate/white since they will be so pretty. I was worried about possible future Dad to Daughter breeding. I dont plan on keeping enough to create a sister/brother cross. Good to know that it would be ok! Thanks!