Sissor beak

[Chey1214]

If I hatch her chicks, will they inherit her beak?

 

[Sally PB]

Scissor beak can be genetic or caused by circumstance, like poor positioning in the shell, for instance.

I think I would not hatch eggs from this hen, unless there were really good reasons to.

 

[LaFleche]

If I hatch her chicks, will they inherit her beak?

Probably.

Only hatching eggs from healthy and well fed parent birds will minimize the risk of malformations and other health disorders in the offspring.

Hatching eggs from unhealthy, genetically or otherwise compromised birds will multiply the probability of malformations and other health disorders in the offspring.

 

[Chey1214]

That’s what I thought, damn and thank you! Luckily I have one other hen with no genetic mutation so I’ll just isolate her (sissor beak) when it’s time for hatching in the spring so I don’t get her eggs.

 

[Chey1214]

I’ll just breed these two