Will inbreeding be a problem for me?

[Fwoof]

I have 4 bantam chicks that are almost ready to be moved into our coop.
Some are females, and some are males, so when they are old enough to have chicks of their own, if the father mates with a female chick or if a male chick mates with the mother, will they inbreed? I also have a few other questions...
Will inbreeding affect the hen, such as make her sick?
can the eggs laid by the hen that was mated be eaten?
What will happen to the chick because of inbreeding?
Please tell me any advice you can. thank you.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Chickens inbreeding isn't a big issue, it doesn't effect egg edibility, the hen won't get sick.

Are the chicks related? If not, no inbreeding will occur.

As a breeder, inbreeding is used to lock in certain traits, also line breeding, another form of inbreeding is crossing grandparents to grandchildren, or fathers to daughters etc.

 

[sdm111]

I have 4 bantam chicks that are almost ready to be moved into our coop.
Some are females, and some are males, so when they are old enough to have chicks of their own, if the father mates with a female chick or if a male chick mates with the mother, will they inbreed? I also have a few other questions...
Will inbreeding affect the hen, such as make her sick?
can the eggs laid by the hen that was mated be eaten?
What will happen to the chick because of inbreeding?
Please tell me any advice you can. thank you.

That is line breeding. In breeding is brother, sister. Yes that's fine

 

[Fwoof]

Chickens inbreeding isn't a big issue, it doesn't effect egg edibility, the hen won't get sick.

Are the chicks related? If not, no inbreeding will occur.

As a breeder, inbreeding is used to lock in certain traits, also line breeding, another form of inbreeding is crossing grandparents to grandchildren, or fathers to daughters etc.

Two of the chicks are definetly siblings, but one of them looks like a rooster, so chances are we'll rehome him. The other two, I'm not sure

 

[Alagirl]

Chickens inbreeding isn't a big issue, it doesn't effect egg edibility, the hen won't get sick.

Are the chicks related? If not, no inbreeding will occur.

As a breeder, inbreeding is used to lock in certain traits, also line breeding, another form of inbreeding is crossing grandparents to grandchildren, or fathers to daughters etc.

Linebreeding is crossing close relatives and the resulting product works.
Inbreeding is when it doesn't.

I don't see a problem in the egg-laying mechanics, but related mates could lead to trouble down the road, depending on the depth of the gene pool.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Linebreeding is crossing close relatives and the resulting product works.
Inbreeding is when it doesn't.

I don't see a problem in the egg-laying mechanics, but related mates could lead to trouble down the road, depending on the depth of the gene pool.

Linebreeding is still a form of inbreeding, because of the close relatives being bred.
https://www.communitychickens.com/4-ways-to-breed-a-chicken/

 

[MysteryChicken]

Two of the chicks are definetly siblings, but one of them looks like a rooster, so chances are we'll rehome him. The other two, I'm not sure

I have a sibling pair, & so far no issues from breeding them.

 

[Fwoof]

Thank you for the advice.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

There should be no problem with it for chicks or hens, and eggs are perfectly fine. Line breeding in chickens is common and even I plan to do it to create/perfect breeds in my flock

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

Also breeding brother/sister or dad/daughter or son/mom does not make difference. I only recommend 4-5 generations before adding new stock though