[laurabw]

hi there everyone,
love this forum found so much info in 1 place.

i'm getting some chickens and hopefully a cock soon potentialy want to have my own chicks with the help of my girls, but mainly for eggs.
 :oops: my question is......

can a cockerel mate his offspring when they're old enough to produce more chicks.

thanks Laura

[agapanthus]

Hi. If it moves the cockerel will have 'em!!! It would be better if you had a cockerel that is far removed from the offspring....makes for a healthier bloodline. Smacks a bit of 'Deliverance' !!!

[Roughlee Handled]

.............. Smacks a bit of 'Deliverance' !!!

? squeal like a pig. Weeeeeeee!

[babe]

Hi. If it moves the cockerel will have 'em!!! It would be better if you had a cockerel that is far removed from the offspring....makes for a healthier bloodline. Smacks a bit of 'Deliverance' !!!

is that a polite was of saying its incest aggy?

[too many girls]

Hi. If it moves the cockerel will have 'em!!! )

 never a truer word, Elwood's been on the rampage, poor little duckling..............................

[Foxy]

Hi there!
Probably best to mate with new blood unless you are serious about breeding type,colour etc. then would breed a cockerel to close family which is called "line breeding" but wouldn't mate brother to sister or father to daughter. For example I have a very good hen (Audrey)and cockerel(Bigfoot) who are brother and sister -but have added a new unrelated hen to the cockrel (Bigfoot)and will mate the offspring (young cockrel called Sassquatch son of Bigfoot) back to the hen(Audrey)
Does that make sense?

[laurabw]

well thanks guys thats kinda cleared things up for me!

is there such thing a lending cockerel's for a short time?

[chooknewbie]

i may have an abundance shortly if you would like to have one....lol....although he wont be ready for any nookie for a while.... due to hatch this weekend...*L*