Genetics

[Bobthegas]

Could someone please tell me the difference between:

Line breeding

In Breeding

As i am getting rather confused.

Is there anyone on this forum who breeds to genetics?

 

Thanks

 

Bob

[sammy]

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/pipexdsl/s/astp53/bird/breed.htm

[Guest]

check out the links that sammy put i found them great in trying to under stand them so you and me are not alone we have admited it some dont

[Guest IB]

Don't wish to confuse you any further, but for a simple rule of thumb you could say inbreeding means that there is one common ancestor on both sides of the young pigeon's pedigree. 'Both its mum and dad go back to the same pigeon'.

 

Line breeding means breeding back to one particular ancestor, be it a cock or a hen, and it usually means the ancestor appears several times in the young pigeon's pedigree, but on one sde only. 'Only mum but not dad [or vice versa) go back to that pigeon'.

 

I don't think the average fancier gives any thought to genetics when breeding racing pigeons. The muliple factors that go into breeding a champion racing pigeons appear a lot more complex than for example. breeding for particular colours or patterns. You generally know beforehand what colour your youngsters will be, but never their racing ability.