macaulay131 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 i do not have any ducks but i would like to know can they bred with there families. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller30 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Yes some people inbreed ducks they are not like chickens leanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amycribyn Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 One should not inbreed ducks as this could result in duckling deformaties. Avoidance of inbreeding is essential for the welfare of the offspring as it is simply cruel to allow any animal to suffer deformaties, which more than often result in death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller30 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 It is better to breed unrelated but i have bred father to daughter and brother to sister with no problems and know other people who have none of us have had any problems a lot of ducks in the wild are related it is not like breeding chickens leanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Its commonly done with pure breed poultry and is valuable in the preservation of top strains. Some breeders will have bred the same line for decades with no outcrosses. It doesnt tend to cause the problems seen in mammals Breed across the generations if you can though as Leanne says Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amycribyn Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 In wild waterfowl the magority of inbreeding is avoided due to imprinting-Ducklings imprint on their mother and siblings when they are with them at a very young age, which when they reach sexual maturity makes then less likely to inbreed due to their cognitive ability. A question for miller30... i do not know teribly much about chickens, but what makes inbreeding with waterfowl different to inbreeding with poultry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
