Affects of Close Inbreeding
(Internet Published) Dec 2000
I find that the Cocks produced from closely inbred parents tend to look like
hens. Basically, they are under sexed and may not be prolific breeders.
Likewise, the hens which are closely inbred may not be prolific breeders and
a lot of them become barren at an early age.
The under sexed syndrome may very well be an advantage to time intended
tipplers. Grossly over sexed tipplers can never do well as marathon flyers.
Grossly over sexed cock racing pigeons are exploited on the the Widowerhood
system and as such do win races. Nothing encourages over sexedness more than
out crossing. Nothing is more counter productive than oversexedness in
Tipplers and Rollers.
The evidence, when striving for marathon time or maximum performance is that
a man will produce more cocks than hens and in fact, the first sign of
inbreeding, followed by the Henny appearance of the cocks is a sure sign of
inbreeding.
I allow that this is a subject for which there is scope for serious debate.