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Holiday Hatch:
Hello fellow club members.  Recently there were a few posts about double mating.  Could someone please tell me what is meant by the term Double Mating?  Thank you - Linda

Mike Gilbert:
 It means you make one type of mating, usually selected by coloring attributes, for exhibition quality males, and a different type of mating for exhibition females of the same variety.   While color would be the primary reason for doing so, it could also be done for certain type attributes.    The multicolored varieties would be the most logical candidates.   As one example, wheaten or blue wheaten males with hackle striping might produce better colored females than males without the hackle striping.   It sort of depends on the line you are working with as to whether double mating is actually needed or not.  I suspect most of us don't bother.

DeWayne Edgin:
Mike i have a Buff rooster that is really deep in orange color and one that is no were near as dark orange as the other one. I used the darker rooster and kept the darker orange chicks to breed from to get the darker color. Is that what you are talking about by double mating?

Mike Gilbert:
It is entirely possible to get well colored buffs of both genders from a single mating method.   But if your females run too light in color, an orange colored male could help produce better ones.   I think most breeders and exhibitors prefer a golden buff over the orange shades however.  Evenness of coloring throughout the entire bird is important in buff, and that would be a higher priority than the exact shade.

Max:

--- Quote from: Holiday Hatch on December 30, 2013, 05:55:33 PM ---Hello fellow club members.  Recently there were a few posts about double mating.  Could someone please tell me what is meant by the term Double Mating?  Thank you - Linda

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Here is an exerpt from an article in Fancy Fowl magazine (July 2009) by Grant Brereton that explains a little about double mating. Thanks John for making it uploadable...

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