Cole,

That was a very intelligent answer. Thank you. I remember 10-15 years ago getting into some pretty heated arguments with people on the topic of in breeding. I've always been a believer in experience and asking breeders that have been doing this for a long time, they all say that we wouldn’t have some of the morphs that we have today if it weren't for in breeding, line breeding and other genomically tethered methods. The most common answer I got from some of the country's most successful breeders is smaller clutch sizes as the result of inbreeding. I'm not saying that genetic problems don't occur; they do sometimes, but not nearly as often as people used to believe.

Joe
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