Double D
139 posts
Feb 23, 2006
1:28 PM
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I would really appreciate it if someone could explain in detail what this method entails and how it works. Thanks!
Darin
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J_Star
263 posts
Feb 23, 2006
4:14 PM
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DD,
Read the article 'Outcrossing Made Simple' and would give you a great understanding of the pretzel method. Although I don't refer to it by name but it's in there. Hope this will help.
Jay
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motherlodelofts
611 posts
Feb 23, 2006
4:45 PM
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Darin keep in mind most families have two or more lines within the family , in other words say for example you have two cocks and 4 hens that are pre potent and lets say they are half brothers and the hens cousins to the cockes , so you start inbreeding around each cock, these in turn work out and the siblings produce also, so now you start a line around each cock and progress many generations by inbreeding.
Although both lines are related they geneticly are pulling away from each other even though they have the same charactoristics for the most part and yet each line is tightning up through inbreeding.
Now comes the pretzel as you want to pull in some vigor from fresh blood, you breed into the line from the other line, then take the best offspring and put it back into the line that the best sibling resembles the most and then continue inbreeding.
It is just a way to infuse fresh blood by linebreeding without having to go outside the family.
Scott
Last Edited by motherlodelofts on Feb 23, 2006 4:48 PM
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tapp
57 posts
Feb 23, 2006
6:15 PM
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Scott thanks for explaning that. I was wondering What it meant to, and how to do it. Excellent explanation!
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Tapp
Last Edited by tapp on Feb 23, 2006 6:17 PM
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Double D
140 posts
Feb 23, 2006
6:38 PM
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Thanks a bunch guys. Ivan had mentioned it to me once but I didn't get into what it was with him so I've been curious since then.
Darin
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wizard
12 posts
Feb 23, 2006
11:18 PM
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wow Scott.........you breed like i do.............
oh ya............kinda the same birds.......lol
good explanation........
wizard
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