Outcrossing is something that doesn't get talked about much in the peafowl world yet I feel it is extremely undervalued. Cameo, peach, purple. Violeta, and charcoal are colors that are perhaps suffering the most from inbreeding depression in general. Outcrossing with these colors is therefore important in order to keep them healthy. Keep in mind even the big breeders only have a few pens of any one color so even buying from them doesn't guarantee that they're not related. Here are a few ways you can outcross.
Take a sex linked pair and split them up. Breed the male to unrelated ib or Spalding hens and the sex linked hen to an unrelated male. You then have some more genetically diverse birds.
For the newer basic recessive colors like steel. Split the pair up and breed them to unrelated ib or Spalding birds. Take the split hens from the hen pairing and pair them with the cock bird. Take the split cock birds from the male and rotate them through breeding the hen.
Just some suggestions.
Also remember that the crazier you get with varieties the smaller the gene pool is. EX. Spalding Opal Blackshoulder Silver Pied.
Take a sex linked pair and split them up. Breed the male to unrelated ib or Spalding hens and the sex linked hen to an unrelated male. You then have some more genetically diverse birds.
For the newer basic recessive colors like steel. Split the pair up and breed them to unrelated ib or Spalding birds. Take the split hens from the hen pairing and pair them with the cock bird. Take the split cock birds from the male and rotate them through breeding the hen.
Just some suggestions.
Also remember that the crazier you get with varieties the smaller the gene pool is. EX. Spalding Opal Blackshoulder Silver Pied.
