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Breeders => General Breeder Chat => Topic started by: hope on November 15, 2006, 10:56:29 AM

Title: Does the litter brother to the show champ sometimes produce better kits?
Post by: hope on November 15, 2006, 10:56:29 AM: If you have a chin which does really well at the shows & gets 'Show Champ' & he has a litter brother who is not quite as good as him would you keep them both to breed from to see which produces the better quality kits or would you sell the chin which took the lesser ribbon?
I ask as I have been told by a few experienced people that sometimes the litter brother to the 'Show Champ' might produce the better kits & wonder if you have experienced that in your litters?
Title: Re: Does the litter brother to the show champ sometimes produce better kits?
Post by: Jo Ann on November 15, 2006, 11:22:55 AM: ::silly::As brothers, they would probably carry most of the same genes. I would try both of them before I let either go.

::wave::
Jo Ann
Title: Re: Does the litter brother to the show champ sometimes produce better kits?
Post by: hope on November 15, 2006, 11:58:21 AM: Thank you Jo Ann :)
Please can you tell me if you have sometimes found the litter brother to the Champ does sometimes produce the better kits & how often this might happen?
Title: Re: Does the litter brother to the show champ sometimes produce better kits?
Post by: hope on November 25, 2006, 08:32:52 AM: Please can anybody else add their experiences?
Title: Re: Does the litter brother to the show champ sometimes produce better kits?
Post by: RMC on November 25, 2006, 11:58:24 AM: In my esperience that is not always the case. I am aware of a few examples.
A black velvet male that placed first at natl's was placed into breeding. Of all the kits he produced only 1 was GSC and none of the others where of the same quality or produced the same quality. The GSC was placed into breeding and produced 2 gsc 1rgs and 1 third best of show. Yet none of his siblings ever produced near that quality.
Title: Re: Does the litter brother to the show champ sometimes produce better kits?
Post by: hope on November 25, 2006, 12:42:47 PM: Thank you RMC. So would you put both chins into breeding to see what the kits from each were like or would you keep the best chin & sell the brother?