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Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:00:17 -0700

HOW THE INFUSION OF THE WRONG BLOOD CAN DESTROY A FAMILY The law of contamination has never been so widely considered, and its effects measured, as it is among breeders of poultry. Reason […]

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Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:00:19 -0700

DOES YOUR COCK OR HEN HAVE THE POWER TO IMPRESS THIER INFLUENCE ONTO THEIR OFFSPRING? This is a concept that can be hard to explain. Webster’s dictionary describes it as: “Having exceptional power; authority or inf […]

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HOW SOME TRAITS HAVE A DIRECT EFFECT ON OTHER TRAITS There is no doubt that marvelous things can be done with chickens. Selective Breeding is a wonderful mechanism for creating and […]

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Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:14:11 -0700

Scaly Leg Mites & Favus: Two Contagious Threats That Can Devastate Your Strain with Peter Brown In this two-part episode, we take an in-depth look at two often-overlooked but potentially devastating health problems affecting […]

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Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:00:38 -0700

BREED TOWARDS PROGRESSION, NOT REGRESSION, AT ALL TIMES Progression and Regression are two laws of opposing forces that are simple to appreciate but hard to understand. One advances the […]

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Mon, 07 Sep 2026 23:00:12 -0700

Reversion or Simple Degeneration? When the offspring resemble a distant ancestor, to a noticeable degree, we refer to it as a “Throwback.” In other words, a t […]

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Mon, 07 Sep 2026 18:26:11 -0700

What If Everything We Believed Was Wrong? Challenging the Myths, Traditions, and Assumptions That Are Holding Our Breeders and Breeds Back What if everything we believed […]

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Every Method has a Particular Function and Purpose There are several breeding methods available to breeders for creating a strain. Each method serves a specific function and purpose. […]

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Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:00:53 -0700

Finding Those Great Individuals Might Just Take You to the Most Unexpected Places The random combination of genes that exist within our fowl allows the breeder the […]

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Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:00:23 -0700

The War on Common Sense Breeding: Dispelling Myths and Misconceptions In this episode, we confront the growing crisis of misinformation and myth-driven practices in the chicken and gamefowl breeding […]

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Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:00:35 -0700

DOES LIKE ALWAYS BEGET LIKE? “Like Begets Like,” is a common phrase used by many breeders. It simply means that there is a strong similarity between the pare […]

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The Ugly Truth About Outcrossing: The Double-Edged Sword of Breeding In this episode, we dive headfirst into one of the most polarizing topics in the world of chicken and gamefowl breeding: outcrossing. […]

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Necessary Requirements to Becoming a Successful Breeder What does it really take to become a successful chicken or gamefowl breeder? Becoming a successful breeder involves a combination […]

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Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:00:29 -0700

PURE LINES VS. GENETIC VARIATION One thing I have learned from the best breeders in the world is that – they are not afraid to inbreed or line-breed to produce or […]

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Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:00:53 -0700

WHAT SELECTIVE BREEDING IS ALL ABOUT? Breeding, in the case of domestic fowl, refers to the reproduction and inherent improvement of breeds, varieties and strains. […]

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Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:00:44 -0700

WHY VARIATION IS IMPORTANT! As we know, the domestic chicken possesses numerous characteristics and traits, this point must be emphasized. For instance, I have a […]

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KEEP’EM PURE AND KEEP A CLOSED FLOCK As we all know, a chicken inherits a large percentage of its traits from its direct parents. Although they only inherit a small […]

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Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:00:04 -0700

What Kind of Breeder Are You? The Truth About Different Types Of Breeders – In this episode of Bred to Perfection Live, we will talk about how some believe they […]

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Starting Over: When Your Strain Isn’t Worth Saving  How to Identify Genetic Dead Ends and Reset Your Breeding Program for Success Have you ever found yourself questioning whether […]

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Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:00:43 -0700

Are changes produced by the environment inherited? There has been quite a bit of discussion these days about acquired characteristics – “Are changes produced by the environment […]

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Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:00:12 -0700

Is There Such Thing as a Perfect Bird? Let me begin by saying that purchasing fowl through the mail is similar to playing the lottery. You hope for high quality fowl, but […]

Kenny Troiano and Josh Stewart are now friends

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Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:00:00 -0700

Best Sources for Good Fowl – And, Never Settle for Second Rate Feed stores and mail-order hatcheries do a great job marketing and selling layers and meat chickens, not to mention general purpose […]

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Form, Function and Purity of Blood The total package is what counts! Special note of interest: Although I use American Games as the example, this information is good […]

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Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:00:56 -0700

INHERITANCE OF CHARACTERS 101 The breeding pen is to us what the test tube is to the chemist, an instrument whereby we examine the nature of our organisms and […]

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Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:00:01 -0700

Homozygous or Heterozygous, what do they really mean? We hear the words “homozygous”and “heterozygous,”but do you really know what they mean, and how they affect the breeding of our fowl? […]

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Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:00:19 -0700

Understanding the difference between Genotype and Phenotype The terms “genotype” and “phenotype” were first used by Danish geneticist, Wilhelm Johannsen in 1911 to describe the entire genetic or […]

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Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:00:26 -0700

The Fundamentals of Reproduction It is not my intention to discuss the entire, but diverse, field of genetics. However, in order to understand your breeding results, […]

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Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:00:22 -0700

KNOWING YOUR STRAIN IS INDEED IMPORTANT! I have a family of American Games that I call my Troiano Reds. Someday I will come up with a better name, but due to a lack of […]