The Environment, and it’s influences on Genetic Inheritance There is a lot of confusion in this area of breeding. So much so, that many breeders are not able to produce high quality strains. […]

Building Unbreakable Bloodlines: Developing and Maintaining a Strong Strain Challenges, Solutions, and Long-Term Breeding Success Developing a true strain in chickens or gamefowl is more than pairing good […]

Episode 28 – Members Live Q&A | Breeders Academy Roundtable It’s time for another exclusive Members Roundtable inside the Breeders Academy community! Join us live on Wednesday at 6PM PST / 9 […]

EPIGENETICS AND EARLY DOMESTICATION Differences in hypothalamic DNA methylation between red junglefowl divergently selected for high or low fear of humans Published: […]

Great Breeders Breed on Purpose – Strategies for Creating True Strains Have you ever wondered if you have what it takes to become a true breeder? Or, whether you are a true breeder right now? This can be […]

Breeders’ Insights – Beyond Common Sense in Breeding Mastering Chicken Breeding: Tips on Inbreeding, Hen Selection, and More! Welcome to another episode of ‘Bred to Perfection.’ In […]

Understand Sex-Linkage and Sex-Linked Traits In order to understand Sex-Linkage and Sex-Linked Traits, you have to know a little about genes and how they work. We talked about […]

The Misconceptions of Breeding with Tony Saville Old Wives’ Tales and Superstitions that Hold us Back This episode is about “The Misconceptions about Breeding.” These are popul […]

The 3 Laws of Breeding In this lesson, I will show you how I learned these 3 very important laws. Selective Breeding and Systematic Breeding […]

Chicken study reveals that environmental factors, not just chance, could drive species evolution In the version of evolutionary theory most of us are familiar with, randomly occurring variation in traits, caused by mutations in […]

The Desire to Perfect – Overcoming Obstacles in Pursuit of Perfection Have you ever wondered if you have what it takes to be a true breeder? Or whether you already are one? The answer can be subjective, […]

The 15 RULES OF SELECTIVE BREEDING In this episode, we dive deep into the essentials of selective breeding, unveiling 15 rules to help you perfect your breeding program […]

The Erminette Breed with Matt Hemmer Join us for a very special conversation with Matt Hemmer, who is a breeder of the Erminettes. This is a very unique breed, both in a […]

Epigenetics: How the Environment influences Genetic Inheritance The environment can be your friend or your enemy. You decide! There is a lot of confusion in this area of breeding. So much so, […]