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 […]

Cattle losing adaptations to environment NEWS RELEASE 22-JUL-2021 Cattle losing adaptations to environment, MU researchers find Researchers pave the way for genetic tests […]

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, […]

10 Reasons to Abandoned a Strain and Start Over – Live Show Version (and, when is it time to create a new strain) Have you ever wondered if you were wasting your time trying to create a strain? […]

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 THREE MOST DANGEROUS BREEDERS There are three types of breeders, practicing particular ideologies, which I believe can have a devastating effect on the breed […]

Interview with Don Schrider (Parts 1 – 3) I’m happy to have Don Schrider on the show.  He’s from West Virginia, and has written for many publications, such as Mother Eart […]

Problems Associated with Nutritional Deficiencies You cannot breed and perpetuate a strain, if you are feeding your birds poor rations. The problem is, many of the feeds we use are […]

What’s the Difference Between Seed Fowl and Foundation Fowl? There is a lot of confusion in this area. I see so many breeders calling their Foundation Fowl “Seed Fowl”, and calling their See […]

Chicken Chat with Royce Van Blaricome Before I get to todays show, I hope you’ve been watching our live show on Saturdays. The show is called, “Bred to Perfection Liv […]

Husbandry Practices with Patrick from Ireland Today, we are talking with Patrick who lives in the UK, but is originally from Ireland.  And, he raises Irish Games. He’s also a […]

Breeding Methods Explained What you should know about Breeding Methods In this episode, we are talking about the various methods of breeding, and the […]

Preparing for the Breeding Season In this episode, I will give you a number of useful tips, that will help get your breeding season started on the right foot. I had a […]

Conformation of Body In this episode we talk about the Type and Conformation of Body. Although we use American and Old English Games as the model, the […]

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 […]

Biosecurity Basics with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo We are talking with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo, a Veterinarian at UC Davis, California, about the importance and practice of […]

Interview with Mike Badger, from Pastured Poultry Talk Podcast In this episode, we are helping Mike Badger, host of the popular poultry show, called “The Pastured Poultry Talk Podcast,” To cre […]

The Effects of Genetic Drift on your Fowl In this episode of Bred to Perfection, we are discussing Genetic Drift, and the effect it can have on our strains. Genetic drift is a […]

Can you Transform a Bad Strain into Good? Most of the fowl today are hybrid crosses or mongrels. In fact, there are very few pure strains. The sad part is, most beginners are […]

The New Blood Syndrome Let’s address a belief many breeders share, and that is, it’s better to introduce new blood, rather than create their own str […]