The Principles of Strain Creation in Animal Breeding In this episode, we delve into the six foundational principles of strain creation in animal breeding—crucial knowledge for anyone s […]

Don't Forget the Time Scientists Grew 'Dinosaur Legs' on a Chicken SCIENCEALERT STAFF 31 DECEMBER 2021 Until recently, one of the biggest myths in science was that all dinosaurs have been e […]

Inbreeding vs In-and-In Breeding (Members Only Version) Special Notice: Due to the content and discussion about breeding and the Founders Program, there are two versions of this episode. […]

Ten Reasons to Abandon a Strain and Start Over “I QUIT” 10 reasons to abandon a strain and start over (and, when is it time to create a new strain) Not to worry, I’m not […]

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, […]