CREATING YOUR OWN COLORS Once the characteristics and traits of the strain, such as conformation and performance ability, are up to your standard, you might […]

SOLVING THE COLOR PROBLEM Knowing the most important colors, can make a big difference The color of plumage is one of the most difficult traits to improve […]

DON’T MAKE THE MISTAKE IN THINKING COLOR IS EVERYTHING Although it is my hope that you will come to appreciate the color factor, when breeding your fowl, don’t make the mistake of t […]

DON’T GET DISCOURAGED WITH BREEDING TO COLOR! I’m sure that everyone will agree with me, when I say that American Games are some of the most incredible birds that we have today. B […]

AT LAST! A FOUNDATION WE CAN USE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF COLOR Thanks to the likes of men, such as, Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel, and their studies in the areas of evolution and genetics, we […]

COLOR AND THE SELECTION OF OUR FOWL American Gamefowl breeders are lucky, in that they have a multitude of color variations to select from. Although they will gravitate […]

HOW IMPORTANT IS COLOR? It’s funny, but I hear it all the time, “color means nothing!” These are breeders who believe performance and production abili […]

SELECT THE MOST IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS FIRST One of the inherent difficulties involved when breeding, is that the modern breeder usually considers several different […]

INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE AND CO-DOMINANCE A great deal of deviations from Mendel’s laws have been discovered. In this section, we will discuss two of them, “Incomplete Dom […]

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 […]