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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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? […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Effective Breeding Techniques: Line Breeding, Inbreeding & The Three-Line Solution In this roundtable episode, hosts Kenny Troiano and Frank Bradley talk about the complexities of breeding and creating strains, […]

5 STEP PROCESS TO PURIFYING THE BLOODLINE As an Academy Member, there are 5 important steps I would like you to take before diving into the breeding programs and beginning the […]

In-and-In Breeding Decoded: A Balanced Approach to Purity and Diversity In this episode, we go deep into one of the most misunderstood breeding strategies in the creation of a strain: In-and-In Breeding. […]

Good Mentor vs Bad Mentor – The Tony vs. Ray Factor A good mentor is like a guiding light, illuminating the path ahead with knowledge and experience. They help their mentees grow, […]

WHAT TO DO ABOUT THOSE QUARRELSOME HENS Her influence can make or break the family, and temperament is key! Now, let’s direct our attention towards the brood hens. Yes, […]

RECOGNIZING A TRUE MAN-FIGHTER There are two types of man-fighters to watch out for; one is the product of improper care and poor handling techniques, and the other […]

MAN-FIGHTING IS A DEFECTIVE TRAIT As you probably well know, I write and speak, quite a bit, about the processes of selective breeding, and how it relates to the […]

Feeding Essentials: A Deep Dive into Poultry Nutrition with Jeff Mattocks The Masters Class (Lesson 47) Feeding Essentials with Jeff Mattocks Great bloodlines are not created by genetics alone. They are […]