The Origins of Our Fowl and Modern Colors As far as the origin of the gamecock is concerned, I have found that many writers have very different theories of where the original […]

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 […]

Using Flock Behavior to Recognize and Prevent Disease Using Flock Behavior to Recognize and Prevent Disease in Chickens and Gamefowl In this episode, we talk about one of the most […]

Inbreeding vs Outcrossing: Building and Protecting Your Bloodline In this episode, Kenny Troiano and Douglas Bruce team up to break down one of the most misunderstood topics in breeding: inbreeding […]

THE IMPORTANCE OF PROGENY TESTING Another obstacle in selecting the best brood fowl is that their individual performance record can often serve as a very poor […]

UNCONSCIOUS AND METHODICAL SELECTION Charles Darwin once said that there are two kinds of selection, one he called “unconscious,” the other “methodical.” To the […]

Progressive White – The Silent Threat to Breeding American Games A discussion that addresses the Challenges, Standards, and Solutions Bred to Perfection: The Progressive White Problem, Standards […]

The Fundamental Nature of Inheritance In order to understand the complexities of breeding, you will need to know a little about genetics, and how it works. Your successes […]

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 […]

WHEN TO START THE SELECTION PROCESS Selection is a continuous process that starts with the egg and newly hatched chicks, and continues during the lifetime of the […]

Traits Can Be Exaggerated or Lost By the use or disuse of their parts, and changes in their environment The domestication of gamefowl and chickens began more than 4 […]

POINTS TO CONSIDER IN THE SELECTION OF BROOD FOWL In the selection of desirable birds, both cock and hen, for the brood pen, the first con­sideration should be whether the resulting […]

BREEDING BY SELECTION In order to create and maintain a strain, one point must be carefully considered. This point is, “special matings for special […]