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 […]

The Gamefowl Wellness Program In this episode, we are talking with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo from UC Davis about their new Gamefowl Wellness Program, which is […]

Surrogacy advance could aid rare chicken breeds Hens that cannot produce their own chicks have successfully acted as surrogates for rare chicken breeds. The advance—using g […]

Breeding for Fins rather than Feathers Christopher is a Fish Breeder from Norway, but shares valuable lessons for all types of breeders In this episode, we are talking […]

THE CONSEQUENCES OF CONTAMINATION In this episode of Bred to Perfection, we are talking about what constitutes contamination and the effects it can have on your […]