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 […]

Interview with Regenerative Farmer – William Vogl As you know, I teach breeding to many types of breeders. My students include – poultry exhibitionist, breeders of domestic chickens […]

THE PRACTICE OF BREEDING BY MEANS OF COMPENSATION A method of offsetting the weak by strengthening it with the other The practice of offsetting the weak points of one sex by […]

The Surprising Reason Scientists Haven't Been Able to Clone a Bird Yet Thanks to their eggs, avians are tremendously difficult to clone. But new technologies may provide a workaround for saving at-risk […]

Genetics Simplified – Members Version Breeding and creating a strain is governed by 3 important laws of nature, such as the Breeding and creating a strain is governed by 3 […]

Navigating the Complexities of Breeding Members Round Table – April 2023- Insights on Poultry Breeding Challenges In this members-only roundtable, we address pressing q […]

Beyond the Ribbon: A Conversation with Mike Sayre and Matt Lhamon Breeding Smarter, Preserving Type, and Shaping the Future of Exhibition Poultry In this episode, we sit down with Mike Sayre, […]

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 […]

Scientists shake Darwin's foundation – chickens inherited parents' stress symptoms Evolutionary theory ever since Darwin is based on the assumption that acquired traits, such as learnt modifications of behaviour, […]

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 […]

The Ultimate Breeders Roundtable I asked my Facebook Friends a Question “If I could get breeders like Don Schrider and Danny Feathers on a Roundtable, what would y […]

Jessa, the Chuckling Chicken Podcaster With Jessa from Maine, This is a very special episode of “Bred to Perfection.” We are talking with a young lady, named Jes […]

BREEDING PRACTICES OF THE PAST Preserving the strange and unusual, and the evolution of our modern fowl. Ancient people had no interest in standards of uniformity, […]

What Can Go Wrong, Does Go Wrong Cutting through feed myths and faulty practices to focus on the genetics, selection, and standards that shape better […]

Insecticide Resistance & Mite Control for Poultry Breeders A Breeder’s Guide to Protecting Bloodlines In this episode, we break down one of the most overlooked threats to your bloodline: i […]

The Age Factor – How Age Shapes Superior Breeding Strains When it comes to breeding chickens and gamefowl, one question challenges every breeder at some point: how young is too young, and how […]

What Determines the Sex of the Offspring? Sex determination can be an enormous obstacle when it comes to genetics, for the simple reason that this is the very point where the […]

Interview with Frank Bradley What I like about the Breeders Academy, and doing coaching calls is that I get to talk with my members, for hours at times. This […]