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

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

NO TIME TO BE WRONG IN THE SELECTION OF BROOD FOWL THE RELATION OF SELECTION AND CULLING: Although frequently used as synonyms, the terms “selection” and “culling” are strictly […]

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 […]

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 […]

WANNABE BREEDER OR TRUE BREEDER – Which One Are You? Many claim to be breeders, but don’t know the first thing about breeding: Its funny, but I see this all the time, especially in the f […]

Quizzes, Questions and Breeding Chickens Quizzes, Questions and Breeding Chickens  Join Kenny Troiano and his co-hosts, Nancy Troiano, Frank Bradley and Rebecca Lynch – as […]

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 […]

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 PRACTICE OF GRADING-UP Improving mongrels through the use of a superior cock “When two varieties are allowed to cross freely, and one is much more n […]

THE PRACTICE OF CROSSBREEDING A foundation for hybridization or a source of variability?  “I have seen many of the best and most valued of the old strains lost […]

THE PRACTICE OF LINECROSSING AND OUTCROSSING Better alternatives for the attainment of genetic diversity, and the improvement of traits “By selecting the best individuals of t […]

The Practice of Line-Breeding I was once told by a good friend of mine, a Master Breeder in his own right, “The more superior a breeder’s strain is to the average […]

THE PRACTICE OF INBREEDING “Replication is never perfect, there is always variation” WHAT IS INBREEDING? Simply put, inbreeding is the mating of closely rel […]