UNDERSTANDING MENDELISM – Pt1 The first step to becoming a World Class Master Breeder Part One “Horse-racing has produced an invaluable and un­rivalled breed of […]

ALTERNATING BROOD COCKS When more hens are kept together than one cock can take care of, various measures are used to prevent cocks from interfering with […]

Ep215 – Secrets of Successful Breeders: Mastering the Art and Science of Breeding Join Kenny Troiano, founder of the Breeders Academy, and his co-hosts as they delve into the intricacies of gamefowl breeding in this […]

An Extreme form of Positive Assortative Mating Consanguineous Mating is the breeding of closely related individuals, such as brother to sister. This is an extreme form of P […]

What is Random Mating? In all human populations, people usually select mates non-randomly, and are attracted to traits that are easily observable. Cultural […]

The Positive and Negative effects of Assortative Mating The term “Assortative” refers to the classifying and selecting of certain, but distinctive characteristics or traits. Assortative […]

Is Double Mating right for You? It is impossible to talk about breeding for color or mating birds to achieve certain color variations without discussing, in detail, […]

Yard Mating or Flock Mating? OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “YARD MATING”:“Flock Mating,” simply means that a number of brood cocks, maybe several, are allowed to run loose w […]

The Advantage to Stud Mating This method of mating is often discussed, but rarely ever used, yet, next to “Single Mating,” “Stud Mating” should be conside […]

The Benefits of Group-Mating (Pen-Mating) Group Mating is just as it sounds. It is the mating of a single brood cock with that of a group of hens, all together, in the same […]

How establish a proven breeding line? Single Mating! Having been a breeder for many years, I am frequently asked, “How do you establish a proven breeding line?” My an­swer involves a […]

THE BEST METHOD OF MATING? The first step in breeding, is mat­ing, to put a cock and hen together for the purpose of reproduction. This sounds very simple, and […]

WHAT IS THE BEST AGE FOR BROODFOWL? How Young or How Old Should They Be? Once you have established your foundation fowl (the family), and the individual breeding lines, […]