The Breeders Academy Membership | ShinDig | Friends Activity https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/members/shindig/activity/friends/ Activity feed for ShinDig's friends. Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:12:44 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 e2c96792d50452c504bd9deda45b5b9b Kenny Troiano and Michaelhumes32 are now friends https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/activity/p/8535/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:12:17 -0700 0 b26562e31ed31c75c1d019c627afca25 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=16772 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:00:18 -0700 The Power of Record Keeping Why Every Breeder Needs to Document Everything In this episode of Bred to Perfection, we’re going to talk about the crucial role o […]

]]> 0 11565cb0455dbcf9219754e5e648b879 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=12009 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:00:14 -0700 What is Random Mating? In all human populations, people usually select mates non-randomly, and are attracted to traits that are easily observable. Cultural […]

]]> 0 13b43fd8d8766b13ac5a4ec4d113b714 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=12046 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:00:31 -0700 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 […]

]]> 0 6070c54a0588311c1d6e557559efe040 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=11984 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:00:45 -0700 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, […]

]]> 0 8c16eeefd974cf01d68cfe5d32779263 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=11912 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:00:59 -0700 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 […]

]]> 0 e59d90fc0d6eb035aef4bd8224617092 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=11907 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:00:23 -0700 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 […]

]]> 0 b34f1868275753f5688c13142bbd9892 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=11849 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:00:24 -0700 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 […]

]]> 0 16d738d2565d42d4b2d18451d58b1e7e Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=11839 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:00:11 -0700 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 […]

]]> 0 394fd521c957be04a5191f0993359b17 Kenny Troiano and neanderthalgenes are now friends https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/activity/p/8521/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 08:06:22 -0700 0 419c21abcef9489e407430d01c3675e6 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=16779 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:00:33 -0700 Unlocking the Secrets of Chicken Breeding with Brian Reeder Inbreeding, Genetics & Feeding for the Future In the world of poultry breeding, few names stir thoughtful conversation quite like […]

]]> 0 dec78f760fa4bd519879b92ca3595536 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=11715 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:00:57 -0700 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, […]

]]> 0 aa2a257f03fd4e6e3a3ecd7e54f16750 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=11469 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:00:12 -0700 BREEDING FROM THE YOUNG OR OLD? Examining the True Value of the Hen and Pullet, Cock and Stag as Breeders of High Quality Offspring BREEDING FROM MATURE HENS A […]

]]> 0 a9e942347ea75696655e03178051bc1b Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=11409 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:00:06 -0700 AGE OF PARENTS AND ITS EFFECTS ON HATCHABILITY As compared with the larger classes of livestock, such as cattle and horses, poultry are relatively short-lived creatures. For the […]

]]> 0 8e302a28f0f8860694f4e0c4f9d53dcc Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=11332 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:00:12 -0700 Factors That Will Improve the Quality and Reproduction of Your Offspring When you compare the modern fowl to their ancestors, we see a more superior specimen. We see a bird with superior form and function. […]

]]> 0 feaf4f97cff8fe84255cd8ae8ac1f82d Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=1500 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:00:18 -0700 OBTAINING THE RIGHT BROOD COCK AND BROOD HEN Obtaining the right brood fowl can be a difficult and challenging endeavor, but an important one. These are your Seed Fowl, the Adam […]

]]> 0 1c8c2d32642c97d61d8af955c4ba417c Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=11216 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:00:23 -0700 THE ENVIRONMENT HAS AN EFFECT ON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT The environment can be your friend or it can be your enemy. It is your strains ability to adapt to its environment that’s i […]

]]> 0 09250184884bbcdc393596e3c1a5b3aa Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=14642 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:00:35 -0700 What’s the Best Time of Year to Purchase Brood fowl? Purchasing good brood fowl is all about timing. As you will see, there are good times and bad times to visit a breeder’s farm to s […]

]]> 0 e5bd50d303c4c58e83271fbb9b42d98c Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=11128 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:00:33 -0700 THEIR FUNCTIONALITY DETERMINES THEIR FORM “It is therefore very desirable, before any man commences to breed, that he should make up his mind to the shape and qualities he […]

]]> 0 30de72f7a57f980b377c85d3fc7abef8 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=11969 Mon, 28 Sep 2026 13:00:05 -0700 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 […]

]]> 0 7d25828d5a2cdbd85fa7201d9c4af262 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=14457 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:00:40 -0700 STARTING OUT ON THE RIGHT FOOT “I hope there will be no lack of young recruits to carry on in perfection this beautiful and useful Old English breed of fowl in t […]

]]> 0 7695aec996c28938f654d27b99241ac4 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=14544 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:00:36 -0700 Things to Lookout For when Purchasing Fowl If you are like many who have decided to purchase mature brood fowl, it is a good idea to select them in person. This allows you to […]

]]> 0 0130fc52c4b42bb2a751470c6d95efaa Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=14495 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:00:00 -0700 What to Start With (Eggs, Chicks or Mature Fowl)? Once you know the kind of fowl you want, and who you are going to buy them from, the next step is to decide whether to purchase brood […]

]]> 0 a2dc888b5a414b3560985e79ab3617ab Kenny Troiano and AyaKuya are now friends https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/activity/p/8494/ Sun, 13 Sep 2026 07:54:40 -0700 0 cf63f08bc5320fc8d5bcf2e78c66fbd7 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=11197 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:00:17 -0700 HOW THE INFUSION OF THE WRONG BLOOD CAN DESTROY A FAMILY The law of contamination has never been so widely considered, and its effects measured, as it is among breeders of poultry. Reason […]

]]> 0 d7f15d396a374daa511da7264dac12f2 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=11209 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:00:19 -0700 DOES YOUR COCK OR HEN HAVE THE POWER TO IMPRESS THIER INFLUENCE ONTO THEIR OFFSPRING? This is a concept that can be hard to explain. Webster’s dictionary describes it as: “Having exceptional power; authority or inf […]

]]> 0 4cacbefeb1ff99e11a5e423e756a7f65 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=11187 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:00:40 -0700 HOW SOME TRAITS HAVE A DIRECT EFFECT ON OTHER TRAITS There is no doubt that marvelous things can be done with chickens. Selective Breeding is a wonderful mechanism for creating and […]

]]> 0 1250d9523079b82c67b52a2772bf06c3 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=17425 Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:14:11 -0700 Scaly Leg Mites & Favus: Two Contagious Threats That Can Devastate Your Strain with Peter Brown In this two-part episode, we take an in-depth look at two often-overlooked but potentially devastating health problems affecting […]

]]> 0 f46a792d09878aedd3366d3cf523b965 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=11181 Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:00:38 -0700 BREED TOWARDS PROGRESSION, NOT REGRESSION, AT ALL TIMES Progression and Regression are two laws of opposing forces that are simple to appreciate but hard to understand. One advances the […]

]]> 0 2d1016a28ce4d25422ee1a330f417818 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=11173 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 23:00:12 -0700 Reversion or Simple Degeneration? When the offspring resemble a distant ancestor, to a noticeable degree, we refer to it as a “Throwback.” In other words, a t […]

]]> 0 e23df9f45c4015eaa39576feeb3b7301 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=17421 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 18:26:11 -0700 What If Everything We Believed Was Wrong? Challenging the Myths, Traditions, and Assumptions That Are Holding Our Breeders and Breeds Back What if everything we believed […]

]]> 0 b0dd9a9ac38e32b330cb3eb321fd1e82 Kenny Troiano and Nathaniel are now friends https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/activity/p/8476/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 17:32:23 -0700 0 0fd76f6655098d4dbd4f8a63844dd66f Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=16761 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:00:00 -0700 Every Method has a Particular Function and Purpose There are several breeding methods available to breeders for creating a strain. Each method serves a specific function and purpose. […]

]]> 0 af19f82809e5b1207d724fd57853d967 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=14614 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:00:53 -0700 Finding Those Great Individuals Might Just Take You to the Most Unexpected Places The random combination of genes that exist within our fowl allows the breeder the […]

]]> 0 68e56395f633274b221b6a2731be08d1 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=16757 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:00:23 -0700 The War on Common Sense Breeding: Dispelling Myths and Misconceptions In this episode, we confront the growing crisis of misinformation and myth-driven practices in the chicken and gamefowl breeding […]

]]> 0 af9f2e7fbc9e7d11bae791b4c821441a Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=11167 Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:00:35 -0700 DOES LIKE ALWAYS BEGET LIKE? “Like Begets Like,” is a common phrase used by many breeders. It simply means that there is a strong similarity be­tween the pare […]

]]> 0 e3c1895da3c67d362dfe61c526c6346a Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=16751 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:00:03 -0700 The Ugly Truth About Outcrossing: The Double-Edged Sword of Breeding In this episode, we dive headfirst into one of the most polarizing topics in the world of chicken and gamefowl breeding: outcrossing. […]

]]> 0 cfc783bb6b2b9479adb3be972e570aec Kenny Troiano and Guillermo are now friends https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/activity/p/8465/ Sat, 29 Aug 2026 17:56:44 -0700 0 aa8cc0ecbffe61c536962bb86a936c0c Kenny Troiano and blittle6@gmail.com are now friends https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/activity/p/8464/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 16:49:02 -0700 0 dcf75c4269857924e800134ea8f89cf4 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=16746 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:00:31 -0700 Necessary Requirements to Becoming a Successful Breeder What does it really take to become a successful chicken or gamefowl breeder? Becoming a successful breeder involves a combination […]

]]> 0 555d772f597c8cb08bf0c00ef05a356c Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=11086 Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:00:29 -0700 PURE LINES VS. GENETIC VARIATION One thing I have learned from the best breeders in the world is that – they are not afraid to inbreed or line-breed to produce or […]

]]> 0 2b5abed025ff10ac798273a5685ae7fe Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=10946 Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:00:53 -0700 WHAT SELECTIVE BREEDING IS ALL ABOUT? Breeding, in the case of domestic fowl, refers to the reproduction and inherent improvement of breeds, varieties and strains. […]

]]> 0 cdb2bfc06f6a985f25dd4e9c5b87afe2 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=11040 Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:00:44 -0700 WHY VARIATION IS IMPORTANT! As we know, the domestic chicken possesses numerous characteristics and traits, this point must be emphasized. For instance, I have a […]

]]> 0 49c79d3c229cdd6bd713806ab46a0c7e Kenny Troiano and Eric are now friends https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/activity/p/8457/ Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:42:10 -0700 0 ad023ed2e71ff062cf6853801cb354d9 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=1778 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:00:04 -0700 KEEP’EM PURE AND KEEP A CLOSED FLOCK As we all know, a chicken inherits a large percentage of its traits from its direct parents. Although they only inherit a small […]

]]> 0 9d490f5b2abbe78a3ebaf5edc6793cf9 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=16736 Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:00:04 -0700 What Kind of Breeder Are You? The Truth About Different Types Of Breeders – In this episode of Bred to Perfection Live, we will talk about how some believe they […]

]]> 0 b6ae2355aad8b7a890c5a628533fcb51 Kenny Troiano and Meanderingcreekfarms are now friends https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/activity/p/8451/ Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:21:26 -0700 0 fb8d25e86c356e185207e5528c0d50d8 Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=16732 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:00:51 -0700 Starting Over: When Your Strain Isn’t Worth Saving
 How to Identify Genetic Dead Ends and Reset Your Breeding Program for Success Have you ever found yourself questioning whether […]

]]> 0 4d7e0713d2d8e1f51ead840c6ba880dc Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=8428 Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:00:43 -0700 Are changes produced by the environment inherited? There has been quite a bit of discussion these days about acquired characteristics – “Are changes produced by the environment […]

]]> 0 0c010adfa77d56cf0c3e804ed606e0cb Kenny Troiano wrote a new post https://americangamefowlbreedersacademy.com/?p=14535 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:00:12 -0700 Is There Such Thing as a Perfect Bird? Let me begin by saying that purchasing fowl through the mail is similar to playing the lottery. You hope for high quality fowl, but […]

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