CULLING, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE GENETIC FACTOR? Evidence has shown that in addition to non-inherited causes, such as environmental conditions, genetic factors do play a role in the […]

Genetics and Evolution go Hand in Hand The Mechanisms of Evolution And how it Relates to the Creation of our Strains In celebration of Darwin‘s day, we’re going to talk abo […]

CULLING FOR HEALTH REASONS When most breeders think of culls, the first thing they think of, are birds that lack the proper performance or production qualities. […]

NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL SELECTION – OR BOTH The breeders that do best are those who follow the ways of Mother Nature When Mother Nature changes the environment of a specific […]

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SEED FOWL, TRANSITION FOWL, AND FOUNDATION FOWL I would like to take this time to talk about the differences between “Seed Fowl,” “Transitional Fowl” and “Foundation Fowl.” Th […]

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, […]

A BRIEF HISTORY ON THE BREEDING OF CHICKENS “The several kinds of dogs are almost certainly descended from more than one species, and so it is with some other domesticated a […]

HOW TO INFUSE NEW BLOOD A process used to introduce characteristics that don’t already exist, in the hopes of improving the family or strain Every strain, r […]

RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY BREEDER It is the responsibility of every breeder to be a good representative and protector of their breed, safeguarding their integrity, […]

The culling of your fowl should be practiced continuously The culling of your fowl should be practiced continuously, from the day they hatch out of the egg, to their eventual death. You may […]

CULLING TECHNIQUES AND OBSTACLES CULLING TECHNIQUES In order to cull properly you must spend a lot of time with your chickens. You will need to watch and observe […]

SELECTION OR CULLING, WHAT ABOUT BOTH? When selecting fowl for breeding, a breeder may use many standards in the selection of his fowl. It may be the selection of multiple […]

THE IMPORTANCE OF PROGENY TESTING Another obstacle in selecting the best brood fowl is that their individual performance record can often serve as a very poor […]

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 […]