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 […]

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 […]

Do Birds Hide from Predators Even from Inside an Egg? Before hatching, shorebird embryos sometimes vocalize to their parents. New research shows they can also quiet down when danger is […]

Crossbreeding Misconceptions Crossbreeding is a very common method of breeding, but many are using it for the wrong reasons. The truth is, there are some […]

Prepotency vs Hybrid Vigor One is temporary, the other is long lasting. But which is best? As a breeder, you have many tools that you can use to create and […]