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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Problems Associated with Nutritional Deficiencies You cannot breed and perpetuate a strain, if you are feeding your birds poor rations. The problem is, many of the feeds we use are […]

Husbandry Practices with Patrick from Ireland Today, we are talking with Patrick who lives in the UK, but is originally from Ireland.  And, he raises Irish Games. He’s also a […]

Interview with Mike Badger, from Pastured Poultry Talk Podcast In this episode, we are helping Mike Badger, host of the popular poultry show, called “The Pastured Poultry Talk Podcast,” To cre […]