Many believe they are breeders, but don’t know the first thing about breeding: Its funny, but I see this all the time, online, especially in the forums. Those with very little experience and knowledge acting like breeding experts. The truth is, only a small percentage of those who breed fowl know what they are doing. To make matters worse, the percentage drops considerably when you include Master Breeders. With such a discrepancy, as to who the real breeders are, there is no wonder we have confusion within our ranks.
Ep62 – Our Favorite Chicken Books
A question I get often from our members is, as a breeder, what books are best, and which books should I get first? In this episode, we are going to share some of our favorite books on chickens and chicken breeding. Although we have thousands of books in our library, there’s a handful of books that are considered our go-to-books. These are the books we check out first, and are the most valuable in our collection.
CULLING COMMON DEFECTS
The practice of culling should be from the day they hatch to their eventual death. Birds are culled for a variety of reasons, but in order to cull properly you must first understand what a cull is.
Ep61 – Mother Nature and the Natural Order of Selection
This episode is a recording from 22 years ago, with my mentor, Tony Saville. We talk about natural selection and artificial selection, and its relationship to the breeding of chickens and gamefowl. I know you will find this very informative.
IDENTIFYING THE PROPER BROOD FOWL
Some breeders concentrate all their attention on the qualities of an individual brood cock or brood hen, and not on the continuation of the bloodline. These are people that are always in constant search for new blood. They are looking for great performers, but have no idea whether they are prepotent (which simply means, they are able to transmit their characteristics to their offspring consistently), or have an ancestry to draw from, when it comes to great performance characteristics.