As Breeders, the Breeding Season is our favorite time of year. However, if you don’t prepare properly during the cold winter months, your breeding season is not going to be successful, and your goal of creating a strain will suffer. Join us as we discuss how to give your chickens the proper care they will need, so that you are going into the breeding season prepared and ready.
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Ep137 – Preparing for the Breeding Season
In this episode, we will give you a number of useful tips, to get you ready for the upcoming breeding season. I had a great mentor who believed that preparation was the prerequisite to success. As a breeder, I took that to heart, and it has served me well for years. The breeder who prepares himself, and his birds, will be the successful breeding. This is an episode you do not want to miss.
Ep136 – Nature’s Influence on Domestication with Rick Coste
Join Kenny Troiano and his co-hosts, Nancy Troiano – as they talk with our special guest, Rick Coste, the host of the podcast – “Evolution Talk,” and Author of “Evolution Talk,” the book – “The Who, What, Why, and How Behind the Oldest Story Ever Told.” Today we will discuss – Nature’s Influence on Domestication, and How we can use the Mechanisms of Evolution to Improve our Selective Breeding Practices. This is a show you do not want to miss!
Ep135 – Antibiotic Use and Misuse with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo
The Misuse and Abuse of Antibiotics, and their Consequences – The question I have for you, are you using Medications, Antibiotics and Vaccinations Properly? Our Special Guest is Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo a Poultry Veterinarian, from UC Davis is here to address this very important and controversial subject. We all know how beneficial antibiotics and vaccinations […]
Ep134 – Buying a Strain vs Making a Strain
What are the benefits of buying someone else’s strain vs creating your own strain? I’m a firm believer that it’s better to create your own strain, then to rely on others to do it for you. Anytime you purchase new birds you are taking a chance. Because the fact is, there are more peddlers than true breeders, and most of the birds available are not pure, they are nothing more than hybrid crosses or mongrels. To make matters worse, many breeders only sell their culls. If you’re not one of their family or friends, most likely you are not going to get good birds. THE BIG QUESTION IS, should you create your own strain, or do you continue to bounce around trying to find great fowl? For me, I would rather create my own strain.