The Breeders Academy

Educating Breeders Worldwide

UPCOMING PROGRAMS AND COURSES

WELCOME TO OUR MASTER BREEDERS ACADEMY

(Breeding Programs/Courses/Lesson Plans)

In the following weeks, months and years, we will study various areas of Selective Breeding, and demonstrate what it takes to create, maintain and improve your breeds and strains, and how to use this information towards the advancement and creation of your own breeding programs.

Each month we will expand your knowledge by adding new programs, courses, and lesson plans, which are specifically designed to go more in-depth in each area of selective breeding.

Below is a directory of future subject matters. New program, courses and lesson plan will be made available on a regular basis. We will link this information to a training page, where you can study their contents.

It is our goal to provide new and valuable information each and every month, so you can develop and progress your knowledge and understand of selective breeding, advance your skills as a breeder, and improve the quality of your fowl.

Enjoy your journey.

Kenny Troiano

Part #1

A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO RAISING HIGH QUALITY STRAINS

Care – Feeding – Raising – Health

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1. Starting Out On the Right Foot
  2. How to Build and Prepare the Breeding Pens
  3. Preparation and Care of Broodfowl (Before and During the Breeding Season)
  4. How to Free-Range the Hens and Walk the Cocks
  5. Feeds and Feeding
  6. Incubation (Natural and Artificial)
  7. Chick Care and Brooding
  8. Stag and Pullet Development
  9. General Management Practices
  10. Health Care and Disease Prevention
  11. The Most Common Mistakes of Beginners

This information will be available to Master Breeders Academy Members only!

Part #2

IMPROVING THE STRAIN THROUGH THE POWERS OF SELECTIVE BREEDING

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1. Understanding Evolutionary Biology and its relationship to Selective Breeding
  2. Origins and Evolution of the chicken (Jungle Fowl, Gamefowl, Domesticated Chickens)
  3. History of Domestication, and the Founding Fathers of Selective Breeding
  4. Future of the Chicken and survival of Gamefowl
  5. Selection and Culling
  6. Conformation of Body and Physiology
  7. Importance of Color
  8. Understanding the Standard of Perfection
  9. The Benefits of Showing and Achieving the Competitive Advantage
  10. Understanding the Mind of a Chicken – Habits and Behaviors
  11. The Most Common Mistakes of Beginners

This information will be available to Master Breeders Academy Members only!

Part #3

THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF MATING AND BREEDING

Inheritance – Mating – Breeding

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1. Genetics (Basic Mendelian and Advanced Genetics – Morgan)
  2. The Laws that Govern Selective Breeding
  3. Fundamentals of Mating
  4. Improving Vigor, Fertility and Hatchability
  5. Breeding Methods and Fundamentals
  6. Breeding Programs
  7. The Importance of Breeding Plans and Keeping Good Records (pedigrees)
  8. The Most Common Mistakes of Beginners

This information will be available to Master Breeders Academy Members only!

UPCOMING BREEDING PROGRAMS:

  1. Principles of Inheritance Program
  2. The Laws of Selective Breeding Program
  3. The Powers of Selection Program
  4. Purity of Blood Program
  5. Seeking Perfection Program (Recognizing and eliminating defects)
  6. The Founders Program (Creating a new foundation strain)
  7. The Preservation Program (Maintaining the quality of your strain)
  8. The Improvement Program (Progressing your strain to the next level)
  9. Secrets of Master Breeders Program
  10. Breeding for Disease Resistance Program
  11. Nutrition and Feeding Program
  12. Record Keeping and Pedigreeing Program

This information will be available to Master Breeders Academy Members only!