Welcome to the Bred to Perfection podcast, a show for the serious breeder. Join Kenny Troiano, and his wife, Nancy, as they talk about the breeding and raising of gamefowl and chickens, and the issues that affect breeders like you.
Whether you are breeding and raising Hatch, Sweaters, or Kelsos, or you prefer Reds over Greys, or pure vs. crossed, we can help you to advance your strain and your fowl to the next level.
Breeding gamefowl and improving our foundation lines has become both an artform and a science, and knowing genetics and the law of inheritance has change, not only the way we think about breeding, but how we breed our fowl.
It is our hope that the Bred to Perfection podcast will motivate you to take the next step in creating higher quality strains, and hopefully you will create the fowl of your dreams.
To learn more, go to: www.breedersacademy.com
Episode 20 Show Notes:
In this episode of Bred to Perfection, we will talk about the importance of selection and culling and how to improve the quality of your strains through having a Zero-Defect Policy.
We will talk about the importance of:
- knowing your fowl well.
- culling, and how a family improves rapidly through culling
- setting higher standards
- striving for perfection with every breeding
- being very selective.
We will talk about:
- the differences of selection and culling. One is aimed at progress, the other prevention.
- the importance of selecting offspring that are better than the parents.
- the culling of baby chicks, stags and pullets, and cocks and hens, and what traits you should be concerned about and must be culled.
- those Golden Hens. We will also give you guidelines for selecting brood fowl and what to look for when buying brood fowl.
- selection practice of great breeders of the past.
- basic culling techniques and how to manage your farm and breeding programs.
Breeding can be a challenging undertaking, but with the basic knowledge and understanding of the principles and practices of selective breeding, not to mention lots of patience, progress can be made.
Special note of interest: I cover this information in greater detail in The Breeders Academy Membership Website.
I encourage you to join us, and I can help you take your strain to the next level, or help you create a new strain that you can be proud of.
Come check it out!
Thanks for listening.
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