In this roundtable, we go beyond feathers and form to explore the heart and heritage of true breeding. Join us for a powerful and candid conversation with three of the most dedicated minds in the field, Kenny Troiano, Nancy Troiano and Sue Dobson—as they share the personal journeys, philosophies, and hard-won lessons that have shaped their lives as breeders.

From humble beginnings sparked by curiosity to decades-long commitments to legacy and bloodline purity, our guests unpack what it really means to build a true strain. We talk about the science behind selection, the dangers of shortcuts like crossbreeding, and the critical role of mentorship, patience, and integrity in the pursuit of excellence.

You'll hear first-hand accounts of the obstacles they've faced, from genetic challenges to environmental pressures, and how they've overcome them through discipline, knowledge, and an unwavering vision for the future.

This episode is a must-listen for anyone passionate about preserving breeds and strains, such as American Games and Heritage breeds, understanding the true art of selective breeding, or curious about the foundational values of the Breeders Academy and Founders Program. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned breeder, this conversation will challenge, inspire, and reaffirm why breeding done right is a lifelong pursuit.

Topics Covered:

• Creating a true strain: purpose, process, and patience
• The value of purity and the dangers of constant outcrossing
• Science vs shortcuts: the genetic principles behind sustainable breeding
• Lessons from mentors and the legacy they leave behind
• Why type, structure, and color still matter
• The role of the Breeders Academy and the Founders Program
• Advice for new breeders entering the journey

Final Thought:"Breeding isn't for the impatient. It's a craft, slow, intentional, and deeply rewarding. Start with purpose. Stick with it. And never stop learning."

Make sure to follow and watch our future shows. We plan to dive deep into the world of breeding and genetics, nutrition and health management, and provide essential tips, so you too can create high quality strains. Whether you're breeding domestic chickens, gamefowl, or various types of livestock, this show is for you.

#DedicatedBreeder #SelectiveBreeding #TrueStrain #BreedingDoneRight #HeritageBreeds #BloodlineIntegrity #BreedersAcademy #GeneticSelection #PreserveTheBreed #BreedingLegacy #AmericanGames #LifelongPursuit

Watch Bred to Perfection Live - Fridays at 6 PM PST / 9 PM EST on YouTube Join Kenny Troiano and guests as they explore advanced breeding techniques, poultry nutrition, health management, and genetic sustainability—all with one goal: helping you create high-quality, long-lasting strains.

Learn more and join the Breeders Academy at: https://www.breedersacademy.com

In this episode of Bred to Perfection, we uncover one of the most underestimated factors affecting your birds' success: stress. While breeders often focus on bloodlines, conditioning, and nutrition, stress quietly undermines everything, from immune function to feather quality, behavior, and breeding results.

Join us as we break down:

• What stress really means in gamefowl
• How it weakens your birds from the inside out
• The top stress triggers hiding in your yard
• Proven ways to reduce stress and build natural resilience

Whether you're raising chicks, or managing a breeding yard, this episode will help you spot the red flags and create a stronger, healthier strain.

Don't let stress sabotage your program. Tune in now and start making smarter moves in your yard.

#BredToPerfection #GamefowlManagement #GamefowlHealth #PoultryStress #StressInFowl #BreedingYard #FowlCare #StrongerStrains #PoultryBreeding #GamefowlLife #HealthyFowl #SmartBreeding

See ya there!

Kenny Troiano

Founder of "The Breeders Academy"

We specialize in breeding, and breeding related topics. This includes proper selection practices and the use of proven breeding programs. It is our mission to provide our followers and members a greater understanding of poultry breeding, poultry genetics, poultry health care and disease prevention, and how to improve the production and performance ability of your fowl.

If you are interested in creating a strain, or improving your established strain, you are in the right place.

We also want to encourage you to join us at the Breeders Academy, where we will not only help you increase your knowledge of breeding and advance your skills as a breeder, but improve the quality and performance of your fowl.

If you would like to learn more, go to: https://www.breedersacademy.com

Join us as we discuss the misconceptions surrounding worms.

We all know about worms, and how they can affect the health of our strains. However, many don't realize that they are over-worming their birds, using toxic drugs and pesticides. In this episode we are going to talk about the effects of medications and wormers. In short, we will learn how to protect our fowl, and how often we should use wormers. Make sure to join us, because this is a show you do not want to miss.

We specialize in breeding, and breeding related topics. This includes proper selection practices and the use of proven breeding programs. It is our mission to provide our followers and members a greater understanding of poultry breeding, poultry genetics, poultry health care and disease prevention, and how to improve the production and performance ability of your fowl.

If you are interested in creating a strain, or improving your established strain, you are in the right place.

We also want to encourage you to join us at the Breeders Academy, where we will not only help you increase your knowledge of breeding and advance your skills as a breeder, but improve the quality and performance of your fowl.

#PoultryHealth #WormingChickens #ParasiteControl #FlockHealth #ChickenCare #ResponsibleBreeding #PoultryBreeding #Gamefowl #DiseasePrevention #FlockManagement #PoultryPodcast #BredToPerfection

See ya there!

Kenny Troiano

Founder of "The Breeders Academy"

We specialize in breeding, and breeding related topics. This includes proper selection practices and the use of proven breeding programs. It is our mission to provide our followers and members a greater understanding of poultry breeding, poultry genetics, poultry health care and disease prevention, and how to improve the production and performance ability of your fowl.

If you are interested in creating a strain, or improving your established strain, you are in the right place.

We also want to encourage you to join us at the Breeders Academy, where we will not only help you increase your knowledge of breeding and advance your skills as a breeder, but improve the quality and performance of your fowl.

If you would like to learn more, go to: https://www.breedersacademy.com

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.

We specialize in the breeding of gamefowl and chickens, and other breeding related topics. This includes the proper use of breeding programs.

Also, it's our mission to provide our members a greater understanding of poultry genetics, poultry health care and disease prevention, and how to improve the production and performance ability of their fowl.

If you are interested in creating a strain, or improving your established strain, you are going to enjoy this show.

We also want to encourage you to join us at "The Breeders Academy," where we will not only help you increase your knowledge of breeding, advance your skills as a breeder, but improve the quality and performance of your fowl.

#BreedingSeason #PoultryBreeding #GamefowlBreeding #ChickenBreeders #BreedingPreparation #SelectiveBreeding #PoultryGenetics #FlockManagement #PerformanceBreeding #BreedersAcademy #PoultryPodcast #BredToPerfection

See ya there!

Kenny Troiano

Founder of "The Breeders Academy"

We specialize in breeding, and breeding related topics. This includes proper selection practices and the use of proven breeding programs. It is our mission to provide our followers and members a greater understanding of poultry breeding, poultry genetics, poultry health care and disease prevention, and how to improve the production and performance ability of your fowl.

If you are interested in creating a strain, or improving your established strain, you are in the right place.

We also want to encourage you to join us at the Breeders Academy, where we will not only help you increase your knowledge of breeding and advance your skills as a breeder, but improve the quality and performance of your fowl.

If you would like to learn more, go to: https://www.breedersacademy.com

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 can be. If used properly, and for the right reasons, these medical miracles can accomplish great things. However, many are using these so-called miracle drugs as an end all or fix all to all their medical and disease related problems.

They see a sniffle or sneeze, and they immediately shoot a half cc of Tylan 200 into the breast, and believe they are good to go. Instead of giving their birds a proper treatment plan, one that is accurately diagnosed, they rely on old wives' tales, such as - "At the first signs of sickness, inject them with antibiotics, and to make sure they never get sick, vaccinate the entire flock for every known disease." What's their overall plan? To use the shotgun approach by over medicating. But truth be told, they are creating a bigger mess than they realize. One that is going to affect them and their chickens later down the road.

Today, we are talking with Poultry Veterinarian, Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo about the use and misuse of Antibiotics and Vaccinations, and the consequences of these practices.

We're also going to talk about how to use them properly, and when to avoid them. It is my hope that you will gain a greater understanding of their uses, and the consequences of doing it wrong.

Join Kenny Troiano and his co-hosts, Frank Bradley as we discuss the benefits of creating your own strain, and the issues that affect breeders like you. This is a show you do not want to miss!

#AntibioticStewardship #PoultryHealth #PoultryVeterinarian #ChickenHealth #ResponsibleBreeding #FlockManagement #PoultryMedicine #BackyardPoultry #DiseasePrevention #VaccinationEducation #PoultryPodcast #BredToPerfection

See ya there!

Kenny Troiano

Founder of "The Breeders Academy"

We specialize in breeding, and breeding related topics. This includes proper selection practices and the use of proven breeding programs. It is our mission to provide our followers and members a greater understanding of poultry breeding, poultry genetics, poultry health care and disease prevention, and how to improve the production and performance ability of your fowl.

If you are interested in creating a strain, or improving your established strain, you are in the right place.

We also want to encourage you to join us at the Breeders Academy, where we will not only help you increase your knowledge of breeding and advance your skills as a breeder, but improve the quality and performance of your fowl.

If you would like to learn more, go to: https://www.breedersacademy.com

Crossbreeding is a very common method of breeding, but many are using it for the wrong reasons. The truth is, there are some unintended consequences from using this method, many of them are long lasting, and could be detrimental to the breed.

In this episode we will discuss what's good about crossbreeding, but also what's not so good about crossbreeding. We'll also talk about the difference between hybridization and mongrelization, and what others don't want you to know. Hopefully, this episode will change the way you look at crossbreeding, and change the way you breed your fowl. This is an episode that you do not want to miss.

#Crossbreeding #PoultryBreeding #SelectiveBreeding #ChickenBreeders #GamefowlBreeding #PurebredPoultry #HybridBreeding #FlockGenetics #ResponsibleBreeding #BreedingEducation #PoultryPodcast #BredToPerfection

See ya there!

Kenny Troiano

Founder of "The Breeders Academy"

We specialize in breeding, and breeding related topics. This includes proper selection practices and the use of proven breeding programs. It is our mission to provide our followers and members a greater understanding of poultry breeding, poultry genetics, poultry health care and disease prevention, and how to improve the production and performance ability of your fowl.

If you are interested in creating a strain, or improving your established strain, you are in the right place.

We also want to encourage you to join us at the Breeders Academy, where we will not only help you increase your knowledge of breeding and advance your skills as a breeder, but improve the quality and performance of your fowl.

If you would like to learn more, go to: https://www.breedersacademy.com

In this episode of the Bred to Perfection Podcast, we sit down with Peter Brown to discuss the most common health problems faced by backyard poultry breeders, and what you can do to recognize, prevent, and treat them. Whether you're just getting started with chickens or you've been breeding poultry and gamefowl for years, this episode delivers practical, experience-based information you can use right away.

Peter breaks down a wide range of diseases and conditions that affect backyard flocks, explaining symptoms to watch for, common causes, and management strategies to help keep your birds healthy and productive. This episode is a must-listen for anyone serious about proper poultry care.

#BackyardPoultry #PoultryHealth #ChickenCare #PoultryBreeders #BackyardChickens #FlockHealth #PoultryDiseases #ChickenBreeding #Gamefowl #PoultryPodcast #BreedersAcademy #BredToPerfection

See ya there!

Kenny Troiano

Founder of "The Breeders Academy"

We specialize in breeding, and breeding related topics. This includes proper selection practices and the use of proven breeding programs. It is our mission to provide our followers and members a greater understanding of poultry breeding, poultry genetics, poultry health care and disease prevention, and how to improve the production and performance ability of your fowl.

If you are interested in creating a strain, or improving your established strain, you are in the right place.

We also want to encourage you to join us at the Breeders Academy, where we will not only help you increase your knowledge of breeding and advance your skills as a breeder, but improve the quality and performance of your fowl.

If you would like to learn more, go to: https://www.breedersacademy.com

In this episode, we talk about the fascinating and sometimes challenging world of breeding with a seasoned master breeder who shares their personal journey. Becoming a true expert in breeding isn't an overnight accomplishment, it takes years of hands-on experience, trial and error, and invaluable guidance from mentors. Join us as we explore the highs and lows of this journey, from the early mistakes of starting with too many breeds to the breakthrough moments that came through mentorship and deep study in genetics and evolutionary biology.

Our guest opens up about the critical lessons learned through years of breeding birds, lessons on the importance of specialization, understanding genetics, managing health, and the role of mentorship in shaping their path. Whether you're just starting out in breeding or are a seasoned enthusiast, this episode offers rich insights into the real-life complexities and rewards of breeding with purpose and passion.

Tune in to hear about the mistakes, successes, and pivotal moments that transformed an aspiring breeder into a master of the craft. Plus, discover how the study of evolutionary biology and the guidance of experienced mentors made all the difference along the way.

Key Topics Discussed:

• The early mistake of starting with too many breeds
• The importance of focusing on a few breeds to truly nurture and specialize
• Understanding the genetics, health, and environmental needs of different species
• The role of mentorship and how it shaped the journey
• Personal growth through experience and failure in the breeding process

Whether you're looking to improve your own breeding techniques or simply curious about the dedication and learning that goes into becoming a master, this episode is packed with valuable insights and inspiration.

#MasterBreeder #BreedingJourney #PurposefulBreeding #GeneticsMatters #MentorshipMatters #LessonsFromFailure #EvolutionaryBiology #BreederLife

See ya there!

Kenny Troiano

Founder of "The Breeders Academy"

We specialize in breeding, and breeding related topics. This includes proper selection practices and the use of proven breeding programs. It is our mission to provide our followers and members a greater understanding of poultry breeding, poultry genetics, poultry health care and disease prevention, and how to improve the production and performance ability of your fowl.

If you are interested in creating a strain, or improving your established strain, you are in the right place.

We also want to encourage you to join us at the Breeders Academy, where we will not only help you increase your knowledge of breeding and advance your skills as a breeder, but improve the quality and performance of your fowl.

If you would like to learn more, go to: https://www.breedersacademy.com

In this episode, we explore the relationship between nutrition and genetic potential in gamefowl and chickens. While genetics play a foundational role in a bird's growth and development, egg production, immunity, and overall performance, it's optimal nutrition that truly allows these genetic traits to shine. Each stage of a bird's life requires specific nutrients to ensure they reach their maximum potential. We'll dive into the importance of proteins, essential amino acids, vitamins, and minerals—understanding how these nutrients influence growth, development, feather quality, immunity, egg production, performance ability, and reproductive health.

We'll discuss how deficiencies in protein, calcium, vitamins, and energy can stunt growth, weaken immune systems, and reduce reproductive success, ultimately hindering the chicken's ability to perform at its genetic best. Knowing what your birds need at each life stage—from chicks to adults—is key to unlocking their full potential.

Join us for insights on how proper nutrition can enhance the performance of your bloodline and strain, maximize growth and development, boost production, improve performance, and ensure strong, healthy bird's throughout their lives. This episode is a must-listen for anyone involved in breeding gamefowl and chickens, or anyone looking to better understand the role of nutrition in their strains.

#PoultryNutrition #GamefowlNutrition #ChickenNutrition #GeneticsAndNutrition #GamefowlBreeding #ChickenBreeding #BloodlineDevelopment #PoultryHealth #ProteinForGrowth #VitaminsAndMinerals #PoultryImmunity #FeatherQuality #EggProduction #ReproductiveHealth #GrowthAndDevelopment #PerformanceNutrition #HealthyFlock #PoultryScience

See ya there!

Kenny Troiano

Founder of "The Breeders Academy"

We specialize in breeding, and breeding related topics. This includes proper selection practices and the use of proven breeding programs. It is our mission to provide our followers and members a greater understanding of poultry breeding, poultry genetics, poultry health care and disease prevention, and how to improve the production and performance ability of your fowl.

If you are interested in creating a strain, or improving your established strain, you are in the right place.

We also want to encourage you to join us at the Breeders Academy, where we will not only help you increase your knowledge of breeding and advance your skills as a breeder, but improve the quality and performance of your fowl.

If you would like to learn more, go to: https://www.breedersacademy.com

A One-Time Holiday Offer, Big Announcements, and What's Ahead for the Breeders Academy Community

Welcome to our Christmas Special! Bred to Perfection and the Breeders Academy are thrilled to invite you to this very special holiday episode packed with exciting announcements, heartfelt gratitude, and a one-time opportunity you won't want to miss.

In the spirit of Christmas, and in honor of our incredible 4-H and FFA communities, we're opening the door wider than ever before. What began as a special offer for youth and students is now available to all breeders for a limited time only.

This holiday season, we're giving back with massive discounts on Breeders Academy memberships, and these prices will never be this low again.

If you're a new member, this episode is especially for you. You'll learn how to get started, where to find the "Start Here" pages, how to prepare questions, and when to schedule coaching calls. Most importantly, you'll hear this clearly: you are never alone on this journey.

Join us as we celebrate Christmas, community, and the future of poultry breeding. Take your time, enjoy the journey, and let's make this Christmas the best one ever.

#BreedersAcademy #BredToPerfection #ChristmasSpecial #PoultryBreeding #HolidaySavings #4H #FFA #BackyardBreeders #BreederCommunity #PoultryPodcast #OneTimeOffer #BreedingTheFuture

See ya there!

Kenny Troiano

Founder of "The Breeders Academy"

We specialize in breeding, and breeding related topics. This includes proper selection practices and the use of proven breeding programs. It is our mission to provide our followers and members a greater understanding of poultry breeding, poultry genetics, poultry health care and disease prevention, and how to improve the production and performance ability of your fowl.

If you are interested in creating a strain, or improving your established strain, you are in the right place.

We also want to encourage you to join us at the Breeders Academy, where we will not only help you increase your knowledge of breeding and advance your skills as a breeder, but improve the quality and performance of your fowl.

If you would like to learn more, go to: https://www.breedersacademy.com