Join Kenny Troiano, and his co-hosts, Dr. Rachel Potter – Veterinarian, Frank Bradley – Master Breeder and Jeff Mattocks – Poultry Nutritionist, as they talk about the breeding and raising of gamefowl and chickens, and the issues that affect breeders like you.

In this episode of Bred to Perfection Live, we will talk about the “7 Needs to Knows” that all breeders should know before beginning their breeding programs, and going after their dreams of creating a strain.

This episode is packed with great information, and one you do not want to miss. I know you will enjoy this episode, and learn a lot too.

In this episode, we are talking about the practice and importance of biosecurity. Most Breeders don’t understand biosecurity, and the importance of keeping your birds safe from the exposure of disease. Some of us have strains that we’ve been keeping for over 30 years. What we are going to talk about, if you follow it, will save your flock, and protect those valuable and irreplaceable strains. This is an episode you do not want to miss.

This episode is packed with great information, and one you do not want to miss. I know you will enjoy this episode, and learn a lot too.

In this episode of Bred to Perfection Live, we will talk about the importance of selection and culling, and how to improve the quality of your strain by practicing a Zero-Defect Policy.

We had a great time getting together, and I hope you enjoy the show. It was lots of fun, and we had many laughs.

This episode is packed with great information, and one you do not want to miss. I know you will enjoy this episode, and learn a lot too. We also took questions from the chat room after the video.

Join us for a very special conversation with Matt Hemmer, who is a breeder of the Erminettes. This is a very unique breed, both in a historical sense and as a genetic phenomenon. In fact, the Erminettes are the only breed of chicken where the color of plumage is based on a co-dominant factor. No other breed of chicken has this trait. Matt is going to discuss the history of the breed, the characteristics and genetics of the breed, and the future of the breed. After the show, make sure to click the links below to find out more about this amazing breed.

https://theamericanerminette.weebly.com

https://www.smokybuttesranch.com/chickens/erminettes/

This episode is packed with great information, and one you do not want to miss. I know you will enjoy this episode, and learn a lot too.

Ep13 – The Live Show - The 85 Percentors  – Breeder or Multiplier - Which one are you?

In this episode of Bred to Perfection Live, we will talk about the 85 percenters, who they are and ways of improving them, and why some will succeed and others will fail. Then we will break down the 85 Percentors into 4 separate categories, such as: The Ignorant Breeder, The Neglectful Breeder, The Mixer and Cross-breeders, And, the Accidental Breeder.

 There’s a lot of good information packed into this episode that I know you will not want to miss.

In this episode, we are talking with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo from UC Davis. He will talk about their new Gamefowl Wellness Program, which is designed to help backyard breeder, specially, breeders of American Games, to raise and breed heather birds, and to protect their birds from future outbreaks of Newcastle’s Disease. There’s a lot of good information packed into this episode that I know you will not want to miss.

Ep11 – The Live Show - THERE ARE 4 TYPES OF BREEDERS - Which one are you?

Welcome to Bred to Perfection Live, a show for the serious breeder. Join Kenny Troiano, and his co-hosts Frank Bradley and Jeff Mattocks, as they talk about the breeding of gamefowl and chickens, and the issues that affect breeders like you. Saturdays at 12pm PST and 3pm EST.

In this episode of Bred to Perfection Live, we will talk about how some believe they are breeders, but don’t know how to breed properly. We will talk about the 4 types of breeders that exist today, and how they affect the breed as a whole, this includes: Master breeders, Apprentice breeders, And the 85 percenters. You can decide which one you are.

We will also talk about the other 20 percent, who are not breeders, but do produce fowl unintentionally or by accident, and the effects these breeders have on the breed as a whole. Furthermore, we will talk about ways of improving the 85 Percentors, and what they should know, and why some will succeed and others will fail.

Then we will break down the 85 Percentors into 4 separate categories, such as: The Ignorant Breeder, The Neglectful Breeder, The Mixer and Cross-breeders, And, the Accidental Breeder

We will conclude by discussing where you might fit it the overall scheme of things, and where you too can improve.

This episode is packed with great information, and one you do not want to miss. I know you will enjoy this episode, and learn a lot too. We also took questions from the chat room.

Join us as we discuss the truth about breeding programs, and why they are so important in the creation, improvement, and maintaining of a strain.

Everyone knows about outcrossing, backcrossing, inbreeding, line-breeding, and infusion. But, no one knows why they are doing it, or when they should do it. They think those methods are the means to the end, when in reality, they are only tools used in a larger, more complete breeding program.

This episode is packed with great information, and one you do not want to miss. I know you will enjoy this episode, and learn a lot too. We also took questions from the chat room.

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.

I know you will enjoy this episode, and learn a lot too.

We also took questions from the chat room.

Join us for a very special conversation with Douglas Bruce. In this episode we talked about the education side of the hobby, and the challenges we face when teaching the modern-day breeder. We also talked about the differences between breeders here in the US and breeders in the Philippines, as well as the importance of using a proper breeding program and providing the proper nutrition for our brood fowl. We also addressed the future of American Games and the breeders who raise them.

We had a great time getting together, and I hope you enjoy the show. It was lots of fun, and we had many laughs.

This episode is packed with great information, and one you do not want to miss. I know you will enjoy this episode, and learn a lot too. We also took questions from the chat room after the video.