Bred to Perfection

By Kenny Troiano

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Episodes: 195

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Bred to Perfection is a podcast that will help you to master the art of selective breeding, and become a master breeder of chickens and gamefowl. The podcast is hosted by Kenny and Nancy Troiano. Kenny Troiano has more than 40 years of experience, and has authored two books on the subject of breeding. If you are interested in creating, maintaining, and improve your strain, this is the place for you.

Episode Date
Ep193 - Improving Your Strains Resistance to Disease
Apr 22, 2024
Fan Favorite Episode (Ep135) Antibiotic Use and Misuse with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo
Apr 15, 2024
Ep192 - Bred to Perfection Live Q&A
Apr 08, 2024
Ep191 - Educating the Next Generations of Breeders
Apr 01, 2024
Ep190 - Marek’s Disease and Improving Resistance to Disease with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo
Mar 25, 2024
Ep189 - What are the Benefits of Creating a Strain
Mar 18, 2024
Ep188 - Bred to Perfection “Live Q&A”
Mar 11, 2024
The Live Show (Ep124) Benefits of Breeding for the Complete Package
Mar 04, 2024
Fan Favorite Episode - Inbreeding vs In-and-In Breeding
Feb 26, 2024
Ep187 - Chicken Chat and Chicken Breeding
Feb 19, 2024
Ep186 - Are the Progeny True Representations of the Parents Worth?
Feb 12, 2024
Ep185 - The Confusion Between Station and Carriage
Feb 05, 2024
Ep184 - All About Worms - How Much is Too Much?
Jan 29, 2024
Ep183 - WHO’S MORE IMPORTANT - COCK OR HEN? (1-17-23)
Jan 22, 2024
Fan Favorite Rerun – The Misconceptions of Breeding with Tony Saville (Ep101)
Jan 15, 2024
Fan Favorite Rerun – Mother Nature and the Natural Order of Selection (Ep61)
Jan 08, 2024
Fan Favorite Rerun – Chicken Chat with Tony Saville (Ep50)
Jan 01, 2024
Ep182 - Breeding Questions and Misconceptions - What do we really know?
Dec 25, 2023
Ep181 - Healthy Practices for Healthy Fowl
Dec 18, 2023
Ep180 - ARE YOU ON THE RIGHT PATH?
Dec 11, 2023
Ep179 - Wry Tails, Squirrel Tails and Broken Feathers (edited)
Dec 05, 2023
Ep178 – Breeders Academy Website Tour
Nov 27, 2023
Ep177 – Voices of the Breeders Academy - Members Testimonials
Nov 20, 2023
Ep176 – How to Prevent Coccidiosis with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo
Nov 13, 2023
Ep175 - The Importance of Culling
Nov 06, 2023
Ep174 - Breeding, Feeding and Improving your Strain
Oct 30, 2023
Ep173 - Chicken Chat about Chicken Breeding
Oct 23, 2023
Ep172 - Should I Vaccinate my Fowl? With Peter Brown
Oct 16, 2023
Ep171 - 16 PRINCIPLES OF SELECTIVE BREEDING
Oct 09, 2023
Ep170 - The 7 Need to Knows Before Creating Your Strain
Oct 02, 2023
Ep169 - Changing False Beliefs About Breeding
Sep 25, 2023
Ep168 – Preventing Disease Using a Good Biosecurity Program with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo
Sep 18, 2023
Ep167 – The Name Game and the Percentage Game
Sep 11, 2023
Ep166 – Breeding, Genetics, and Creating a Strain
Sep 04, 2023
Ep165 – Which Breeding Methods Are You Using?
Aug 28, 2023
Ep164 – The Environment, and its influence on Genetic Inheritance
Aug 21, 2023
Ep163 – Mycoplasma and CRD, Should we be Concerned?
Aug 14, 2023
Ep162 – The Value of Breeding to Age and Youth
Aug 07, 2023
Ep161 – The Power of Sublines
Jul 31, 2023
Ep160 – Difference Between Seed Fowl and Foundation Fowl
Jul 24, 2023
Ep159 – OBTAINING THE RIGHT SEED FOWL
Jul 17, 2023
The Live Show (Ep85) Bred to Perfection Live Q&A
Jul 10, 2023
Ep158 – All About Worms with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo
Jul 03, 2023
Ep157 – The Dangers of Defects
Jun 26, 2023
Ep156 – Why 85 Percent of the Breeders are on the Wrong Path
Jun 19, 2023
Ep155 - WHY BREEDING PROGRAMS ARE SO IMPORTANT
Jun 12, 2023
Ep154 - Infectious Coryza with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo
Jun 05, 2023
The Live Show (Ep81) Bred to Perfection Live Q&A
May 29, 2023
Ep153 - There are 4 types of Breeders – Which one are you?
May 22, 2023
Ep152 - Are you a True Breeder?
May 15, 2023
Ep151 - Purity of Blood vs Hybrid Crosses - Science or Myth?
May 08, 2023
Ep150 - 10 Reasons to Abandoned a Strain and Start Over
May 01, 2023
Ep149 - The New Blood Syndrome
Apr 24, 2023
Ep148 - Can you Create a Strain from Poor Fowl?
Apr 17, 2023
Ep147 - Fowl Pox with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo
Apr 10, 2023
Ep146 - What Are the Benefits of Creating A Strain?
Apr 03, 2023
Ep145 - The Preservation of Color, Which Colors can we Preserve?
Mar 27, 2023
Members Celebrate the Breeders Academy
Mar 13, 2023
Ep144 - Quizzes, Questions and Breeding Chickens
Mar 06, 2023
Ep143 – Our Ah-ha Moments - What were our biggest lightbulb ideas?
Feb 27, 2023
The Live Show (Ep78) Bred to Perfection Live Q&A
Feb 20, 2023
The Live Show (Ep75) Bred to Perfection Live Q&A
Feb 13, 2023
The Live Show (Ep69) - Bred to Perfection Live Q&A
Feb 06, 2023
The Live Show (Ep65) Bred to Perfection Live Q&A
Jan 30, 2023
Ep142 - External Parasites with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo
Jan 23, 2023
Ep141 – Crossbreeding and the Recombination of Genes
Jan 16, 2023
Ep140 - Internal Parasites with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo
Jan 09, 2023
Ep139 - Prepotency and the False Allure or Hybrid Vigor
Jan 02, 2023
Ep138 - Proper Winter Care and Preparation
Dec 26, 2022
Ep137 - Preparing for the Breeding Season
Dec 12, 2022
The Live Show (Ep60) Bred to Perfection Live Q&A
Dec 05, 2022
Ep136 - Nature's Influence on Domestication with Rick Coste
Nov 21, 2022
Ep135 – Antibiotic Use and Misuse with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo
Nov 07, 2022
Ep134 – Buying a Strain vs Making a Strain
Oct 31, 2022
Ep133 – Breeders Live Q&A
Oct 17, 2022
Ep132 – Who Benefits from Crossbreeding?
Oct 10, 2022
Ep131 - THE ART AND SCIENCE OF SELECTION
Oct 03, 2022
Ep130 – Breeding Methods Simplified
Sep 26, 2022
Fan Favorite Episode - Mother Nature and the Natural Order of Selection
Aug 29, 2022
Ep129 - Purity of Blood and the Evolution Factor - Part 8
Aug 22, 2022
Ep128 – Mycoplasma/CRD with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo
Aug 15, 2022
Fan Favorite Rerun – Chicken Chat with Tony Saville
Aug 08, 2022
Ep127 - Purity of Blood and the Genetics Factor - Part 7
Jul 25, 2022
Ep126 - Purity of Blood and the Essential Requirements for Creating a Pure Strain - Part 6
Jul 18, 2022
Ep125 - Purity of Blood and the Disintegration of the Breed - Part 5
Jul 11, 2022
Ep124 - Purity of Blood and the Failures of the Modern-Day Breeder - Part 4
Jun 27, 2022
Ep123 - Purity of Blood and the Curse of Father Time - Part 3
Jun 20, 2022
Ep122 - Purity of Blood and the Road to Perfection - Part 2
Jun 13, 2022
Ep121 - Purity of Blood and the Preservation of the Breed – Part 1
May 30, 2022
Ep120 – Members Celebrate the Breeders Academy
May 16, 2022
Ep119 - Crossbreeding Misconceptions
May 09, 2022
Ep118 –Prepotency vs Hybrid Vigor
May 02, 2022
Ep117 – Evolution vs Selective Breeding Part 2
Apr 18, 2022
Ep116 – Evolution vs Selective Breeding Part 1
Apr 11, 2022
Ep115 – Genetics Simplified (Advanced Genetics) Part 3
Apr 04, 2022
Ep114 – Genetics Simplified (Mendelian Genetics) Part 2
Mar 28, 2022
Ep113 – Genetics Simplified (Introduction)
Mar 21, 2022
Ep112 - Protecting your birds from Avian Influenza with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo
Mar 14, 2022
The Live Show Ep43 - Breeding Q&A with Kenny Troiano and Frank Bradley
Mar 07, 2022
The Live Show Ep42 - Crossbreeding Pros and Cons
Feb 28, 2022
Ep111 – What are the Most Common Poultry Problems for Backyard Breeders?
Feb 21, 2022
Bred to Perfection Live Ep41 - It's 2022, and We're Back!
Feb 14, 2022
The Live Show Ep39 - THE ART AND SCIENCE OF SELECTION
Feb 07, 2022
The Live Show Ep38 - Preparing for the Breeding Season
Jan 31, 2022
Ep110 – Inbreeding vs In-and-In Breeding (non-members version)
Dec 27, 2021
Ep109 – Salmonellosis with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo
Nov 22, 2021
The Live Show Ep28 – Mycoplasmosis and CRD, should we be concerned?
Nov 15, 2021
Ep108 - The 3 Laws of Breeding (Lesson 7)
Nov 08, 2021
Ep107 – The Most Common Disease for Backyard Breeders with Peter Brown
Aug 23, 2021
Ep106 – The Erminette Breed with Matt Hemmer
Aug 09, 2021
The Live Show Ep12 - The Gamefowl Wellness Program
Aug 02, 2021
Ep104 - Epigenetics: How the Environment influences Genetic Inheritance
Jul 05, 2021
Ep103 - Summer Heat and Care with Peter Brown
Jun 21, 2021
Ep101 - The Misconceptions of Breeding
Jun 07, 2021
Ep100 - THE TROIANO GIRLS – LIFE ON THE TROIANO FARM
May 31, 2021
Ep99 - THE MOST DANGEROUS BREEDERS
May 24, 2021
Ep97 – The Effects of Genetic Drift on your Fowl
May 10, 2021
Ep96 – Infectious Laryngotracheitis with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo
May 03, 2021
Ep95 – The Power of Sublines
Apr 19, 2021
Ep94 – Most Common Mistakes of Backyard Breeders with Peter Brown – Pt2
Apr 12, 2021
Ep93 – Coaching Call with Dr. Rachel Potter
Apr 05, 2021
Ep92 – Infectious Bronchitis with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo
Mar 29, 2021
Ep91 – What's the Difference Between Seed Fowl and Foundation Fowl?
Mar 15, 2021
Ep90 – The Most Common Mistakes of Backyard Breeders with Peter Brown
Mar 08, 2021
Ep89 - Coaching Call with Dr. Delon Alwar from South Africa
Feb 22, 2021
Ep88 - Marek’s Disease with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo
Feb 15, 2021
Ep87 - Chicken Chat with Royce Van Blaricome
Feb 08, 2021
Ep86 - Can you Transform a Bad Strain into Good?
Feb 01, 2021
Ep84 - Coccidiosis with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo
Jan 18, 2021
Ep83 - Preparing for the Breeding Season
Jan 11, 2021
Ep82 - The Troiano Family Christmas Special (fun zone)
Dec 21, 2020
Ep81 - Infectious Coryza with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo
Dec 14, 2020
Ep80 - Conformation of Body
Dec 07, 2020
Ep79 - The New Blood Syndrome And Members Coaching Call
Nov 30, 2020
Ep78 - Fowl Pox with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo
Nov 16, 2020
Ep77 - Husbandry with Patrick from Ireland
Nov 02, 2020
Ep76 - Biosecurity Basics with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo
Oct 19, 2020
Ep74 - Coaching Call with Mike Badger
Oct 05, 2020
Ep73 - The Gamefowl Wellness Program
Sep 28, 2020
Ep71 - Breeding for Fins rather than Feathers
Sep 14, 2020
Ep70 - THE CONSEQUENCES OF CONTAMINATION
Aug 31, 2020
Ep68 - The Down and Dirty of Defects
Aug 17, 2020
Ep67 - A Coaching Call with Dereck
Aug 10, 2020
Ep66 - The Buckeye Recovery Project with Don Schrider
Aug 03, 2020
Ep65 - Coaching Call with Kevin Neilson
Jul 27, 2020
Ep62 – Our Favorite Chicken Books
Jul 06, 2020
Ep61 – Mother Nature and the Natural Order of Selection
Jun 29, 2020
Ep58 – Jessa, the Chuckling Chicken Podcaster
Jun 08, 2020
Ep55 – The Value of Breeding to Age and Youth
May 18, 2020
Ep54 – Breeders Roundtable with Frank Bradley
May 11, 2020
Ep53 – The Ultimate Breeders Roundtable
May 04, 2020
Ep52 – Coaching Call with William Vogl – Poultry Farmer
Apr 27, 2020
Ep51 – The Progeny will Prove the Worth of their Parents
Apr 20, 2020
Ep50 – Chicken Chat with Tony Saville
Apr 13, 2020
Ep49 - Coaching Call with Karen Johnson
Apr 06, 2020
Ep48 – Interview with Danny Feathers
Mar 30, 2020
Ep47 – The Art of Selection
Mar 23, 2020
Ep46 – Breeders Roundtable with Luis Mendez
Mar 16, 2020
Ep45 - Kenny's Guest Appearance on the Pastured Poultry Talk Show
Mar 09, 2020
Ep44 - Breeders Roundtable with Dino Morell
Mar 02, 2020
Ep43 - Behind the Breeders Academy - Part 2
Feb 24, 2020
Ep42 - Behind the Breeders Academy - Part 1
Feb 17, 2020
Ep41 - Why I don't Vaccinate or use Medications
Feb 10, 2020
Ep40 - Interview with Heather Thelen - Feed Store Owner
Feb 03, 2020
Ep38 - Q&A with Kenny and Nancy Troiano
Jan 27, 2020
Ep34 - How to Select Your Brood Fowl
Dec 30, 2019
Ep33 - Interview with Don Schrider Pt3
Dec 23, 2019
Ep31 - Interview with Don Schrider Pt2
Dec 16, 2019
Ep30 - Interview with Don Schrider Pt1
Dec 09, 2019
Ep29 - Chicken Fun Zone - Our Favorite Movie, The Egg and I
Dec 02, 2019
Ep28 - Breeders Roundtable with Aaron Baker
Nov 25, 2019
Ep27 - Quality vs Quantity
Nov 18, 2019
Ep25 - Why Starting with the Best Fowl Possible is so Important
Nov 07, 2019
Ep24 - Breeders Roundtable with Randy Peralta
Nov 04, 2019
Ep23 - Bred to Perfection Special Edition Episode
Nov 01, 2019
Ep39 - Halloween Edition of the Fun Zone - The Farmer and the Cockatrice
Oct 26, 2019
Ep22 - Another Chicken Fun Zone Episode
Oct 19, 2019
Ep21 - 6 need to knows before beginning your breeding
Oct 14, 2019
Ep20 - Improving your fowl using a Zero Defect Policy
Oct 11, 2019
Ep19 - The 3 Most Dangerous Breeders - peddler or progeny?
Oct 08, 2019
Ep18 - The Four Types of Breeders - which one are you?
Oct 08, 2019
Ep17 - The History of Breeding - Road Trip
Oct 06, 2019
Ep16 - The Chicken Fun Zone - the jokes are flying
Oct 04, 2019
Ep14 - All About Aseels, and More
Oct 01, 2019
Ep11 - Mentors are the Gateway to Success
Sep 21, 2019
Ep10 - 5 Steps to Purifying your Bloodline
Sep 19, 2019
Ep9 - Here's my Breeding Program
Sep 19, 2019
Ep8 - The Heat is On - Summer Troubles
Sep 17, 2019
Ep7 - Interview with Jack Dodd
Sep 16, 2019
Ep6 - Are you a True Breeder? Why Not?
Sep 13, 2019
Ep5 - 10 reasons to start over
Sep 10, 2019
Ep4 - Newcasltes Disease - What you need to know 2
Sep 09, 2019
Interview with Dr. Cantor of the CDFA about Newcastles
Sep 07, 2019
Hello, Welcome to Bred to Perfection
Aug 30, 2019
Hello, Welcome to Bred to Perfection
Aug 30, 2019