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what is the genetic history of the Silkie ? I know its from China and it was highly prized as an eating bird and specifically bred for its broodiness . It was basically a surrogate broody to raise more chickens and ducks .
Kenny, what are your thoughts about instead of spraying disinfectants that kill all bacteria in the surroundings, what if we spray probiotics? The concept is to spread soldiers that fight bad bacteria. what do you think?
In this episode, we're sharing a snippet from an extensive five-hour conversation I had with Brian Reeder. Initially, this discussion was intended to remain private, but with Brian's permission, we decided it would be valuable to share it with you, our listeners. Additionally, we’ve recorded several insightful episodes on poultry breeding and genetics exclusively for Breeders Academy members, which I think you'll find fascinating. If you want to delve deeper into Brian's expertise, I encourage you to join us at Breeders Academy. And, check out Brian Reeder’s books that are available on Amazon.com.
If people would just point out that evolution (the change in gene frequencies in a population from one generation to the next ) is not the same thing as speciation, and does not strictly require belief in speciation, we could disarm a lot of knee jerk defensiveness where the subject of micro-evolution is concerned, which is the only kind of evolution that breeders really need to be concerned with.
So then you talk to frank McLaughlin i think and he always say that inbreeding is a waste of time in racing pigeon becoz he believes that all pigeon superstars in racing and breeding are totally cross
I think that Brian Reeder needs to read the following because his dates for the domestic chicken contradict the latest known scientific research - " Major new international research reveals new evidence about when, where, and how chickens were domesticated 7 June 2022 New research transforms our understanding of the circumstances and timing of the domestication of chickens, their spread across Asia into the west, and reveals the changing way in which they were perceived in societies over the past 3,500 years. An international team of researchers, including members of the PalaeoBARN team here at the School, have found that an association with rice farming likely started a process that has led to chickens becoming one of the world’s most numerous animals. They have also found evidence that chickens were initially regarded as exotica, and only several centuries later used as a source of ‘food’. Previous efforts have claimed that chickens were domesticated up to 10,000 years ago in China, Southeast Asia, or India, and that chickens were present in Europe over 7,000 years ago. The new studies show this is wrong, and that the driving force behind chicken domestication was the arrival of dry rice farming into southeast Asia where their wild ancestor, the red jungle fowl, lived. Dry rice farming acted as a magnet drawing wild jungle fowl down from the trees, and kickstarting a closer relationship between people and the jungle fowl that resulted in chickens. This domestication process was underway by around 1,500 BC in the Southeast Asia peninsula. The research suggests that chickens were then transported first across Asia and then throughout the Mediterranean along routes used by early Greek, Etruscan and Phoenician maritime traders. Professor Greger Larson said: “This comprehensive re-evaluation of chickens firstly demonstrates how wrong our understanding of the time and place of chicken domestication was. And even more excitingly, we show how the arrival of dry rice agriculture acted as a catalyst for both the chicken domestication process and its global dispersal.” During the Iron Age in Europe, chickens were venerated and generally not regarded as food. The studies have shown that several of the earliest chickens are buried alone and un-butchered, and many are also found buried with people. Males were often buried with cockerels and females with hens. The Roman Empire then helped to popularise chickens and eggs as food. For example, in Britain, chickens were not regularly consumed until the third century AD, mostly in urban and military sites. The international team of experts re-evaluated chicken remains found in more than 600 sites in 89 countries. They examined the skeletons, burial location and historical records regarding the societies and cultures where the bones were found. The oldest bones of a definite domestic chicken were found at Neolithic Ban Non Wat in central Thailand, and date to between 1,650 and 1,250 BC. The team also used radiocarbon dating to establish the age of 23 of the proposed earliest chickens found in western Eurasia and north-west Africa. Most of the bones were far more recent than previously thought. The results dispel claims of chickens in Europe before the first millennium BC and indicate that they did not arrive until around 800 BC. Then, after arriving in the Mediterranean region, it took almost 1,000 years longer for chickens to become established in the colder climates of Scotland, Ireland, Scandinavia and Iceland. The two studies, published in the journals Antiquity and The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, were carried out by academics at the universities of Exeter, Munich, Cardiff, Oxford, Bournemouth, Toulouse, and universities and institutes in Germany, France and Argentina."
If you study Red Pyles, they need an infusion of BBR to keep the red colour intensity, so breeders have a pen of quality BBR's to cross in (in a diluted form) the BBR genetics. So inbreeding is important as a tool, but in special cases, you might need to outcross. Red Pyles bred true tend to have the red fade over generations.
Joe of nwa cane corso podcast had Michael Ellis on Michael is a legendary trainer and breeder of malinois He's doing the podcast circuit at the moment would be hell of a conversation to have
@@nancytroiano2280 Any woman that would put up with a mans obsession with fancy chickens is a great woman! My wife is the best, she does not take it personal if I give all my attention to my birds. I love her dearly, but spend more time with the birds than her! I admit it! One day I will have to make it up to her big time!
Lots of studies on copper sulfate n goats that show its as effective as chemical wormers. In several of the studies they gave the drench twice daily at the recommended once every 3 months dosage and had no side affects to the goats. This dude sounds like hes pushing for the chemical companies. He sounds modernly educated which means brain washed to push big co agendas / products. Prior to ivermectin and the rest of the list of chems what was used to worm? Copper sulfate. Was it affective. Absolutely. It just doesnt make big corporations lots of money.
Missouri here, the humidity is awful in the summer. Fans, shade and fresh clean cool water is a must. I have black silkies so they can get really hot. Keeping the air moving helps more then anything. July and August is the worst here. Cool treats help also, watermelon and cucumbers. They have high water content. Other then putting in air conditioners that is about all yiu can do. Best of luck.
I hear people talking a lot about inbreeding good and bad...... My question is if u inbreed at the rite time for the rite reasons for the correct amount of time........ Can inbreed linebreeding be used to clean up a line of genetic illness and defects If ur using the correct genetic tests that are available these days Much appreciated for ur Mr troiano
@@CharlieTheCaneCorso that’s a great question, make sure to ask it during the upcoming live show. The explanation would take more than a paragraph or two.
1:09:51 this looks like the path I will be taking. I'm still selecting for my Adam and Eve, the female will come from a breeder that uses your practices and is an established family breed down off of international KNPV champion and titled dogs. The performance is consistent in this line, but the looks for my particular taste doesn't meet my criteria. And the father I'm looking at is a national KNPV Champion and has the looks and confirmation. So basically, I will be creating a sub-line off of the female lines
If you want to listen to some advice specifically about dog breeding, von gonta haus (a German Shepherd breeder) has some interesting vids on his channel. Most of them are not about genetics per se, but some of them are: ru-vid.com/group/PLLhNTR24svugPkVS-EhVxs5t-vEoxtoy2 Here is a recent interview with him, dog breeder to dog breeder: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4Gi3iPuKib8.html
Oh, just for clarification not disagreeing but giving some context cause it's something all breeders have to go through and it's not easy but will be necessary.
I stay within my breed, but I do have different lines, I have dark lines, and lighter lines (all have to be quality or they are culled). The lighter birds generally have better penciling, but breeding light to light for too many generations, they get too light and I lose the reddish bay ground colour, so I need to do a dark to light cross, and a light to dark cross to balance out the colour. As Sigrid Van Dort says, in some breeds, a desired trait is linked with a more negative trait, so the art is balance.
I tried to join the acadamy, but the website says ‘membership enrollment is temporarly closed’. Why do you promote the academy so hard in the podcasts, but you are not taking in people?
Join the newsletter, which we call the breeders bulletin. Every now and then I send out special invitations to our subscribers to join the Breeders Academy. We open the website two or three times a year for new members. But if I send you an invitation through email, take advantage of it.
nice video, mind boggling as well. in your own words, how do you breed your gamefowl? after a good f1 from 1st cross, what do you do to continue and make a good family because eventually the parents will stop producing and line breeding will lead you to mongrelization as you said. thank you.
Nick is for amateurs, If you want to improve any strain you have to have a good base of standard. Select for virtues the compliment the animals you breed to create your own line. We all start with foundation stocks but we have to educate our self with the phenotype that conform to the standards (health and conformation).
