Ep189 - When to Reset Your Breeding Program: Signs, Solutions, and How to Save Your Strain

10 Critical Signs Your Bloodline Needs Help — and How to Save It

Resetting Your Breeding Program: When and How to Save Your Strain

Are your birds losing consistency, health, or performance? Not sure if your breeding program is still on the right track? In this episode, we break down the 10 warning signs that your strain may be in decline — and what to do about it.

You'll learn how to spot red flags like poor hatch rates, loss of vigor, inconsistent type, and failure to reproduce true. More importantly, we’ll give you clear, proven strategies to revive your bloodline, improve your offspring, and build a strain that breeds better with each generation.

Whether you're just starting to build a family or trying to save a once-great line, this episode is your wake-up call — and your roadmap forward.

Signs your program needs a reset
How to improve consistency and health
When (and how) to introduce a smart outcross
Breeding with purpose, not emotion
Fixation, linebreeding, and strategic selection tips

Serious about breeding? Don’t miss this one.

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.

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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

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