This article is on breeding bantam ducks and is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. Most breeders are obsessed with small size in their birds early in their breeding careers. Some even go to the extreme of purchasing the smallest ducks they can find at shows and breeding them together […]
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This article is on when and how to add new blood to a breeding program and is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. A carefully bred line of birds may not need an infusion of new blood for decades but it is likely that at some point, it will need
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This article is on egg production in your breeding stock and is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. When I began my breeding program in Rouen ducks in the late nineteen sixties, I kept track of the egg production of each female since I was stud mating the birds and
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This article is how breeding records are essential to success and is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. Once in a while, a mating really clicks and that really special bird (or birds) is produced. The only thing better than that is being able to reproduce more of the same.
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This article is about how temperament is an inheritable characteristic, and is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. I believe that temperament is an inheritable characteristic. Temperament is not something which is obvious when one first looks at a bird, but it is a valuable characteristic when the temperament is good.
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This article is about if you should raise more breeds or varieties or not, and is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. It is so very easy to gradually add to the breeds and varieties one raises and if one exceeds one’s capabilities, it can decrease rather than increase
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This article is discussing small vs. flock matings and is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. I have found over time that small matings made up of high quality birds which are well matched are to be preferred over large matings in which high quality birds are mixed with
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This article is a reminder to pay attention to the details, and is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. This item has more to do with the showing aspect of the hobby which is, after all, why many of us are in the hobby. Whether you realize it or
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This article on line breeding is being republished from Acorn Hollow Bantams website with permission from Lou Horton. I believe in line breeding. By that I mean starting with an outstanding individual of either sex (of course, an outstanding pair would be better yet) and using them to build a line of birds that are
First impressions are critical in poultry showmanship, and the way you are dressed or the way your bird is prepared can determine exactly where you place in the class. That is why dressing for success, yourself and your bird, is essential! Both you and your bird should be neat. While the specific clothes you should
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