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

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

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

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