heritage chicken

How to avoid being a dangerous chicken breeder

Dangerous breeders are everywhere and the internet gives them a platform to perpetuate bad breeding habits at the expense of offspring that represents the breed. A dangerous breeder is someone who produces offspring that doesn’t represent the breed. They often don’t know how to selectively breed, and they’re not interested in learning. I may be…

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PPT088: Selecting a chicken breed and the value of community

In episode 87 of Pastured Poultry Talk, I talked with Erin Angulo about her Delaware chicken breeding success and the formation of a new association designed to help breeders learn. I’m taking this opportunity to follow up with my own thoughts on Erin’s interview. Erin mentioned the need to evaluate your needs in terms of…

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PPT087: Breeding Delaware chickens for performance and utility: an introduction to Heritage Poultry Breeders Educational Foundation

Heritage chickens have a stereotype of being slow to grow and low yield, making them a difficult choice for production-based pastured poultry farms. Ok, maybe the stereotype has strong roots in reality. That’s why Erin Angulo (Dawnridge Farm) is on the podcast discussing the improvements she has made with her line of Delaware chickens in…

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