Ep206 - The Origins of the Domestic Chicken with Brian Reeder

This is an interview I did with Brian Reeder, on April 2,
2023. Since then, we did 4 more interviews, discussing
the many aspects of chicken genetics and color of plumage. All
these interviews will be available for our members of the
Breeders Academy. 


The first interview was originally a 5 hour talk, and we
talked about:


Inbreeding and Hybrid Vigor

Quantitative Inheritance and Polygenic Traits

The importance of Autosomal Pheomelanin 

The Breeding and Genetics of Whites and Progressive White

The Breeding of Blues and Red Piles

And so much more. 



Although the majority of this discussion was made
available to our members of the Breeders
Academy, we are making this segment on “The
Origins of the Domestic Chicken” available for you, our
listeners. 


How did this conversation happen? One of my
members of The Breeders Academy contacted Brian, and asked if he
was interested in doing a show with me on poultry genetics, and
color genetics, and he said yes. So I reached out to Brian, to
set up an interview, and this is a small portion of that
recording. 


Understand that this recording was not originally
intended for the public. Brian and me were just
having fun talking chickens and genetics, and geeking out and
sharing information. Letting out this particular phone call
recording to the public was a total afterthought. The quality of
this recording is a bit rough, but the upcoming episodes on
genetics are much better.


Brian Reeder is a well known writer on
poultry, and has done extensive research on
Domestic Fowl and their Genetics. His books and articles have
been based upon his experiences working with Domestic Fowl. And
through the years he has collected important data, data that we
can use today, in breeding and perpetuating higher quality fowl.
He is also the author of two books on poultry genetics,
“An Introduction to Color Forms of the Domestic
Fowl” and “An Introduction to Form and
Feathering of the Domestic Fowl.”


With Brian's permission, I am making this
segment of the recording (The Origins of the Domestic Chicken)
available to our listeners. There’s a lot of great information in
this recording that I know you will enjoy and learn from. I
learned a lot too. In fact, Brian changed many of my old
paradigms.


Don’t miss out on this essential episode!


So, sit back, take notes and enjoy the show with Brian Reeder.


We will include links to his website, and the books he
has written, in the show notes. His website on
poultry is found at http://www.brianreederbreeder.blogspot.com .


His books on poultry genetics are both easily accessible through
Amazon.


https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Color-Forms-Domestic-Fowl/dp/1425904211/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2XM9M6GD4Y75E&keywords=brian+reeder&qid=1708279856&sprefix=brian+reeder%2Caps%2C151&sr=8-1


https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Form-Feathering-Domestic-Fowl/dp/1456747843/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2XM9M6GD4Y75E&keywords=brian+reeder&qid=1708279856&sprefix=brian+reeder%2Caps%2C151&sr=8-2


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