A Guide to Practical Breeding A Guide to Practical Breeding First edition, 2012 | Page 16

16 Likewise, maybe a small land will suffice. We don’t need hectares of ranging area when we only raise a few dozen stags a season. And, with target production of just a few dozen stags, certainly we don’t need millions in operating capital. RB Sugbo chickens enjoyed moderate successes in our own circle as well as those in which our clients competed. They were also competitive in stag tournaments such as Bakbakan, Heritage Cup, Rambulan and local GBA competitions. But, I have yet to see a chicken of mine pitted in these so-called big events with hundreds of thousands of pesos in entry fee alone. Maybe I did not have the right connections. Or, I might have not been able yet to produce rooster in the caliber of the most expensive bloodlines in the country, but I enjoyed consolation in the knowledge that the sugbus may compete with dignity in the toughest derbies anyMany successful where. The first thing is to set a rebreeders started up small and ended up big. On the other alistic goal. For example, the goal of RB Sugbo was to produce qualihand, I have known of big ty chickens that could be competishots who started breeding tive in small and medium sized derwith all guns ablaze. bies and make them affordable to Unfortunately, after many common sabungeros. The fact that years, their guns were still RB Sugbo has produced some chickens that were competitive in firing blanks! some top derbies didn’t hurt. We considered it success beyond expectation, thus a bonus. Maybe an appropriate goal for any ordinary upstart breeder is to produce bloodlines that could compete in hack fights and derbies in a locality. You don’t have to aspire for world beaters when you don’t intend to compete in international derbies. But your goal doesn’t rule out the possibility that you can produce world beaters. Many successful breeders started up small and ended up big. On the other hand, I have known of big shots who started breeding with all guns ablaze. Unfortunately, after many years, their guns were still firing blanks! For all we know, all it takes for one to experience the enjoyment and satisfaction of breeding the game fowl are a realistic goal, corresponding capital to back it, and determination to succeed. This is what we call practical breeding. This is our first guide in our breeding of the blakliz— practicality.