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ever read. But allow me to add a piece of advice. To me it is, however,
wise if we take extra care of the phenotypes of the individuals we will
use in the process. It is perhaps better if we see to it that the individuals
we use in the process of purifying traits, although coming from different
bloodlines, have similar phenotypes as this will result in consistency in
the appearance of the offspring. Of course, we can say there will be nothing wrong as long as they are good fighters and can catch mice. But consistency in appearance is a must in a bloodline.
Appearances also contribute to the general image of our farm.
Consistency will also redound to better commercial value for our chickens. Buyers would love the sight of uniformed feathered warriors more
than that of a bunch of rag-tag feathered mercenaries. It will be entirely
different story if we don’t intend to sell our chickens because we will
fight them ourselves, as then the rag-tag look will become an advantage.
The absence of consistency will make our chickens harder to remember,
identify and avoid in the ulutan or matching area even by the time they
have won a sizable number of fights at a certain
But again, sabungan.
In the process of creating the blakliz we
for practical
were already applying our own theory on practical
breeders, what is purity, when we set in motion the process of puriimportant is to fying the traits we desired in the bloodline long bepurify the defore we began inbreeding them and setting them as
sired traits, not strain. In effect the blakliz was already heavy with
the desired traits such as cutting ability, intellithe bloodline.
gence and speed even before we started inbreeding
them in accordance with the process of forming a
new bloodline.
Forming a bloodline
The process of forming a new bloodline we can call our own invariably involves inbreeding at some point but maintaining said new
bloodline calls for out breeding, no longer inbreeding. The process advocated by Dr. Bunan is as follows:
 · Cross breed until you hit a cross that possesses the qualities
you desire for a new bloodline.
 · Inbreed in order to purify the desired traits and promote consistency.
 · Separate the inbred into dif