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Foreword: Making the Hard Easy
In pursuit of the objectives of this book to make breeding
the game fowl as simple to the layman as possible, we cite our
experience in creating our own bloodline, the blakliz, as example, demonstration and guide to practical breeding.

What is practical breeding? Practical breeding of the game fowl concerns with practicality. It tries to make the complicated simple and the hard
easy. Let’s not confuse ourselves with too many technical matters. Practical
breeding does not deal with in-depth genetics. Rather it sets realistic desirable objectives and try to achieve these goals as economically as possible in
terms of time, money and effort.
The role of a practical breeder is to learn the many methods but not to
strictly adhere to any. A practical breeder will adopt any of the methods as
long as it fits the requirements of practicality. All practices and systems
might be both good and bad depending on the situation. If carried to hazardous extreme any of them can be counterproductive. If done moderately and
wisely, all of them may be effective. Observe moderation. Keep your program simple. Don’t inbreed too much as it is dangerous and tricky. Don’t
cross too many lines as it will result to cross up individuals. Bear in mind,
however, that in breeding there are no fail-proof formula. There never will
be.
This book is a guide toward this aim and more. However, breeding
the game fowl is full of possibilities, many of which unexpected, that no matter how hard we try success is never a foregone conclusion.
In pursuit of the objectives of this book to make the complicated art
and science of breeding the game fowl as simple and intelligible to the layman as possible, we cite our experience in creating our own bloodline, the
blakliz, and the breeding techniques we applied as example, demonstration
and guide to practical breeding.
We hope it will help.