Hoa Kien Phan reveals some secrets
By Rey Bajenting
I was privileged to meet in person the master breeder of Peruvian Navajeros Hoa Kien Phan and gained valuable insights into the finer points of raising and fighting Peruvian Navajeros. Yes Hoa, was in town for 10 days as personal guest of Philippine Peruvian Gamefowl Breeders Organization (PPGBO) president Jayson Garces. And, RB Sugbo Gamefowl Technology had the opportunity to compare with him notes on breeding, raising and fighting the Peruvian.
Hoa struck me as a real no-nonsense breeder.
He is indeed a true lover and breeder of Peruvian Navajeros. With the Peruvians gaining popularity, we often fail to distinguish peddlers from genuine breeders. However, Hoa, the boyish, Fil-Vietnamese based in Tacoma, Washington, USA, is by no means a peddler of Peruvian game fowl as he is even hesitant to sell his birds. Lately though he has let go of some to accommodate what he called “very persistent buyers.”
Hoa has been breeding Peruvians for 15 years and he intends to continue breeding them as long as he can. He also used to breed American game for many years but he discarded them to concentrate on the Peruvians which he calls very special chicken.
In our discussion we covered a lot of topics about the special birds, from breeding to conditioning.
He said Peruvian Navajero is generic name of several Peruvian Bloodlines. Like the American Game, there are several bloodlines of Peruvians, but Peruvian game fowl are more known by the name of the breeder rather than the name of the bloodline.
Hoa also reiterated it is really dangerous to inbreed the Peruvian. If you want to continue breeding a certain Peruvian bloodline, you should get your brood fowl from different breeders. In Hoa’s case he has several families of certain bloodlines that he can continue producing pure of said bloodlines without resorting to inbreeding.
Conditioning method for Peruvian is not the same with American Game. According to Hoa Peruvians conditioning takes 21 days Hoa feeds only grains during the entire conditioning period. No pellets. For supplement he gives b12 injection, total of 1 ml divided into three doses given once a week.
For more about breeding and conditioning the Peruvian read the complete article on Roosterman E-mag No. 38 (to be released last week of Dec,2014) or on Notes on the Peruvian 2, an update of the original Notes on the Peruvian. Available to members of Suregain Club. Members just contact us ask for Notes on Peruvian 2, state your name and MIN.
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