How to breed good traits in your bloodlines

Constanly breeding in particular traits that you like will, over time, embed these traits in your bloodlines. When individuals in the bloodline become pre-potent of these traits then they can pass these traits on to the next generation and the next and the next. (Stags sparred on the videos are Perubliz, a blend of Peruvian and Blakliz.)

Specializing on a few bloodlines and breeding them for several years has its advantages. If you have already bred a line for years, of course you will know what traits did you bred into them. You are assured that years of breeding in these traits may have already set these traits in the bloodline and thus individuals from said line are more likely prepotent of these traits and can pass the same to their offspring.

For example, RB Sugbo GT has been breeding the Blakliz for 9 years since it was set as a strain in 2006 (The first cross that led to the Blakliz was made in 2000), thus we know that the characteristic “speed” has been deliberately bred in them. Likewise, smartness and cutting ability.

Lately, in our new lines, the Perubliz, we improved further the Blakliz cutting prowess by breeding in the Peruvian blood which is known for good cutting. We found the cutting style of most good Peruvians much suited for the long knife. But the Peruvian also has many weaknesses, so we looked for a Peruvian line that cuts good but with less of the weaknesses, otherwise we would have risked breeding into the Blakliz not only the desirable but also the many undesirable traits of the Peruvian.

In our another line, the Blakliz Exclusive we aimed to improve power without sacrificing speed and cut. Then in our another premium blend the Shuffler-Blakliz, we concentrated on improving smartness, again without sacrificing the other traits in the Blakliz.

How do we do it? Say, I have several candidates for the brood pens that are brothers. I usually reserve the best two. Those that best posses the traits I am after. Say I look for speed, so I kept the fastest two without sacrificing other important traits, meaning they must be fast but their smartness and cutting ability should also be above our standards. If I wanted power, I pick the strongest, again, without sacrificing speed, smartness and cut.

Breeding your own flock is easy because you are familiar with your stock. You know the lines’ respective track records; you know how they are bred; you are aware of the characteristics they possess and traits that were bred into them. It will then be a matter of selecting the best individuals.

In introducing a new blood to blend with your own it is better to bring in a cock rather than a hen. With a cock, you are assured that the fighting traits you want to bring in are present because you can spar the cock.

Judging pullets from your own lines is not much of a problem because you are familiar with them, but assessing pullets from outside is less accurate.

The making of a bloodline... view video.