Put just a little Peruvian in your blend
Many Filipino breeders are now raising the Peruvian, despite its high cost. Indeed, many would attest to the ability and value of the Peruvian. Then, although some regard the Peruvians beautiful, the majority consider Peruvian fowl very ugly--big head, hunchback, some with very long neck, some with bull neck, big feet, ugly feathers some even naked etc. So why breed the Peruvian?
Some raise these birds for status symbol. It is expensive and not easy to acquire. Others raise the Peruvian because it could be the new “in thing.” Others really believe that Peruvians is such an excellent specimen of a game fowl. Others breed the Peruvian because they think they can make money due to its high price and the market’s relative innocence and vulnerability to exploitation.
Meanwhile some of us breed the Peruvian because of the challenge. That’s right the challenge. As we said, breeding the American fowl is easy. There are so many solid, stable and indeed near perfect specimens of American game cocks available, that anyone of us may be able to produce super individuals by just acquiring expensive breeding stock of American game from well-established game farms.
On the contrary, when you breed the Peruvian it is almost like starting from scratch. You have to work your way up. Risk accompanies every blend you make. Every time you put in Peruvian blood to your existing bloodline there is the risk that bad traits instead of the good will manifest.
With the Peruvian you have to know what you’re doing. Otherwise you will end up with the bad traits of the Peruvian minus the desirable ones. You have to know exactly what traits in the Peruvian you are after and how to keep these traits cross after cross. Therefore in breeding Peruvian you have to be a true breeder.
Most calculations place the ideal American-Peruvian mix at about 3/16 to 1/8 Peruvian. Therefore in making that critical final cross you have to use a good 3/8 or ¼ Peruvian mated with a good pure American. More Peruvian blood the greater risk.
Breeding the Peruvian is hard and challenging. But, that makes breeding the Peruvian the more fascinating.
(Photo is a Perubliz brood cock. Perubliz is blend of Peruvian and Blakliz.)
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