REY K. BAJENTING

Rey Bajenting is a professional roosterman, having been a handler, conditioner in his younger days, he is now a breeder.

He is also a writer. He had been a newspaperman, PR practitioner and Public Affairs Consultant. He had worked as Legislative Staff Chief in Congress, Consultant to the Governor of Cebu, and Executive Assistant at the |Office of the Executive Secretary in Malacanang.

Why crossbreeding improves ability of your game fowl

The Blakliz Premium is taller, faster, stronger than the old standard blakliz. We hope the Premiums can deliver in the pit just like, if not better than the old reliable blakliz.

Let's put it this way: inbreeding is designed to reduce genetic variations to increase the chances of an individual passing on to the next generation the desired traits; while cross breeding encourages more varied genetic composition to achieve hybrid vigor.

Therefore as a rule, an inbred game fowl is better for breeding, and the crossbred individual is better for fighting.

In the breeding of the blakliz, RB Sugbo has put these principles to test. We might have been breeding the blakliz pure for some simple traits such as plumage, leg color, and perhaps comb type. But we have and will continue going for more genetic variations for traits that have something to do with fighting ability.

Because unlike simple hereditary features, the ability to fight well is determined by several attributes such as power, speed, flight, cutting ability and others. And, each of these attributes is separately dictated by a number of genes in a number of locations.

In this regard we will cast our lot on our belief that in more cases better-genes-are-dominant. Therefore, the more genetic variations the better. We believe that when it comes to traits necessary for survival of species, such as intelligence, strength, speed, and health, the better genes are most of the times dominant, otherwise those species would have deteriorated generation after generation and would have already been extinct.

Thus, the Blakliz Premium is taller, faster, stronger than the old standard blakliz. We hope the Premiums can deliver in the pit just like, if not better than the old reliable blakliz.