Hope lies in real Peruvian
Weighing up to 5 or 6 kilos, they are very big for fighting cocks. And, of course, with all their bulk and muscles it is not surprising they kick like mule. However, they break high and are fast and quick for their size. Same as Heavyweight boxers who can fight like lightweights. They are the Peruvian gamecocks.
Actually, I am describing the better Peruvians. Those that are bred by top breeders in Peru who are fighting in the torneos. These are also the Peruvians that figure in exciting and breath-taking matches on videos we view online. These are the real Peruvians. Not just the Peruvians bred by some propagators in other places who have not even figured in a single Peruvian torneo.
When blended with equally good American fowls, these authentic Peruvians may produce super blends, like what the Aseel did decades ago in United States. In the US, the Aseel is a more logical blend because of the weapons they are using which is the gaff. In the Philippines the Peruvian is more suited for blending because the weapons we use here is the same as the navaja in Peru. Our slasher and the navaja are generically classified as the long knife.
Last February, a derby among Peruvian fowls was held in Cebu. Many spectators and online live viewers were dismayed. The bashers had their heydays in criticising the performance of the Peruvians they saw. But of course what they witnessed were fights among Peruvians that were product of the Peruvians that had arrived first in the Philippines, which were the sub-standard Peruvians.
To me it is too early to shun the Peruvian. We haven’t witness yet the real Peruvians. First because the real Peruvians from Peru started arriving (except for a very few that came ahead) barely a year ago. Then because of the cost of shipping (at times could reach 2,000US$ per head) is very high, so, in order to save, most Filipino breeders only got brood cocks not trios or pairs. So what these breeders do is cross the authentic brood cocks with the hens already available here. The results are not parent stock but crosses. And these crosses are the ones being used for breeding by those who bought from them. So what can we expect? Maybe it will take time before we can have in the Philippines Peruvians that are pure of the lines by the best breeders in Peru. But the time will come. The initial adverse reaction against the Peruvian has temporarily overshadowed the true worth of the Peruvian game fowl. But it is not the end of the Peruvian in the Philippines. It is the end of the sub standard Peruvians in the Philippines. The Peruvian will come back with the real Peruvians leading the way.
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