Putting the Habagat to test against the American Game

Starting next month, when the VIGBA 2017 stag season unfolds, we will be fighting the Habagat. The Habagat, a native chicken designed for meat and for fighting, will be pitted against the great American Game.

We know it is a hard task, but we are confident that our bloodline can hold its own and compete decently. Our target though is a humble 40% win against the great American Game. Why? Well because in derby competitions, a good American bloodline may win 60% of its fight. An average American may win 50%. The native is not expected to be half as good as the American, therefore an average native may expect to win only 25% of its fight in our kind of competition.

We regard the Habagat, though, as a superior native chicken so we expect it to win more than 25%. We reckon winning 1 in every fight against the American or 33.333% is a more realistic assessment. However, we aim a little higher at 40%. Because, we believe in our chickens.

For years we have fought with our Blakliz and lately, the Perubliz and the Shuffler Blakliz. Our own lines have propelled Barsur Gamefarm to the Breeder of the Year (BOTY) award of International Federation of Gamefowl Breeders Associations, equivalent to winning a national BOTY. To once again show our confidence in our bloodlines, in this year's stag season will be fielding in the VIGBA and Digmaan tournaments our native chicken—the RBS Habagat.

The Habagat might not be as great as the famous sweaters, roundheads, kelsos or hatches, because it is just a native chicken. But don't take the Habagat lightly, it is a native chicken intended to compete against the best American.

However, the ability to compete in the pit is only but one attribute of the Habagat. The Habagat is actually, commercially viable even raising it for meat alone. Its being saleable as fighting cock is just a big bonus, an opportunity open to farmers in the Philippine scenario because cockfighting is legal here.

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