Learning a little genetics is a way to start right in gamefowl breeding
The advice is always to “start right.” What is starting right?
Starting right half a century ago meant importing breeding materials from Americans whose roosters dominated competition in the Philippines. Starting right a quarter of a century ago meant buying your materials from local big names who consistently wiped out their American counterparts in the WSC. Invariably the advice meant acquiring good breeding materials.
Now starting right could might as well mean learning a little genetics; setting achievable goals; and of course understanding what a gamefowl is. Without these, you will not be able to recognize the best materials to start with.
To effectively absorb breeding concepts and ideas you need basic knowledge in genetics in addition to a lot of common sense.This book connects practical observations to scientific principles. Yes, because expertise in gamefowl breeding actually comes from some science and lots of experience in producing and fighting hundreds and hundreds of roosters.
As a practical breeder, you need fundamental knowledge in genetics in order to enjoy and get satisfaction from what you are doing. You cannot enjoy doing something you are ignorant of. Basic knowledge will enable you to set genetic objectives that you can use as yardstick to determine whether you had succeeded or failed. Such objectives could be simple like producing chickens with straight comb. Or complex like combining different fighting traits to produce roosters with power, speed, flight and shuffle--attributes that might be opposites but might yet converge in a bloodline. Without essential knowledge or if you are ignorant of genetics you will not know how to start toward your goal, or you may not even be able to formulate a goal.
This knowledge will complement practical experience.
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