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Dec252022 by Arturo BrosasNo Comments
How to Train Homing Pigeons: 3 Easy Steps

How to Train Homing Pigeons: 3 Easy Steps

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Do you wonder why and how to train homing pigeons? Are you passionate about birds? Would you like to have a different and fun hobby? If the answer is “yes”, you are reading the most suitable article. Today, in our blog we talk about an activity that hooks thousands of people around the world: how to train homing pigeons. The extraordinary sense of direction of the homing pigeon If you read our first article about racing pigeons, you will already know that we are talking about a very special type of pigeon and different from those we are used to seeing in the parks of our city. The main characteristic that distinguishes a homing pigeon or Wild Pigeon is its extraordinary sense of orientation and, also, its strength and resistance to fly for hours and travel hundreds of kilometers. A carri...
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Dec242022 by Arturo BrosasNo Comments
How to Treat Chicken Ringworm

How to Treat Chicken Ringworm

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Ringworm, also referred to as favus (buni ng manok), is a fungal skin infection caused by a fungus–or more specifically a group of fungi called dermatophytes. The most common dermatophyte species that infect birds are Microsporum gallinae and Trichophyton megini. Affected chickens may initially develop white, powdery spots and wrinkled crusted along with scabs along their comb and wattles, and sometimes legs. As the infection progresses, the fungus will start to spread to other areas of the head, causing the skin to thicken and appear crusty and scaly. In long-standing or severe cases it may result in permanent damage to their beak and eyelids. There are many poultry drugs that can be used to treat ringworms but proper care is still needed, and sometimes, home remedy or organic is st...
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Dec242022 by Arturo BrosasNo Comments
How to Start a Gamefarm and Game Fowl Breeding Business

How to Start a Gamefarm and Game Fowl Breeding Business

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Game Fowl Breeding Business: Breeding fighting cocks in the Philippines is a lucrative but high-risk business. The country is one of the only very few sovereign states in the world where cockfighting is legal as long as the operator has necessary permits issued by the government. Cockfighting industry in the Philippines According to the  Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), the sabong (cockfighting) industry in the country is worth P50 billion ($1B) annually. Jarius Bondoc of the Philippine Star claims the industry earns P1. 5 billion ($75.2M) a day. There are around 200 game farms in the country with at least 1,000 heads of gamefowls and more than a thousand backyard breeders with at least 100 heads. According to Manny Berbano of Pitgames Media, the demand for fighti...
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Dec242022 by Arturo BrosasNo Comments
Raising Native Chickens for Profit

Raising Native Chickens for Profit

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Raising native chickens for profit is becoming one of the best alternative income-generating activities for many rural Filipinos. Due to the popularity of different types of chickens in the Philippines, you may think that raising native chickens is no longer fashionable. But the truth is, you can still make money by raising and breeding native chickens! You know, a lot of consumers are looking for native chicken for a variety of reasons. So if you’re looking for a livelihood that doesn’t require high capital, why not try raising native chickens? This article will discuss the basic information on proper poultry care. Come and learn how to take care of native chickens! Raising Native Chicken in the Philippines There are restaurants that prefer to serve native chicken to their belove...
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Dec242022 by Arturo BrosasNo Comments
How to bathe game fowls with shampoo and Asuntol

How to bathe game fowls with shampoo and Asuntol

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Bathe a game fowl. Do you know that bathing a game fowl is not a complicated process? Lice and parasites in gamefowls are a very serious problem that could cause stress to your fighting cock. A stressed gamefowl could not concentrate and most of the time could lose in a cockfight. In this article, we will explain the benefits of bathing our roosters with Asuntol and later with shampoo to rid them of lice and parasites, in this way we refresh them during the summer. With shampoo, we strengthen their feather, make them more flexible, and shiny, and with the matter, we rid them of the lice and paraffin that prevent our roosters from having a good fighting season. We start by mentioning the materials, we need Asuntol which we get in any veterinary clinic, shampoo, and 2 buckets with 15 l...
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Dec162022 by Arturo BrosasNo Comments
Kelso Gamefowl and its Fighting Style

Kelso Gamefowl and its Fighting Style

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If cockfighting has leading brands, the Kelso gamefowl would be one of them alongside Sweater, Lemon, Hatch, and Roundhead. Kelso is one of the best fighting cock varieties different breeders develop their own bloodlines, but the original qualities of the Kelso line of fighting cocks are always there. In this article, we will take a look at the history of Kelso, how it is developed and evolved until today, its characteristics, and most importantly its fighting style. Kelso fowl are a variety of American Gamefowl developed by American breeder Walter A. Kelso, owner of Oleander Gamefarm. The success of Kelso’s bloodline of gamecocks made him one of the most popular and iconic names in cockfighting history. Who is Walter Kelso and how he developed the Kelso gamefowl? Long before the ...
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Dec162022 by Arturo BrosasNo Comments
McLean Hatch Gamefowl Breed Profile

McLean Hatch Gamefowl Breed Profile

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McLean Hatch is one of the most popular gamecock not because of its winning record but because of its “do or die, no retreat-no surrender” behaviors. In short, of all of the gamefowl breeds and roosters, Mclean Hatches have the bigger balls and are willing to die than run away. McLean Hatch origin and profile The Hatch blood came from Sanford Hatch who blended, as the story goes, a Kearney Whitehackle with a Kearney Brown Red, mixing in other blood like the Herman Duryea Boston Roundheads, and Jim Thompson Mahoganies, among others, to come up with his signature Hatch fowl. From the Sandy Hatch stocks came Ted McLean’s version of Hatch that came both yellow and green-legged. Supposedly, these were the better Hatches that gave rise to the other variants of the McLean like Gilmore Hatch...
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Dec152022 by Arturo BrosasNo Comments
Sweater Gamefowl and Its Fighting Style

Sweater Gamefowl and Its Fighting Style

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The Sweater gamefowl is synonymous with the king of the gamefowls and is an absolute winner. We cannot talk about cockfighting without mentioning the Sweater. Developed by Carol Nesmith, Sweater has consistently won the majority of derby fights in hard competition over the years in the bloodiest cockpits in the Philippines and Mexico. Sweater became the winningest bloodline of fighting cock not only in the Philippines but also in South America, particularly in Mexico. Sweater gamefowl history Although Carol is not the original breeder of the famous bloodline, he is instrumental in its popularity and the one who refined its bloodline so he deserves all credit for the Sweater development. The person who sold him the original stock even told him that the bred could no longer compete. Car...
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Dec152022 by Arturo BrosasNo Comments
10 Best Fighting Rooster and Gamefowl Breeds

10 Best Fighting Rooster and Gamefowl Breeds

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If you are here because you are looking for the best fighting rooster breeds then you are in the right place. The game fowls or fighting roosters are a group of different breeds dedicated to fighting among themselves, which are characterized by having extremely aggressive behavior in both females and males. This temperament manifests itself from an early age, so it is necessary to separate the males from each other to avoid a fight. Today we will address the different breeds of fighting roosters, also called fighting or fighting roosters. Since there are different races and a lot of ignorance on this subject. Know and choose which is for you the best breed of rooster. In countries where cockfighting is legal (need to secure a permit from the government) like the Philippines, the type...
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Dec42022 by Arturo BrosasNo Comments
How to Raise Guinea Fowl

How to Raise Guinea Fowl

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So you want to raise guinea fowl but don't know how to do it? Continue reading. The Guinea Fowl or also called Pintadas are interesting birds to breed. It can also be used to provide eggs, meat, pest control, and alert birds. They also attract birds to have in the neighborhood. Whatever your reason for raising these birds, they will make a good addition to your farm. The guinea fowl is a practically unknown bird in Spain and in most European countries, except France and Italy, which are the two largest producers of guinea fowl meat in Europe, and are responsible for 99 percent of one-day pintados that enter European farms. Graffiti has been introduced to Europe for commercial purposes by the French, in order to compete with game meat They originate in West Central Africa south of the...
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