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10 Things You Might Want to Ponder about Breeding and Raising Peruvian Navajero Gamefowls...


By: Ragamak Gallo

This is a "True But Not All Times" facts about Peruvian Gamefowls. For most of the Newbies the impression is They all come in Big and Super fowl. But for those some who have breed them already this is No Longer True. The breeders in Peru Do Not  agree on some points and have also different points of view so as the breeders based in USA. Their opinions differ from one another. The ideal Peru Navajero fighting weight is 3.5 to 4.5 and up. This is one of the reason why they maintain such size and cull those who are below this weight standard. There were some breeders also in Peru from the past claimed of having only 3.2kg average breed. So, is 3.2kg small or big? Well it depends on you now. Here are some of the true but not all facts pertaining to why and how some have small breed in the Philippines.

No.1 True but not all times - Inbreeding make them small. There would still be some that would grow beyond what you expect.
No.2 True but not all times - Small eggs specially from pullets give out also small size. But, still you would encounter big ones despite the egg size.
No.3 True but not all times - Type of feed and amount of feed can make them small. This can be a big factor to bring their size to limit.
No.4 True but not all times, Small parent offspring would give out also small offsprings. There are still chances that they will still throw you big ones.
No.5 True but not all times - Limit their space or caged them early and their growth will be suppressed. Thou there would still be some that would really grow big despite of this.
No.6 True but not all times - We are in a tropical country and our climate can bring them down.But again since they are peruvians, there are still who would grow big.
No.7 True but not all times - At the early aged and they were get bullied by others in a group or flock, they have tendency of getting small.
No.8 True but not all times - When they undergo so much stress and become sickly they become small. They regained their normal growth once fully recovered.
No.9 Find out what other means through ACTUAL EXPERIENCE. It is through experience that you will able to learn the real things about them.
No.10 Those who DO NOT HAVE PERUVIAN YET DO NOT RELY TOO MUCH TO WHAT YOU HEARED or READ or was TOLD by who or by Even Peruanos themselves because NOT ALL THE TIME THEY WILL TELL YOU EXACT INFORMATION. THIS IS ONE OF THE REASON WHY WE FILIPINOS were always MISLEAD because NOT ALL OF THEM JUST GIVE OUT the right info. Sometimes, GOOGLE TRANSLATE make the thought of what they want to say DIFFER from what they want to say EXACTLY and We tend to interpret them in our own Level of understanding.

My Point of view is, when you want to breed them, DETERMINE WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS OF BREEDING THEM.. Because you would want BIG size but your target is to join Philippine derbies then it defits your purpose. Why get a Big size if you intend to join Philippine derbies? If you want to join the Derby of the Giants, then buy Big sized MATURED PERUVIAN and DO NOT RELY ON THE NOTION THAT BUYING CHICKS out of GIANT PARENT OFFSPRINGS will give you giant birds. As For the Question if they are really Super Birds, NO NOT ALL. Even in a set of full siblings THERE is a possibility that some can be Bum. A lot of factors can attribute for them to become Super Birds as they can be: Good Genetic, Good Nutrition and Care, Good Selection and Good over all management could help them ACHIEVE their Maximun Potential. Lastly, DO NOT BUY CHICKS IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO TAKE RISK...HAPPY BREEDING!


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