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No. 36; Oct, 2014

Peruvian adds new dimension to Philippine cockfighting

More tips on raising

chickens

A glimpse at Binay

game farm

Alkaline condition

Breeders of Peruvian game fowl

form group in the Philippines

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Contents

4 Peruvian adds new Dimension to sabong

Editorial: Hacienda Binay

is public concern

Alkaline condition

Non-traditional ways of raising chickens

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12 Events in October 14 Tidbits

Marek’s diseases

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Hacienda Binay is public concern Motives of the accusers, notwithstanding, the fact is the

charges against VP Jejomar Binay are legitimate political

concern that should be investigated.

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Is the Binay affair just "politicking" by rival politicians? Or is it a legitimate political concern which we Filipinos have to scrutinize?

The accusation: Ill-gotten, referring to VP Binay’s alleged wealth. The defense: All we have are legit said the Binay camp. The counterattack: A conspiracy against Nognog. The parry by Trillanes: An absurd conspiracy theory. So far the defenders had the harder time. Being “before the bar of public opinion” is much unlike being “before the bar of justice.” Whereas, in the latter, the accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty, in the former case one is usually presumed guilty at the onset, moreover if he is a public servant. Before the bar of public opinion, burden of proof, which in court lies with the prosecution, usually shifts to the defendant. Therefore, in the alleged ill-gotten wealth issue the onus falls upon the Bi-nay camp. On the other hand, dismissing as absurd the allegation of conspiracy against Nognog is itself absurd. Such “conspiracy” is not illogical. Demolition jobs are not strange in politics. But wait, if there is a conspiracy against the VP it does not necessarily mean that the issues raised are not bonafide. A very high ranking official of the land amassing ill-gotten wealth is a serious po-litical concern, despite that the motive of the conspirators is clearly quite self-serving. A sin is a sin, no matter how and why it is bared. So why not VP Binay confront his accusers and prove his innocence before the public? This is not yet a court hearing. By the way, who owns those roosters at the game fowl farm within the Binay hacienda? Is the VP a sabungero? Mayor Junjun Binay?

Mercado also said that contrary to Binay’s claims, he is an avid cockfighter, even showing the Vice

President owns a fighting cock farm.

“They cannot deny that. They have about a thousand fighting cocks here,” Mercado pointed out,

adding that cockfighting was Makati City Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay’s hobby.

Tour hacienda Binay

Before the bar of public opinion

Editorial

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Peruvian adds new dimension to sabong

Above: Vicente

Gesta’s new im-

ported Peruvian

Right: Pure Peru-

vian hen at King

Arthur GF

Pure Peruvian brood cock

at Garces Bros-PIPO Farm

in Cebu.

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T wo giant game fowl each weighing as heavy as 4 or 5 kilos furiously clash on midair each going for a quick kill; you hear thunderous sound of ferocious shuffles and see non stop action. The Filipino cockfighters will soon witness this spectacle of a fight between Peruvian gamecocks.

(see video of Peruvian fights). Literally, a new dimension is added to Philippine cockfighting— the big-ger size of fighting cocks. These game fowl from Peru are tall and heavy so they pack big wallop but they are surprisingly fast and quick for their size. Fights between two Peruvians are entertaining and ex-citing. Filipino sabungeros will soon en-joy Peruvian fights as a group of Peru-vian game fowl breeders in the Philip-pines form the Philippine Peruvian Gamefowl Breeders Organization (PPGBO) Inc. to introduce and promote in the Philippines Peruvian cock fights, Cebuano Jason Garces heads the group as president with Leonardo Austria of Bataan as vice. The other officers are: Secretary, Melvin Reyes of Laguna; Auditor, Franz Tiongco of Cagayan de Oro; and Treasurer, Joe Bert Marcuelo of Cavite. The group aims to foster camaraderie among members and to promote the Peruvian game fowl here in the Philippines. The first official derby of the group will be held sometime in May or June 2016 but the group may decide to hold exhibition matches prior to the derby. Most members of the group sell their pure and graded Peruvians to allow those who want to breed the Peruvian to acquire authentic Peruvian game fowl. Imported Peruvians cost as much as 5,000 US$ a trio, excluding shipping cost. The group is now accepting members. Applicants will be screened to determine the source of their Pe-ruvian fowl. Because of its high cost, many will call their fowl Peruvian even if it does not have Peruvian blood in it. It is also the aim of PPGBO to guide new breeders of Peruvian in acquiring authentic stock. Fowl Wikipedia states that “Peruvian gamefowl are a fairly old breed of gamefowl, dating back to the

1600s possibly earlier. They were developed by crossing various Oriental gamefowl withOld English Games and Spanish game-fowl. The Oriental breeds mentioned mostly

were Shamos, Malay, and Asil as well.” The group registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last Oct. 22 in Cebu.

Secretary Melvin

Reyes, President

Jayson Garces,

and Treasurer

Joebert Marcuelo

sign the SEC

registration pa-

pers.

Registration. Rey Bajenting and Jayson Garces discuss finer points

in the registration papers.

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Jayson Garces Garces GF-PIPO Minglanilla, Cebu

Leonardo Austria APR Game Farm Balanga, Bataan

Franz Tiongco FT Billabong Farm Cagayan De Oro

Joe Bert Marcuelo Incubox ng Bayan / Ragamak GF Bacoor, Cavite

Melvin Reyes King Arthur Game Farm Laguna / Nigeria

Luisito F. Ocobillo Redcomb Game Farm Doha Qatar

Vicente Gesta ATSEG Game Farm Angola

Boyette Juliada TMG Game Farm Illinois, USA

Leo Bernandino BCFS Game Farm Bulacan / Jakarta

James Sagario Diamante Game Farm California, USA

Bill D. Magdadaro San Roque Gold Ireland

Eduberto C. Jaraba Kate Kurt Game Farm Sorsogon City

Natalio J. Liares Tally Jones Game Yard Papua New Guinea

Rey Bajenting RB Sugbo GT / Scorpion Ox Farm Argao, Cebu

Directory of breeders of authentic

Peruvian game fowl in the Philippines (as per initial list of members of the Philippine Peruvian

Gamefowl Breeders Organization (PPGBO) Inc.)

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Alkaline condition

O ne by-product of the production-consumption and re-synthesis of ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate, the energy cur-rency) is concentration of lactic acid in the muscles. When this happens fatigue starts to overcome the rooster. One way of delaying this, in effect postponing fatigue, is to ensure an ample supply of creatine and ribose. Another is what is called buffering. Buffering is done by stocking alkaline agents or raising the alkalinity of the blood. Alkaline will counter act the forma-tion of acid in the blood and muscles thereby delaying the onset of fatigue.

Buffering postpones

fatigue by preventing

concentration of

lactic acid in the

muscles.

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Chicken feed are mostly acidic. Most grains are acidic, as well as the denatured pelletized feeds that are mixed with chemicals. Thus, seven days before the fight we might as well start the buff-ering process by introducing to their system more alkaline. Egg white is perceived to have a lower acidity than whole egg, so, give egg whites instead of whole eggs during the peaking period. A very safe way is giving alkaline water, or at

least, pure water, instead of tap water to the chickens being prepared for the fight. Most tap water have high acid level. You may also intro-duce pro-biotics or yogurt, but not milk, cheese and other dairy products. As can’t process lac-tose because chickens do not have lactase.

Some fruits such as apples, cantaloupe and ba-

nana are also good alkaline agents. However,

care must be taken when they are given on fight

day because of their moisture and bulk.

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C hickens are easy to raise but the farmer is often beset with problems that he needs to

address fast because chickens like other live ani-mals have needs that should be provided for im-mediately. Failure on the part of the farmer would mean diseases and oftentimes mortality. On our visits to farmers to share our experience and to gather theirs, we learned more that we gave out. Farmers who are progressive and would like to try new things are also innovative and of-ten goes out of the traditional approaches to try out their own and thereby develop their own sys-tems or protocol. Making and Using Probiotics: The making and use of probiotics have already gone a long way since the 1930s when Dr. Teruo Higa first experimented and perfected the use of beneficial bacteria, now known as probiotics as opposed to antibiotics. The modifications made by farmers have also been tested by their peers and eventually adopted because they are as ef-fective as the products from the method of Dr. Higa. IMO or Indigenous Micro Organisms for example, are now made in so many ways. Some are still using the original procedure of Higa but many are

now making them with added ingredients such as lactobacilli from milk and even incorporating soils and substances known or believed to contain beneficial bacteria, molds, yeast and enzymes. All these innovations are claimed by the exponents to be as effective or may be more effective than the original recipe. One basic process is to buy a potent EM1 product which sells for more than P300.00. The propo-nent then cooks rice like the original procedure and once cooled, adds one capful of EM1 for every kilogram of cooked rice. Then sometimes, he also adds one-half bottle of the popular lacto-bacilli drink. The batch is mixed thoroughly then covered with cloth and placed in a bamboo grove or sometimes in a cool place for 5-7 days. Then like the usual process of IMO, molasses or sugar is added. Farmers using this process claim that it is best for chickens and other animals but is appli-cable to plants too. FPJ or Fermented Plant Juice had also been inno-vated upon. Many plants and vegetables studied recently and found to be nutrient dense are now being advocated for use as materials for fermen-tation. There are also farmers who combine both plants and fruits for a combination of fermented plant and fruit juices which they claim produce more enzymes and easily available nutrients. Best

Non-traditional ways of raising

chickens

By Larry Locara

(The Farmer Entrepreneur) April 11, 2014 | Filed under: Agriculture | Posted to Iloilo Metropolitan Times

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combination is the use of malunggay (moringa) and banana or pineapple. There is also the combi-nation of “iba” and moringa which is also effec-tive especially during summer. Aside from the usual fish used in Fish Amino Acid, many are now trying pest fishes like the janitor fish which has now invaded rivers and streams causing the reduction of other more economically important species because janitor fish eat the egg masses thus causing drastic reduction of the population of these economically important spe-cies. Some are also trying kuhol and African giant Snails for use in amino acid preparation but mainly for crops and not for animals since there are findings that these species are carriers of dis-eases affecting chickens and other livestock. Use of herbs and other plants: The wide use of herbs ais also now being pro-moted. Herbs like oregano, basil, thyme, fennel and tarragon are being planted not only as spice but also as remedies for various ailments affect-ing chickens. Protein rich plants like madre de agua, ipil-ipil and madre de cacao are being pro-moted as additional sources of feeds for poultry. Non traditional grains like sorghum are likewise being promoted because of their nutritive value

and the ease by which they can be grown. Other innovations: Farmers are also innovating in other aspects like housing and rearing. Range growing is now popu-lar and is widely adopted by those growing chick-ens organically. Before the actual rearing how-ever, the area is prepared well by planting forage grasses and other nutritious plants so that the chickens can freely graze and look for other food like insects, worms, earth worms and other nutri-tious organisms. These feed materials can help minimize feed expenses of farmers. Integration as the key to overall productivity: Farmers concede that by raising many animals and growing a diverse array of crops will lessen the risk and create complementation among the different projects within the farm. By raising chickens and other animals, the farmer becomes less dependent on fertilizers bought from the stores. Manures can be turned into organic fertil-izers which he can use or sell to other farmers. When farmers diversify, he has less chances of being manipulated by the market because when one crop is down, his other crops will help in gen-erating income for him.

The wide use of herbs is also now being promoted. For feeds and remedies of chicken ailments.

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Break. The Philippine Pe-

ruvian Gamefowl Breeders

Organization (PPGBO)

filed registration papers

with SEC on Oct. 22 in

Cebu. Photo taken at

Garces –PIPO GF shows

Vicente Gesta, Jayson

Garces, Joebert Marcuelo

and Melvin Reyes, four of

five incorporators. Not in

photo is Guid Mar Mag-

dadaro.

Events in October

Coordination. Jayson

Garces, president of

Philippine Peruvian

Gamefowl Breeders

Organization

(PPGBO) Inc.; Pit-

games media top man

Manny Berbano; Paul

Duran; and PPGBO

trustee and MANA

founder Rey Bajenting

talk on how to work

together in introducing

Peruvian game fowl

fighting to Ph.

Meeting. Incorpora-

tors of Philippine Pe-

ruvian Gamefowl

Breeders Organization

(PPGBO)meet in Cebu

to register the group

with SEC.

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Personalities. Kamana Rey Bajenting, Jeff

Gamulo and Joey Sy at the National Game-

fowl and Poultry Show in (Photo by Natures

Bio)

Event: The National Gamefowl and Poultry

Show was held in Cebu Oct. 24, 25 and 26 at

Cebu Trade Hall in SM –Cebu.

Media partner. Sabong Radyo, Radyo Bulang

and MANA booth at the National Gamefowl and

Poultry Show in Cebu,

Warhawk. Art Lopez and Dr. Ronnie Mag-

balon at the booth of Warhawk at the Na-

tional Gamefowl and Poultry Show in Cebu

held Oct. 24, 25 and 26.

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