How to Design, Execute & Optimize Animal Breeding: WUR

For me, nowadays, massive open online courses (MOOC) are good source of formal education and professional skills from world class universities and technology companies. I have no revenue for 12+ years now since October 2007. No money to buy books. No money to pay for verified certificate. But I am relieved that I can audit…

Cockfighters Worldwide Doing Artificial Insemination

One sperm collection per gamecock rooster per day is adequate for 10-30 gamecock hens per day. This is the fifth article touching the topic of artificial insemination for chickens – broilers, layers, and gamecocks. In 2011, the first article was How To Breed A Gamecock That Is Blind and Crippled Both Feet?. In 2011, the…

How to Extend Gamecock Markings from 64 to 729

The three previous articles about gamecock markings might be of interest to you as well. Gamecock Breeding Record – Complete Markings Sheets Gamecock Breeding Record – Complete Markings Matrix Gamecock Breeding Record – Binary Numbers Gamecock Markings This is the fourth article about gamecock markings. Basic Gamecock Markings Basic Nose Markings Two Possible Basic Values:…

The Domestication History of Chickens: Social Sciences

Repost – Gameness til the End The Domestication History of Chickens (Gallus domesticus) Who Gets the Credit for Taming the Wild Jungle Fowl? K. Kris Hirst | ThoughtCo | Updated December 11, 2017 Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus) in Kaziranga National park in Assam, India. Getty Images / Hira Punjabi / Lonely Planet Images The history…

How to breed Single Comb gamecock strain?

Let us focus on the genetic inheritance of the two most common gamecock comb types. Single Comb Type Pea Comb Type Pea Comb Type Genes vs Single Comb Type Genes: PEA comb type allele, P (uppercase P), is DOMINANT to SINGLE comb type allele. to manifest physically, only one allele is needed SINGLE comb type allele, p…

Scaly Leg treatments that end Knemidocoptes lifecycle

Repost These are the four major ways of ending the lifecycle of scaly leg mites. 1. Oral medication to kill mites that feed on blood. e.g. ivermectin, moxidectin 2. Paralyze the mites on contact to kill the mites. e.g. insecticide e.g. carbaryl  sold under brand name Sevin e.g. permethrin, cypermethrin 3. Dry out the mites…

Artificial Insemination + Battery Cage: A Gamecock Breeding System

Repost Have you considered using artificial insemination and battery cages together as a gamecock breeding system? One brood cock for ten brood hens? One brood cock for fifty brood hens? Our previous articles with Artificial Insemination for chickens and poultry: How To Breed A Gamecock That Is Blind and Crippled Both Feet? How To Breed…

Theory not Hypothesis. Science not Belief. Theorem not Conjecture.

Do not say THEORY when you mean HYPOTHESIS. 🙂 Observation is important. Experimentation is important. Documentation is important. Scientific Method is important. Important in our breeding and selection of gamecock family of chickens. Important in our caring and feeding of gamecock family of chickens. Important in our training and keep of gamecock roosters Hypothesis, conjecture, and belief:…

University of Oslo 2006: Homosexuality in more than 1500 animal species (Museum Exhibit)

Repost “Protector of all liberties / individual liberty activist” – Complete Skills of a Cockfighter #7, UNOFC – Gameness til the End AGAINST NATURE? – an exhibition on animal homosexuality INTRODUCTION On Thursday October 12 2006 The Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, opened the first-ever museum exhibition dedicated to gay animals. Today we know…

National Geographic 2004: Homosexuality in Animals (Documentary)

Repost “Protector of all liberties / individual liberty activist” – Complete Skills of a Cockfighter #7, UNOFC – Gameness til the End Homosexual Activity Among Animals Stirs Debate James Owen in London for National Geographic News July 23, 2004 Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it. So go the lyrics penned…

Bisexuality in gamecock roosters and gamecock hens

Childhood days are fun. Growing up with gamecock chickens, free range meat-egg chickens, geese, dogs, and hogs in our residence located near, if not in the town center. Vacations to.. father side and mother side.. grandparents’ residences located in rural areas.. exposed me to more animal species.. water buffalo, goat, cattle, ducks, cats.. and even…

Genomics: Chicken as a model species shed light on human evolution

Repost “No matter what side of the road they’re on, chickens are an extremely important model for many fields of biology, including Nobel Prize winning advances in immunology, virology, and development. Thus it’s only fitting that the chicken is the first bird to have its genome sequenced.” – Nature – Gameness til the End PS…