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There are two kinds of gamefowls--those that charge across the pit -- mad as a hornet, with only the thought of total destruction of their opponent on their minds and there are those that fight because they are being attacked and fight just hard enough to keep their attacker kicked off, and they do most of their kicking with the bottoms of their feet.
With the modern feeds and medicines, we have today, it is
simple to achieve good physical health in our fowl. On the other hand, the small
pens, and overcrowded conditions our fowl are forced to endure, are certainly not
helping the mental health of the fowl.
The quickest way to take the aggressiveness out of a rooster
is to let him see all other roosters around him in pens, on tie cords, and in
conditioning stalls.
We can help restore aggressiveness by fixing the pens so that our fowl cannot see each other. Also, you can fix blinders on your conditioning stalls so the fowl can’t see each other. Gamefowls off tie-out cords are usually sharp mentally due to the large area tie cord affords, birds flying overhead, and general alertness to what is going around them, and they easily regain their aggressiveness in the Keep and Point.
Putting a stag in a pen with old cocks crowing all around
him will make a nervous wreck of him in short order. Keep stags in pens off to
themselves, as far away from the roosters as possible until they are at least
13 months old.
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| Light Sparring Rubber Muffs for Stags and Light Fowls |
When sparring, ace fowls can be dropped twenty feet apart and they will lose no time getting at one another, but inexperienced fowls and stags will prance up to each other sideways and one will get a free shot. Pit inexperienced fowl three feet apart at first and move back a little farther each sparring session thereafter. Also, let them hit only briefly. Don’t let them get a bill hold and wallow each other and break feathers.
Many high-strung, nervous fowl lose their aggressiveness in
the Point at last of the Keep. They pace back and forth, stamp and crow all day
when they should be resting. Complete darkness and no disturbance of any kind
is a must for a high-strung fowl.
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| Heavy Sparring Rubber Muffs for Older and Heavier Fowls |
Aggressiveness, alertness, and sparring ability usually go hand-in-hand. If you have one you usually have it all. Remember that most gamefowls and stags when fought for the first time, have less than 5 minutes of total adult sparring experience. They had a lot of chick fights; probably a few brawls with their brothers after they were old enough to crow and run after hens. True, a gamefowl has inherited his fighting ability but he needs sparring to bring it to perfection. Gamefowls fought in gaffs the first time often are fighting better ten minutes after the fight starts than they did the first few pitting if the fight lasts that long.
When fighting in the 3 ½ Filipino knife or Mexico’s 1”
knife, the situation is much more serious. In gaffs, a cock many times can come
from behind and win, but in the knife, you are allowed no mistakes and the most
you can hope for yourself if you get behind is a draw.
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| Filipino-Type Sparring Gloves simulate knife experience |
Aggressiveness, alertness, and fighting ability are much more important in knife fighting than in gaffs, as you must break faster and higher. Hit first and hit hard and accurate because on the second buckle, it is your opponent’s turn, he hits your fowl’s right thigh muscle first—you then are off balance and fall to the right and he plants that 3 ½” in your back, or breast. An ace fowl will kick or jerk his opponent off balance to get a free shot without taking one in return. This is what the sport is all about in all weapons.
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| The All-Time Favorite Sparring Glove by Filipino Cockers |
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