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Management practices for fighting cocks in selected municipalities of Batangas / by Jackie Lou A. Bico.

By:

Bico, Jackie Lou A [author]

Contributor(s):

Bunan, Andrew T [adviser]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Indang, Cavite : 2001. Cavite State University- Main Campus,Description: ix, 52 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

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volume

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DDC classification:

636.513 B47 2001

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College of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Natural Resources (CAFENR)

Abstract: BICO, JACKIE LOU ATIENZA, Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite, March 2001. "Management Practices for Fighting Cocks in Selected Municipalities of Batangas". Adviser: Dr. Andrew T. Bunan A survey of twenty gamecock farms of varying sizes of operation was conducted in 10 randomly selected municipalities of Batangas to document their operation. The farm owners have good formal education and most are in their late twenties to late forties. Game fowls are housed in cages, scratching pens and teepees. They are fed three types of commercial feed, each of which is given at a particular age: the chick booster, stag developer and conditioner. At age six months and over, concentrate rations are provided in the same amount as the commercial ration. In addition, cubed fruits and high-protein feedstuff e.g. liver and shrimp are given. Birds are fed twice a day. Breeders are sourced from the raiser's own flock or from other raisers in the area. Big farms buy their breeders from known big raisers. Most prefer to use winners as brood cocks. They use pen mating and allow the hens to incubate eggs and brood chicks. Raisers usually encounter problems with regard to flock health. Not many are able to hire veterinarians. However, they follow modern and traditional flock health maintenance practices. There are more hobbyists than businessmen among the raisers surveyed. Those who sell gamecocks require cash payment for their birds. Some allow installment, but only to close friends. Raisers go to cockfights once or twice a week, a good opportunity for those who sell their gamecocks to advertise them. Advertisement is closely related to cock performance, a probable reason why advertisement of large farms is mainly by word of mouth. Raisers spend around P 500.00 per cock per month, an amount small-scale raisers recover only when their birds win in cockfights. Those who sell their trained/conditioned cocks earn P 4,000.00 to P 6,000.00 for a six-month old stag, and not lower than P 6,000.00 for a six to eight-month old cock.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	URL	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Theses / Manuscripts	Ladislao N. Diwa Memorial Library Theses Section	Non-fiction	636.513 B47 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Link to resource	Room use only	T-2123		00006346

Thesis (B.S.A.--Animal Science) Cavite State University

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College of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Natural Resources (CAFENR)

BICO, JACKIE LOU ATIENZA, Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite, March 2001. "Management Practices for Fighting Cocks in Selected Municipalities of Batangas". Adviser: Dr. Andrew T. Bunan
A survey of twenty gamecock farms of varying sizes of operation was conducted in 10 randomly selected municipalities of Batangas to document their operation. The farm owners have good formal education and most are in their late twenties to late forties. Game fowls are housed in cages, scratching pens and teepees. They are fed three types of commercial feed, each of which is given at a particular age: the chick booster, stag developer and conditioner. At age six months and over, concentrate rations are provided in the same amount as the commercial ration. In addition, cubed fruits and high-protein feedstuff e.g. liver and shrimp are given. Birds are fed twice a
day.
Breeders are sourced from the raiser's own flock or from other raisers in the area. Big farms buy their breeders from known big raisers. Most prefer to use winners as brood cocks. They use pen mating and allow the hens to incubate eggs and brood chicks.
Raisers usually encounter problems with regard to flock health. Not many are able to hire veterinarians. However, they follow modern and traditional flock health maintenance practices. There are more hobbyists than businessmen among the raisers surveyed. Those who sell gamecocks require cash payment for their birds. Some allow installment, but only to close friends. Raisers go to cockfights once or twice a week, a good opportunity for those who sell their gamecocks to advertise them. Advertisement is closely related to cock performance, a probable reason why advertisement of large farms is mainly by word of mouth. Raisers spend around P 500.00 per cock per month, an amount small-scale raisers recover only when their birds win in cockfights. Those who sell their trained/conditioned cocks earn P 4,000.00 to P 6,000.00 for a six-month old stag, and not lower than P 6,000.00 for a six to eight-month old cock.

Submitted to the University Library 05/10/2007 T-2123