Braveheart Gamefowls

13/09/2026

2 Shades Of Grey!

These are two of a dozen Grey stags produced this season.

Left is White Leg Grey which is 1/2 Joe Goode and 1/2 Richard Bates.

Right is Black Leg Cat Grey which is 1/2 Wingate Brownred and 1/2 Ray Alexander Chocolate Grey.

They look good but they have not been tested yet.

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30/08/2026

Ray Price Black Long Tail From Broodstocks Given By Jim Clem Of Klamath Falls City, Oregon 20 Years Ago!

06/08/2026

Braveheart Grey Stags - 3/4 Richard Bates Grey & 1/4 Ray Alexander Chocolate Grey.

14/03/2026

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Genetics + Nutrition = Marbled Wagyu & Champion Gamefowls!

On the way home from Manila today, I bumped into Bebot Uy, one of the country's top gamefowl breeders, at NAIA 2.

We talked about the breeding of Wagyu and he asked if the Philippine Wagyu could produce Marbled Beef like those from Australia.

I said "Yes" but qualified it by using his champion gamefowls as an example.

It depends on two factors - Genetics and Nutrition, I told him.

His famous Greys carry genes which make them winners but without proper feeding and rearing, the champion genes mean nothing.

Since we are both farmers who have profound knowledge of Breeding and Practical Genetics, he easily understood the comparison.

You may have the best Wagyus but if you don't feed them well, you will never achieve the desired marbling.

You may have the best Mel Sims Greys but if they are not given the proper nutrition and care, they are just as good as the ordinary meat chicken.😃

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11/02/2026

Richard Bates Over Joe Goode Grey!

07/02/2026

Breeding Joe Goode Greys With Blue-Legged Richard Bates Greys!

30/01/2026

Honey Yu Spangled Col. Givens Hatch Over Spangled Cowan Roundhead Of Nelson Uy, Modesto, CA!

25/01/2026

26 Years Of Richard Bates Grey, From Davis, Oklahoma To Kidapawan City, Philippines!

Twenty-six years after I made a 3-day trip from Los Angeles, California to Davis, Oklahoma, I still keep what I consider as the best Grey blood I had as a backyard gamefowl breeder.

The Bates Grey which I acquired from Larry Carter when he was based in Davis is not a picture-perfect fowl.

Silver Grey and Blue-Legged, the Bates are predominantly Peacombed with a Straightcombed popping out very rarely.

What I like about the Bates Grey is the gameness and the ability to break on top of the other fowls.

This season I'm breeding the Bates with Joe Goode Greys I got from Paul Batoon of California.

The Bates Greys, the Jim Clem Ray Price Blacks and the Spangled will remain as the main lines I will perpetuate in the farm.

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21/01/2026

Philippine Asils Used In Naked-Heel Matches By The Bangsamoros In Southern Philippines.

The Asils, known locally as "Parawakan," were believed to have been brought to the Southern Philippines from Pakistan and India in the 14th Century.

They are used in an Indigenous sport where the Asils fight for hours inside a circular pen.

This breed is deep game and it was the late Congressman Ramon Mitra, who became Speaker, who used the Asils in his breeding program.

He produced the famous Mitra 56 which for years was dreaded in the local pit because of its fighting style.

(My bad. Yes, thank you FB friends for reminding me that the late Speaker Ramon Mitra bred these fowls and produced the spectacular Mitra 56!)

I might try it next breeding season to produce Blues.

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20/01/2026

Richard Bates Grey x Bobby Jones Joe Goode Grey, Braveheart Gamefowls Farm, Kidapawan City, Philippines!

(Our Gamefowls Are Not For Sale.)