Keeping up with standards of the future HD

There’s a saying: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Meaning, if a system or method or something works well there is no reason to change it. The saying is true most of the time. You always hear the advice not to change what works well for you. However, in gamefowl breeding, there are logical reasons why you might need to improve a good bloodline even if it ain’t broke yet. Yes, we at RB Sugbo try to improve our bloodlines while they are still at their prime, not when they are already on the decline. One reason is that the competition keeps on improving. You can’t presume that if your bloodline scores well this year it will still score as well the next. Granting that the year after your bloodline can maintain its standards, you still can’t take for granted that the opposition will not improve and overtake your bloodline. The other compelling reason why we fix our bloodlines while they are still performing well is that in improving bloodlines you will have to use individuals belonging to these bloodlines as breeders, therefore, when fixing while the bloodline is still good you will then be using as brood fowls individuals that are still good. If you wait till a particular bloodline has already deteriorated, then you will be using as breeders individuals that are then less desirable.