Fighting Chicken

Fighting Chicken are usually derived from a particular chicken type, not all kinds of cock have good fighting quality. Although all kinds of cock like to fight, just like other types of stud animals, but fighting quality of all kinds of chicken not always good. Only certain types of chicken race can fight with the best quality.

The Fighting Cock, a type of domestic fowl, originated in India more than 4,500 years ago. There are many different breeds, and they are bred for strength and endurance. A Gamecock is not one of your typical farm chickens. He is a strong, colorful, and territorial type of bird. Dignified, wild, tough-bodied and bred to be very aggressive. Other type of chicken for fight is came from Bangkok, Thailand.

Like all roosters, they will fight over food, territory, or mates. These birds are also used for hunting and are relatively easy to raise. The gaming roosters are specially bred and trained for heightened stamina and strength.

For a rooster to reach maturity it takes about 18 months. During this time he is fed the best grains that the owner can afford, vitamins (high grade multi-vitamin and vitamin B, usually administered by injection) and minerals to secure its swiftness, strength and fierceness in the arena. The roosters are treated better than many humans. They are highly pampered

They get shampooed, massaged and held often. I have even heard many instances where the Cock lives in the owners home. The birds are said to be better treated than the wives and children. These roosters are idolized and prized by their owners. If a breeder gains a good reputation as the breeder of winning cocks, there is much money that can be made. Customers will come from everywhere, even other islands, to buy their roosters. Dominicans are known to breed some of the best fighting cocks around.

The United States is one of the largest suppliers of game fowls for the cockfighting industry. Just go to a Farm Show or 4H gathering and see these fine birds on display. The prices on these birds will shock and amaze. A prize fighting cock can sell for as much as five thousand dollars. The better breed of bird includes Miner Blues, Hatch, Claret, Black, Round Head and White Hackel. Not every rooster has what it takes to be a fighting cock. The cockfighting or "battle cock" has the durability and strength to fight, and continue fighting, instead of surrendering.

In many tropical countries, they are very popular in the life of families in the countryside. Many families have some of them on their compound. This is not specific in the Philippines, but common for many countries in Asia and Latin America.
Cock fighting ("sabong" in the Cebuano language) is in the Philippines popular as a way of gambling, but it is also seen as a national sport.

Different place different kind of chicken they use for fighting, in Indonesia they always use Bangkok chicken to be their fighting chicken. Bangkok chicken have special form and have bigger body and large spurs.