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<strong>Roosterman</strong> <strong>No</strong>. <strong>11</strong>; January, 2012Taming the Game fowlByNaragansettT aming a cock is afeature in the conditioning processmost keeps omit entirely.Personally, I consider it of theutmost importance. Just as importantas the feed and exerciseparts. Probably more important.By means of feed and bench workyou can't improve a cock's physicalstrength a great deal, but byproper taming you can improvehis readiness for battle 1,000 percent.Look at it this way: Youbring a cock which has been accustomedto quiet surroundingsand familiar people into a strangeplace, slap a set of heels on him,then take him to a brilliantlylighted arena with a different sortof pit surface, and a mob ofstrangers raising a racket like aboiler factory and expect him toignore all these strange sightsand sounds and turn in a superbexhibition of fighting. Under similarcircumstances great operasingers have been known to becomedistraught and they couldnot utter a sound.Gamecocks react the sameway. Especially the high-strungones which have been all keyedup anyway. I've see high-classcocks so confused by all thenoise, lights, and commotion thatthey would not even leave theirscores, and were killed beforethey lifted a foot. Cocks can becomeaccustomed to airplanespassing overhead or a barkingdog racing along the fence, but ittakes some time and it's up toyou to get them acquainted withsuch surroundings.Here's how: Start in earlywhen you first select your showfour weeks before fight day, andas you pass his coop, drop in alittle piece of white bread aboutthe size of a dime. In a few dayshe will be looking for the breadand learn that when you stop byhis coop that you are not going toharm him but rather that youhave something for him which helikes. Pretty soon most of themwill take bread from your fingers.Fine. You have made a good start.If he doesn't , don't insist, butdrop the bread gently before himand move on. He will tame downin-time.When you have to catchthe cock to move him from oneplace to another do so very gently.Take your time. Avoid gettinghim excited or making him wild.If he goes to ramming or flyingaround, leave him alone for awhile and let him settle down.Then, when you get him in hand,pet him and rub him slowly andgently for a minute or so beforeplacing him in his new quarters.When you do set him down, do itslowly and gently. Don't heavehim into his new coop. Let himknow that you are not going tohurt him, that he can have confidencein you. Offer him a bite ofapple while you have him inhand, if he accepts it, so muchthe.better.Second:<strong>No</strong>w when you first bringa stag into the conditioninghouse, that is a particularly criticaltime. Everything there is newto him. Take it slow and easy. alwayshave some pieces of breador chopped apple on the workbench for him. Place him gentlyon the work bench, let him lookaround and get aquainted withthe place for 20- 25 seconds,keeping your hands on him gentlyall the time. Then, when hegets ready to walk around, as hewill in a few seconds, walkaround with him very slowly andgently.25
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