I didn't start off that way. I raised gamefowl in the early 90s along with ornamental pheasants, quail, peafowl, and a short stint with emus. In may of 1995 we had a real bad flood and it killed around idk 90% of everything I had prolly 200 or more head total. I was disgusted and sold/gave the rest away fast forward to about 8-9 yrs ago and I wanted to do something for workplace stress therapy so I decided to get a pair of games. Well I still knew people in the gamefowl loop (around here it's a way of life) and slowly started breeding for my friends cause I had a knack for breeding and picking fowl (per them ) from back in the day. So now that's all I really do. I keep a few of my stock but i enjoy breeding and hatching using the broodies and the chicks go home at a day old. Basically it's like billy has a cock he likes and johnny has a good hen he wants to breed they bring them here i breed them and the parents go back and one picks up the chicks when hatched. It's fun and I get to see how they grow into beautiful specimens and doing my part to further the species at a distance. You have got to learn how to cull and cull hard it's in the best interest of the breed as a whole. Thats also why I only breed during a short window in the spring. It results in the strongest most healthy fowl. Each person does what they think is best and that is one of my thoughts and it's worked out so it's what I do (amongst other things). Unfortunately with my social anxiety issues ( more specifically agoraphobia) I dont show myself.