José Antonio Ruiz Mendiola is a businessman whose hobby Malaga the canary, who professes to love since childhood, and that Land is dedicated as a breeder for over twenty years. Such is his passion for birds, even get to start a business related to these in a popular district of Malaga, although he had to get rid of it due to a change of residence. This palm has a large breeder award their copies, and is a reference both nationally and internationally.
His beginnings in competitions the canary was to lipochromes white copies as some breeders do not have much difficulty, although he claims is not easy to obtain good specimens. Still keeps some birds in his aviary of this variety and good quality (IMHO). Once achieved several awards, and having set its own line with lipochromes, decided to change the range and into the complicated world of melanin. More specifically with blacks in their ranks, given the high level of competitiveness that was in the range of blacks at that time in Malaga. A few years later added to these copies the refraction factor blue, which allowed him to achieve beautiful birds that have earned him worldwide fame he has.
Mendiola works approximately about ninety breeding pairs, of which some are made up of one male and two females in the same crate, getting a few hundred copies per season. Of these only ten percent choose to work them, which makes it great, because the number is important, you think it is not even choose between eight hundred eighty, but I can see that in this case strongly influenced by the experience and expertise of the breeder, or rather the "manufacturer of birds" is as it is defined.
As an example of his work, I explain an experience that happened about five years ago Mendiola told by him, when still at the top of the fans was doomed to start over from scratch, because, -as-subject me to a game of birdseed in poor conditions detected later when they had supplied to their birds, and this made him lose his aviary full. He had to start acquiring new specimens and return to "build" their canaries. Challenge that I gladly accept and even harder, getting a line that has produced great satisfaction, merit is even greater if we Mendiola note that you have an allergy to these animals.
As started in this business I have to ask the wise advice of the teacher on behalf of all novice breeders. He advises us to choose a variety that we really like and working on without despair to get our own line. Leaving us dazzled by the awards, or feeling disappointed if you do not get it. It takes time and dedication to these animals. As pointed anecdote that showed two intense green specimens very similar to the National Almeria something unusual happened. One of them received the top prize with 93 points, and the other only 88 points. A month after the World Cup in Portugal presented the same specimens, and one who had obtained 88 points was first prize with 94 points, while the first National Award a month before it prosecuted with 90 points. What makes us see that although the judges may fail us we must be faithful to our work.
From this blog Mendiola thank you opened the doors of his house wide to this humble and novice amateur, wishing him well for this season, and tell you that if it is good as a breeder, the better still is as a person.
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