Shama trend and Captive bred Shama...

Lately in the shama community i notice some active movement on the ground...

First of all, a new Shama Club has form and i heard news that around Jan 2012 there might be a Competition held in a hotel. hmmm... that means aircon!!! yeah!

Secondly, there are more people interested in captive bred shama compare to wild taimong. I refered some new shama kakis to bird shop as i do not have entry level shama which they prefer to buy within certain budget for trying out as new hobbist. but there are a couple of them who is very reluctant and said they rather pay slightly more for captive bred "not so desirable taimong " than wild taimong. Reason being captive bred shama "base standard" is already proven and it is a much better buy. From this, it goes to show Shama lover's mind set has change substantially over the last one year since i started. I still remember at that time most people said Wild shama is better than Captive Bred.

Thirdly, there are also more nearby country shama lover who came over just to look for good shama. It make me wonder, they have more forest than us why they come to us?  They should have much more shama back in their own country to choose from, no need to spend so much on a blind date for shamas right? Well, the answer i get is, it is really hard to find good shama back in their forest now a days. hmmmm....

Lastly, the highest record for captive bred female shama is sold at S$9000. Maybe it is time to invest in shama rather than gold huh? I notice in some ads that shama with tail of 7-8 inch is going at near a thousand dollars mark too!  This is getting more and more interesting : )

I some how feels that Singapore is slowly becoming the Top quality shama centre. Thanks to all the seniors who put in years of effort for this to be happening. I guess back then nobody would thought this is possible. From this i learn, somethings take might take longer time to see result but if you give up half way, you will never get to see how good it is going to turn out to be! At the same time it stir up some thoughts about being a responsible captive bred shama breeder, not to take the senoir's effort for granted...

As for me, i will be mindful to not destroy the Captive bred bloodline by anyhow cross breed.  I hope new shama hobbist breeder would also treasure the bloodline created by our senoir.

Thanks for reading ; )