José Luis Tomás holds the successful canary in his breeding house.NIUS
José Luis Tomás is the breeder from La Llosa de Ranes who has managed to win with a specimen of ‘intense crimson phaeo’ The similar canary has gained the regional championship and the Spanish championship this 12 months in the identical modality The Valencian breeder has been devoted for 40 years to this passion, to which he dedicates between 4 and 5 hours a day
José Luis Tomás, a local of La Llosa de Ranes (Valencia) has been a breeder of canaries for 40 years. His fondness for birds has led him to be on the prime of this specialty after one in every of his canaries, an ‘intense crimson phaeo’, gained the World Ornithology Championship amongst 21,000 contributors.
“Almost from the second it jumped out of the nest, it was already chosen,” says Tomás about his successful canary, demonstrating his good eye for the number of these birds whose care requires important dedication, “between 4 and 5 hours a day,” he says.
The similar canary has led him to proclaim himself champion of the Valencian Community and Spain this 12 months. A triplet that has been doable because of its “very intense” coloration and the melanins that it has on its again “extra marked and completely different in form” than these of the others, additionally to the scale, form and plumage of the chicken, traits extremely valued by the jury in one of these competitors, by which the looks of the chicken is judged, and never the tune as in different instances.
Each season, this Valencian breeder rigorously selects his greatest specimens to “get as shut as doable to the usual set by the judges.”
Recognitions, the best reward
Tomás began this passion from a really younger age, with which he doesn’t make a residing, and which he helps with the cash from the copies he sells. Despite this, he assures that the best reward is the popularity he obtains as a result of “the medals and the congratulations from his colleagues make me very blissful,” he says.
Aware that it is going to be troublesome to match the victories obtained this 12 months along with his chicken quantity “222”, José Luis is already getting ready for the brand new season centered on caring for his huge number of canaries to win his subsequent success.