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Quote: If your birds are from a hatchery I'd feed them like any other chicken. When I first got into chickens I got myself some hatchery Brahmas, and, well, they were hardly any bigger than the rest of my chickens. Then I got some non-hatchery Sussex and some non-hatchery Brahmas and wow...

Quote: Yep, excellent free rangers and yes, they're a Gamefowl. They're super moms, super foragers, and super friendly and intelligent, however, they do require some extra care when it comes to perching and growing, and males shouldn't be housed together. nicalandia - Nice Brahma! Is he in...

Quote: I thought that was an Assil? Nope. Because Asil are commonly known, most people associate any Oriental Gamefowl with them, but in fact, there's Thai, Brazilian, Madagascar, Asil, Shamo, Malay, Ga Noi (Don and Cua) Aussie Pit Fowl, and so on.

Reza are usually the most common in the US though. But, yes, absolutely true. And as shown even with my O-Shamo, they're not always HUGE and 30 inches or bigger. But compared to the average chicken, they are indeed big birds. If someone wanted a HUGE bird I'd recommend going for the best...

Quote: No, Asil has a standard wheight of 5.5lbs. for a stag. Its the Shamo that are very large. Yeah, I was thinking - Asil are actually the smallest of them.

My Shamo cock, as requested. This is the latest and not the best photo of him. He's 28 inches tall and the weight, I haven't weighed him in a long time. . . He represents a good idea of Oriental Gamefowl. Not always at or above 30 inches but still pretty big and very well muscled. Also...

Depends on your version of "big" Asil actually aren't that big compared to Malays and Saipan Gamefowl, not even O-Shamos, they're just more well known. Some of the Malays or O-Shamos can reach 30 inches tall or taller, and weigh over 11 lbs. The Standard asks Jersey Giants to weigh no less...