Show Off Your Games! - Page 385

Parents of Above....

Yellow legged Hatch mix rooster  hes molting now is the reason for the loss of feathers

I've never seen, or even heard of a hatch that color.  He's probably a cross of some sort.

Some of this years offspring,

Stuntin like his daddy

I think he caught their eye lol

Happy 4th everyone! We got a nice surprise this morning when I went out to let the laying hens out of the coop. We found our game hen with seven baby chicks. Our games are completely free ranged. Should I let her continue to free range with the chicks or should I put her in a pen?

That would depend on the predator risk factor that you face in your area. I prefere to let my hens free range with chicks only after they are fully feadered, before that, I preffere to put them in a large pen (8x8) untill fully feadered.

Got some pics of the hen and chicks hanging out under a chicken tractor I haven't finished.

This is the father

Hello, All! Seems I have been posting in all the wrong places, silly me! LOL

I can't seem to copy paste so I will try to start from the beginning.

My neighbor is selling off his entire flock due to his declining health. He has a large flock of game and a decent flock of Doms.

We are wanting to get one game roo and 5-10 game hens with some game pullets as well (they are about 3-5 months) I will be selecting these birds out of about 40 hens and about 6 cocks.

Since these birds are not meat birds we will be wanting to try to sell extra roos and kill as little as possible. To this end, I would love to be able to select birds as close to SOP as possible so I can better breed show birds and increase the likelihood of selling them.

Could I get some pointers on what a good example of an American Game bird is? I would like to know structural things to look for as well as any other pointers. I do not have time to buy the SOP for this breed before I need to select them.

I would *love* to see some pictures of bad examples vs good examples, as I am super visual.

Thanks in advance!

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Originally Posted by Poultry Friend 

Hello, All! Seems I have been posting in all the wrong places, silly me! LOL

 

I can't seem to copy paste so I will try to start from the beginning.

 

My neighbor is selling off his entire flock due to his declining health. He has a large flock of game and a decent flock of Doms.

 

We are wanting to get one game roo and 5-10 game hens with some game pullets as well (they are about 3-5 months) I will be selecting these birds out of about 40 hens and about 6 cocks.

Since these birds are not meat birds we will be wanting to try to sell extra roos and kill as little as possible. To this end, I would love to be able to select birds as close to SOP as possible so I can better breed show birds and increase the likelihood of selling them.

 

Could I get some pointers on what a good example of an American Game bird is? I would like to know structural things to look for as well as any other pointers. I do not have time to buy the SOP for this breed before I need to select them.

 

I would *love* to see some pictures of bad examples vs good examples, as I am super visual.

 

Thanks in advance!

Here ya go :

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/613455/show-off-your-american-gamefowl

Jeff