There's actually a lot one can learn from them especially in concerns to conditioning. I know these birds are naturally muscled but it helps to keep one fit, and they certainly do a lot that also helps a more trusting bond between handler and cock. From what I've seen though, Madagascars in their origin country often are raised running loose, then are in small confinement when older, which, leads back to that need for some sort of conditioning.
Question though, isn't 6 feet rather high for an Oriental type fowl? Especially when young? Or are Madagascars a much smaller breed? They don't seem it.
Well, ya don't need to condition young fowl and when they are old enough to need it, 6ft might be a stretch, but that's the idea. They will find a way and if you don;t have that much room in their pen/coop, do whatcha can. It's probably not like you are conditioning for the pit, right? from what I've seen of Malgache, they are large fowl, much bigger than the Reza type Asil and close in size to a Shamo, or at least a large Brazilian. Are yours small?
I have four madagascar eggs set to hatch this Saturday. They are under an o shamo. What, if anything do I need to do for them? They are in an 18x24 pen with one shamo cock, three araucana hens and one other shamo hen.
sharon
If the cock is mature, then all the mom has to protect them from is the other hens. The hens can be deadly, but a mature cock will be fine. The mom should be up to the task........Pop
In God We Trust
Siyah Rampuri Asil, White Chinese, Emden, and African Geese, Guineas, a Rottweiler (Bella), and a Yellow Lab (Booger). Fifty five years with chickens and still learning.
In God We Trust
Siyah Rampuri Asil, White Chinese, Emden, and African Geese, Guineas, a Rottweiler (Bella), and a Yellow Lab (Booger). Fifty five years with chickens and still learning.
will take me a while to read through it all and learn what I can before I get some. 
