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post #1881 of 2995
6/28/12 at 4:03am
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If you just have a few chickens as a hobby, and aren't used to dealing with gamefowl, wouldn't recommend them.  If you get quality fowl, both the hens and cocks will cause you problems.  Also, different breed makes no difference when it comes to fighting problems, especially if penned together where the other bird can't get away from it.  The hens can be just as bad as the cocks too. 
 

Ditto. Females, even if hatched and raised together, sometimes fight .ike cocks and then, when you asked about egg production, I forgot to mention they are broody quite often.........Pop

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post #1882 of 2995
6/28/12 at 5:01am
gorgeous bird Cuda.
I like how he carry himself thank you for sharing
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post #1883 of 2995
6/28/12 at 6:11am
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Ditto. Females, even if hatched and raised together, sometimes fight .ike cocks and then, when you asked about egg production, I forgot to mention they are broody quite often.........Pop
Yes they are as broody prone as my silkies! ARGH!
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post #1884 of 2995
6/28/12 at 6:54am
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Ditto. Females, even if hatched and raised together, sometimes fight .ike cocks and then, when you asked about egg production, I forgot to mention they are broody quite often.........Pop

Ditto as well. My Malgache hen will tolerate other hens that she was raised together with until she has chicks at her side. Then, she will attempt to kill any other hens that go broody, and if they have any chicks, she will kill the ones that she can't steal. She once chased a broody hen off of her nest and proceeded to trash her nest with eggs that had just pipped. On the other hand, my Malgache allows me to handle her eggs and chicks without any signs of aggression towards me.


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post #1885 of 2995
6/28/12 at 7:30am

I found a breeder of shamo and thai about an hour away from me. I'm going to go see his birds. Are there any well known breeders from florida? Because thats were he gets his line from.

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post #1886 of 2995
6/28/12 at 9:16am
I have an asil hen that was setting a nest under a cedar tree. Yesterday the neighbors dog (great pyrenees) snuck in, grabbed her, plucked her entire back and tail bald, put several good sized holes in her, scraped her up bad, and made it about a hundred yards with her. I came out of the house just in time, heard her squawking, and ran the dog til he dropped her. Ten minutes later, she was back on her eggs, bald and bloody. Now THAT is broody.

Brazilian gamefowl and Reza Asil gamefowl

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Brazilian gamefowl and Reza Asil gamefowl

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post #1887 of 2995
6/28/12 at 9:25am

WOW, thought GP weren't supposed to do things like tha, lol. Anyway, no advice on which breed I should go with? Either shamo or thailand. I know alot of it is personal preferance, but I figure that there are some pros and cons to wheigh between the two breeds that I may not be aware of. for example, I don't want asil because of how long they take to mature.

 

Thanks,

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post #1888 of 2995
6/28/12 at 9:46am

LOL!  Sounds to me like you need to do more research as large breeds like Shamo and Thai take much longer than Asil to mature. 
 

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post #1889 of 2995
6/28/12 at 10:37am

oops! I read on ultimate fowl forum that you should wait three years before breeding asils, lol. how long till shamo and thai mature?  

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post #1890 of 2995
6/28/12 at 11:01am

Reza sized asil are typically fully mature when they come into their second feather.  Larger birds may look mature by then, but may need another feather to come into their prime.
 

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