Show Off Your American Gamefowl!!! - Page 17

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Originally Posted by centrarchid 

Some of mine for the 2012 season.

 

Cock

 

 

A bullstag.

 

 

A pullet

 

Another bullstag

 

Another pullet

 

 

 

and another bullstag

 

 

Last bullstag labelled as cull, full-brother to bullstag above

 

Fine looking fowl!   You dub them youngins yet?

I am new and don't really know where to put this.  I have a question for all the american game owners.  Why do you tether your Roosters?  I have a 13 month old that free ranges with his ladies and I have no problems. He has challenged me but I held my ground and now he does as he is told, well as much as a chicken is going to.  I have read almost all of the posts on this sight regarding these birds and am very confused.  In one post someone will say how wonderful and friendly they are and on the next post another is saying they are aggressive and need to be watched. So which is it?  I am new to these birds, I bought a farm and these birds were left behind because they could not be caught.  I have researched all I could and asked alot of questions.  I only recently found out that they were American Game (3 months ago).  So can someone help me to understand why alot of the pics are of the roos tethered to barrels instead of free range?

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Originally Posted by Inherited 

I am new and don't really know where to put this.  I have a question for all the american game owners.  Why do you tether your Roosters?  I have a 13 month old that free ranges with his ladies and I have no problems. He has challenged me but I held my ground and now he does as he is told, well as much as a chicken is going to.  I have read almost all of the posts on this sight regarding these birds and am very confused.  In one post someone will say how wonderful and friendly they are and on the next post another is saying they are aggressive and need to be watched. So which is it?  I am new to these birds, I bought a farm and these birds were left behind because they could not be caught.  I have researched all I could and asked alot of questions.  I only recently found out that they were American Game (3 months ago).  So can someone help me to understand why alot of the pics are of the roos tethered to barrels instead of free range?

Hens can run free but Stags and Cocks cannot....If they are true game they will fight to the death or very near it. 

Well there are good and bad but they where raised to be very friendly but now that is gone and people are letting them be whatever they want manfighters or not.They should be raised as friendly as possible and aggresive ones should be culled.

I am in the process of trying to find a home for my teenage roo.  I love hima and he is very trusting but since I wont tether if I don't have too then the younger needs to go.  But it is proving very difficult to rehome him.  Thank you for your replies.  Here is a pic of my 13 month old Strutter.  He is a yellow leg.  I am not going to dub him, I think he looks wonderful this way.  I believe they call his breed "Sweater". 

I have obviously stumbled into the wrong forum....I thought this about Gamefowl!