Crossbreeding/Backcrossing of Green Junglefowl With Domestic Chicken and Successive Offspring

[Liz Birdlover]

Beautiful birds!
So interesting, thank you for sharing.

Found pics of some more handsome Roos, their colors are truly a rainbow work of art.

 

[nicalandia]

So I raised Cornish X's for the first time and I'm amazed at how unintelligent they are. I literally had 6 die over several weeks because they couldn't be bothered to walk 3 feet. My thought process is that there has to be a better way to get a fast growing chicken that won't die from stupidity, which lead me here. Has anyone breed a Cornish to the jungle fowl to get a chicken that has some wildness and therefore some self sufficiency bred back in? I'm not concerned about the colors or crow. But I am interested in fertility and growth habits. Do you have any insight?

I would say your best bet it's not with a Jungle Fowl, but with an Asil Type of fowl, they are very intelligent and fend for themselves. The only draw back is that they are very pugnacious

This is my Rustic Asil cockerel at nearly 6 month of age, 6 pounds

 

[RobG7aChattTN]

I wish I could find a fertile Bekisar to breed into my line of iridescent purple chickens.

 

[nicalandia]

I wish I could find a fertile Bekisar to breed into my line of iridescent purple chickens.
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Absolutely Impressive and Outstanding birds. Thanks for sharing

 

[RobG7aChattTN]

Absolutely Impressive and Outstanding birds. Thanks for sharing

Thanks! I’m pretty happy with them (still working to try to eliminate the red from the males) but I can’t help but wonder how they’d look with a little Green DNA. The original inspiration was trying to make a fertile chicken that looked like a Black Bekisar (Bekicem). I have some nice solid black roosters but the best magenta-purple is still on the roosters with red on them. Hopefully this generation I’m working on will solve that problem.

 

[MeanCheek]

Stunning! Could the Jungle Fowl hybrids free range, or would they have to be kept in an aviary like pure Jungle Fowl?

 

[Liz Birdlover]

I would say your best bet it's not with a Jungle Fowl, but with an Asil Type of fowl, they are very intelligent and fend for themselves. The only draw back is that they are very pugnacious

This is my Rustic Asil cockerel at nearly 6 month of age, 6 pounds

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Wow, when I look at him, the 1st word that comes to mind...Power! This dude may be poultry, but he is thinking Eagle.

 

[nicalandia]

Wow, when I look at him, the 1st word that comes to mind...Power! This dude may be poultry, but he is thinking Eagle.

I've been raising Chickens for the past 30 years or so. This is the first time I raise Asils/Aseels and they are something entirely different than Poultry. Not your every day chickens

 

[Liz Birdlover]

I've been raising Chickens for the past 30 years or so. This is the first time I raise Asils/Aseels and they are something entirely different than Poultry. Not your every day chickens

That Dude commands respect, just in his posture. I would imagine one peck or swift kick from that leg would get anyone's attention Lol

I just read up on them, interesting that they tend to like people. That's a plus. Are you going to show him? He has such regal pose, I think he'd show well.

 

[nicalandia]

The original inspiration was trying to make a fertile chicken that looked like a Black Bekisar (Bekicem).

Look at this Bekicem Rooster taking a Bath..