I would like to know if anyone can identify what breed my rooster is.

[GingerRose]

This is Fabio.
A friend of ours has a flock of these, free ranging on her property. One of her hens hatched 7 chicks in an Alabama snow "storm", not a storm, just more snow than we usually get...
Only 3 made it and the hen disappeared.
She asked us if we would take these chicks and of course, we would...
Anyway, turns out we had a roo and 2 pullets. I traded the 2 pullets to my sister for 2 of hers. Fabio is a real gentle rooster. He is great around chicks too.
Nobody can tell me what breed he could be.. we think he may be a game breed, by the tail feathers.. if someone could help me out, I would appreciate it.
One of his hens hatched 7 chicks yesterday. I would like to be able to tell someone what breed they are, when I am asked.
I also have a photo of his hens. I can easily take more photos, if I need to.

 

[sourland]

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[GingerRose]

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It should be there now, I forgot to attach them.

 

[sourland]

They are gamefowl and are beauties.

 

[GingerRose]

Oh.... Gamefowl is the breed? I feel really embarrassed, I did not know Gamefowl was the breed.
Thank you.

 

[MysteryChicken]

This is Fabio.
A friend of ours has a flock of these, free ranging on her property. One of her hens hatched 7 chicks in an Alabama snow "storm", not a storm, just more snow than we usually get...
Only 3 made it and the hen disappeared.
She asked us if we would take these chicks and of course, we would...
Anyway, turns out we had a roo and 2 pullets. I traded the 2 pullets to my sister for 2 of hers. Fabio is a real gentle rooster. He is great around chicks too.
Nobody can tell me what breed he could be.. we think he may be a game breed, by the tail feathers.. if someone could help me out, I would appreciate it.
One of his hens hatched 7 chicks yesterday. I would like to be able to tell someone what breed they are, when I am asked.
I also have a photo of his hens. I can easily take more photos, if I need to.

The rooster appears to be a Red Quill American Game. Those have a distinct red Transverse Pencilled pattern. His isn't a great pattern though, his has a more scaly type look, which does happen apparently. There's some pictures that have that pattern going on.

The hen is just a regular old Wildtype color. She reminds me of my Cracker Hens, but she not. Also a Gamefowl.

 

[GingerRose]

The rooster appears to be a Red Quill American Game. Those have a distinct red Transverse Pencilled pattern. His isn't a great pattern though, his has a more scaly type look, which does happen apparently. There's some pictures that have that pattern going on.

The hen is just a regular old Wildtype color. She reminds me of my Cracker Hens, but she not. Also a Gamefowl.

Thank you very much.
I wasn't sure if I should have kept the 2 pullets that came with him, I knew they were siblings.. My sister had some around the same age and sort of looked like him when they were 6 months old. I wasn't sure if they needed to mate, so I traded the pullets..
We love this guy, I think I should try to find some quality hens/pullets for him.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Thank you very much.
I wasn't sure if I should have kept the 2 pullets that came with him, I knew they were siblings.. My sister had some around the same age and sort of looked like him when they were 6 months old. I wasn't sure if they needed to mate, so I traded the pullets..
We love this guy, I think I should try to find some quality hens/pullets for him.

They can breed with siblings, just not as long if breeding to parent, or grandparents.

Hope you enjoy your birds. Wishing you luck.

 

[GingerRose]

They can breed with siblings, just not as long if breeding to parent, or grandparents.

Hope you enjoy your birds. Wishing you luck.

Thank you. That is good information to know.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Thank you. That is good information to know.

You're welcome.