Jungle Fowl

[wonderchick22]

They are so pretty love the colors

 

[RobG7aChattTN]

I’ve got three Grey Junglefowl eggs in the incubator. Wish me luck...these are my first ones!

 

[wonderchick22]

Good luck yay this is excting

 

[RobG7aChattTN]

I’m up to 7 Grey Jungle Fowl eggs and the first three seem to be developing.
Still no eggs from the Ceylons or Greens but I finally got the Greens to sit still long enough for a photo.

 

[RobG7aChattTN]

My Greys laid a total of 11 eggs but broke two. Out of the 9 eggs that I incubated I hatched 6 chicks. Unfortunately I went on vacation for a week and when I returned the three smallest had died. The older three are still doing well.

 

[Red original]

Who here raises jungle fowl, and what colors? Does anyone have pics of their birds to post here? How much do eggs typically cost? Is the incubation different from a chicken?

I raise a family of Red Jungle Fowl. They are Laos RJF Hybridized. I've found by talking to breeders of my strain and the old family I had one hen left. They are probably 70% some percent pure. Pics

 

[Red original]

I raise a Hybrid Strain of Laos Red Jungle Fowl. They have blood also of a imported family I got in the mid 1980s. They Breeders I got stock from estimated 80% of pure RJF. The family I raise more in the 60%-70% range.

Who here raises jungle fowl, and what colors? Does anyone have pics of their birds to post here? How much do eggs typically cost? Is the incubation different from a chicken?

 

[Red original]

I raise a Hybrid Strain of Laos Red Jungle Fowl. They have blood also of a imported family I got in the mid 1980s. They Breeders I got stock from estimated 80% of pure RJF. The family I raise more in the 60%-70% range.

I also find their eggs will start hatch more on 19th day instead of 22st day. In

 

[Dajiu]

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我可能不太了解很多，但我確實知道這個小傢伙真棒！


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[USMarine]

Actually there are 4 species of jungle fowl and chickens are either red jungle fowl or possibly reds with a very small percentage of grey in them. The 4 species are:
Gallus gallus, the red jungle fowl (and all domestic chickens)
Gallus sonneratti, the grey jungle fowl
Gallus varius, the green jungle fowl
Gallus lafayeti, the Sri Lanka jungle fowl

I have greys and greens but I have not been successful at breeding the greens yet. There may be several reasons, first it gets cold where I live and green jungle fowl are very intolerant of cold temps (I heat their pen all winter long), there is a lot of activity around the pens and they are very shy birds, also they are just over 2 years old, green jungle fowl need more time to mature then the other species.

The grey jungle fowl I have are great quality, I have 3 pairs, one from a fantastic breeder and have pedigree back to wild imported birds and the other 2 are F1's (all 4 parent birds were wild caught). I got my first eggs of the season two days ago, I know this is way early, but because of the green jungle fowl needing heat the pen with the greys stays warm as well and I think I am confusing them with the warm December we are having and the extra heat. Normally I sell the eggs for $60 each, last year I had way more requests then eggs and a good hatch rate. It is the first time I have ever had 100% hatch on the eggs I kept, I always check fertility and hatch some birds for future breeders and to sell. I kept 8 eggs from the grey jungle fowl hoping to get 5 or 6 to hatch, not only did all of them hatch but it ended up being 4 roosters and 4 hens. My perfect season!

Do you have any chicks available?