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Thanks to all for the valuable information provided. Hope I didn't upset anyone

Do you find American games to be more disease and parasite resistant than most chickens?

Anyone here tried comfrey as a forage crop? I've read it's great stuff. Any opinions?

So in regard to foraging- Do you find games spend more time in the woods and overgrown pastures, fence rows, etc, than the dual purpose breeds? My brown egg layers seem to head right for the lawn when I let them out, even though the woods are right behind the coop.

Wow. Not that I don't believe you, but I'm having a hard time picturing a hundred plus yard flight made by a chicken. I'm used to regular barnyard breeds, which can hardly be bothered to hop up onto a roost, much less take actual flight

Anyone who gets snow-will your games get out in it? My chickens ( a few bantams, and some brown egg layers) will hardly set foot outside with snow on the ground

This is a great thread everyone. Wish I could contribute more than questions, but my gamefowl are still in the egg. I considered asils briefly. I didn't get them, mostly because they would have to ship further (I think the greater the distance, the more hatchability is compromised). Also I'm...

So I guess it's safe to say that, just as with dogs and many other animals, nurture and nature are equally important. Definitely worth keeping in mind

Another thing I've wondered about lately- Do you find games easier to work with than other breeds? It stands to reason that those who use the birds for their intended purpose were (or are) interested in ease of handling by humans. Is this something bred into them? And as mentioned above...

Understood. But your opinions, based on experience with these birds, are far more valuable to me than my opinions, which are derived from reading here and elsewhere on the Internet

An excellent idea. Many thanks to both of you for all the experience based input. I hope you're available for more questions as they occur to me, lol. And I hope no one thinks I'm hijacking the thread? I've tried to keep on topic

Have 8 game eggs to set tonight. 4 are going under my faithful broody banty (cause that's about as many as she can cover) and the rest in the incubator. Now I just have to wait 3 weeks, lol

I don't really have any interest in games as meat producers, and i don't want to cross them either. What i want to end up with eventually is a small flock of meat birds from which I can get eggs to give to the game hens to hatch, and raise the chicks to slaughtering age. Hopefully the hens with...

I'll have to learn some more about the black copper marans, I've heard of the breed but never thought of them as meat birds. Did yours come from a private breeder? The game hatching eggs I bought came from a place that, as far as I can tell, deals with only gamefowl. So I'm hoping they're a...

Here's another question-is there any meaningful difference in the varieties of American games? I mean as far as instinctive behavior. I got hatching eggs from an eBay seller that were advertised as "breeders choice ", half were marked as claret and half as ruble hatch. Through Internet...

You bring up a good point though, they may have to be separated from the games as they approach slaughtering size. I suppose if the cockerels start acting "male " the game cock might become a little harsh with them

No, not Cornish x. I mean regular Cornish, or maybe white rock. A meat bird that may take longer to finish but is a little more mobile and self sufficient than cx. Sorry if that wasn't entirely clear in the above post

Thanks for such a detailed response, that's exactly what I'm looking for. I'm not new to chickens, but new to games. I've been drawn to the breed not for cockfighting purposes, but for the behaviors and instincts these birds exhibit. Of particular interest to me are the brooding and mothering...

I actually have tons more questions, but that'll do for now. I don't want to tax your patience

Centrarchid- I've been reading a lot on here, including many of your previous posts/threads. A couple of things I need clarified- Can you explain a little more about what you've called "showing cotton "? What's a bullstag?