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Due to the sensitive nature of those eggs, shipped eggs are no good and people who keep any of the junglefowl species usually will not sell eggs. You might get away with it only if there was someone living close to you, but then again, eggs are only laid in the spring. Your best bet would be to...

Whether it's this year or the next, the good thing is that all 4 species of junglefowl are attainable if you know where to look (e.g. softbills for sale).

Congrats on getting them. Good luck.

Can you show us another angle photo shot of the bird? I don't know if it's just me, but the picture/lighting seems unusual.

If you have a picture of your birds, I should be able to provide you better advice if you can keep them with other breeds. Otherwise, they are best not kept with chicken breeds because of diseases.

How are your Richardson's coming along? It's almost time for egg laying in another month or so.

Your birds should start regrowing their breeding colors within a month (they could already be starting). By the end of December, they should be in complete breeding plumage.

Nice birds. While they do have some wild genes, they are not pure. If you free roam them, whether they'll return or not will be up to them because even chickens can escape and become feral (such as the chickens in Hawaii). You are right that pure hens would have no comb or wattles. While...

Nice. Try to share with us some pictures of your new birds if you can.

The literature indicates that the grey junglefowl contributed genes to modern day chickens. I forget whether or not there is contribution from the ceylons and/or greens. Perhaps your answer might lie there.

I've only kept them for a few years so I can't say I've seen everything that the males do. The only thing I've seen so far from the males is that they do not put as much effort in raising the chicks. When the chicks hatch, the male pretty much ignores them as if he doesn't know what they are...

You know, I've never really bothered to pick out and keep some of those eclipsed hackle feathers. All I know is that those hackles are short, black, and rounded instead of long and pointed.

Sorry, I don't have any available.

All the San Diego birds I've seen so far were chickens. But if it's like you say that their are few people with original birds, I'm curious to see pictures of them. I don't know if you have researched up to that point, but the indians (murghi) that were imported here in the 1960's started...

Very nice young male you have there. As an fyi, the san diego strain of birds are chickens. Crossing them with your birds would only downgrade the "Indian genes" in your birds but if that's your goal, then that decision will be up to you.

It's fine. In the US, when you say richardson or indian, they both mean the same thing because there haven't been another import of g.g.m. in over 40 years. About your suggested crossing with the richardsons, I would not recommend it. If the san diego strain was indeed a pure subspecies...

I was just suggesting Whitemountainsranch keep the richardsons because there's not many around and he/she may be able to keep them pure. But looking from the San Diego strain point of view and keeping them original, I can see the value if it's somewhat like a sentimental value or something of...

Based on the info from the internet, the other available place that has the "San Diego" strain is cacklehatchery. But I'm sure you already know of that place. I went to your webpage and you show good dedication towards preservation. I recommend you pursue the more purer "richardsons" rjf...

Interesting documentation. Your domestic male appear to display a higher degree of paternal care. I dislike putting in information until there is a large-enough "sample size" so don't take the below as consistent with all wild males, but I thought I'd still share. Similarities with a wild...

You are not imagining. I've seen a video that the wild males do do what you've specifically said.