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Ahh I see. So they're not really gamefowl like they used to be (most Sumatras now aren't anyway). That was mainly what I wanted to know, if it were I'd be real tempted to get a couple dozen. Have always wanted to find them as they were and preserve them like they used to be instead of now.
Well, I did have a cull for a few years and I think you'd have no problem having gamey ones from this line...I handle them from hatching and don't put up with meanness. I just don't have any reason to have birds I cannot handle safely or cannot trust when I turn my back, LOL I did have to put cardboard up at shows because they'd get amped up.
Well, that isn't what I look at as gameness really. Gameness to me is a desire to fight other birds (until death) like my American games, and Shamo. Even if I don't use them for fighting- I believe it is a key characteristic of the breed. My birds are still very calm and gentle towards me, except one American game I have. He doesn't attack people, but doesn't like to be held very much. He has a very proud and cocky attitude-which is really how I like my chickens to act.
Sumatras used to be real games, that couldn't be kept with other roosters. But people started breeding that out of them. I'm just one of the bunch that wishes it was still intact and wishes they would have stayed as they were (they were black, their skin, blood, organs, etc.. Like the Cemani... When they first were imported from Sumatra) and not have been crossed with other birds.
-Daniel
ETA: Not meaning to put your birds down though, it isn't the first time I've thought about getting your Sumatras. They're some of the best looking ones I have seen in awhile
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Ahh I see. So they're not really gamefowl like they used to be (most Sumatras now aren't anyway). That was mainly what I wanted to know, if it were I'd be real tempted to get a couple dozen. Have always wanted to find them as they were and preserve them like they used to be instead of now.
Well, I did have a cull for a few years and I think you'd have no problem having gamey ones from this line...I handle them from hatching and don't put up with meanness. I just don't have any reason to have birds I cannot handle safely or cannot trust when I turn my back, LOL I did have to put cardboard up at shows because they'd get amped up.
Well, that isn't what I look at as gameness really. Gameness to me is a desire to fight other birds (until death) like my American games, and Shamo. Even if I don't use them for fighting- I believe it is a key characteristic of the breed. My birds are still very calm and gentle towards me, except one American game I have. He doesn't attack people, but doesn't like to be held very much. He has a very proud and cocky attitude-which is really how I like my chickens to act.
Sumatras used to be real games, that couldn't be kept with other roosters. But people started breeding that out of them. I'm just one of the bunch that wishes it was still intact and wishes they would have stayed as they were (they were black, their skin, blood, organs, etc.. Like the Cemani... When they first were imported from Sumatra) and not have been crossed with other birds.
-Daniel
ETA: Not meaning to put your birds down though, it isn't the first time I've thought about getting your Sumatras. They're some of the best looking ones I have seen in awhile
