American Gamefowl

[JacinLarkwell]

More snow and still going.
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How cold is it supposed to get there? I never bothered to think games could handle the cold

 

[roosterhavoc]

Again honestly not sure how serious. They were both jumping at each other and trying to grab whatever they could. Usually mine squabble for like a minute before one at least tries to run but these guys were wearing each other out and making each other bloodied before I had to step in. I was using them for my last year of fair so I didn't want to risk them doing permanent damage, but it didn't look like they were going to stop soon at all.

Maybe my batch was just a bit glitchy though too. I know other breeds sometimes have individual roosters that won't stop fighting.

If you’re talking about cornish game still, no they were never actually game.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

If you’re talking about cornish game still, no they were never actually game.

Okay thanks

 

[roosterhavoc]

How cold is it supposed to get there? I never bothered to think games could handle the cold

It’s not that cold here. 20s and teens but yeah they can handle the cold just fine. Like any other chicken as long as they stay dry for the most part and out of the wind they’ll be fine.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Okay thanks

Yup. All roosters will fight at least somewhat. Most will quit but yes even some non game breeds will beat the hell out of each other especially if penned in an enclosure together. Gamefowl or I should say *true gamefowl* won’t quit until they physically can’t keep going. Doesn’t matter if they’re out loose or a gamecock can get to the outside of a pen holding another rooster. They will keep going until they give themselves a heart attack or their legs are so badly torn up they just can’t continue.
There is a lot of misinformation floating around about gamefowl especially on here. Usually repeated by people that have no idea what they’re talking about. Keeping birds penned individually or in breeding pairs is a necessity and not done for ease of use. Multiple pens is far more work feeding, cleaning etc..

 

[Jp617]

Yup. All roosters will fight at least somewhat. Most will quit but yes even some non game breeds will beat the hell out of each other especially if penned in an enclosure together. Gamefowl or I should say *true gamefowl* won’t quit until they physically can’t keep going. Doesn’t matter if they’re out loose or a gamecock can get to the outside of a pen holding another rooster. They will keep going until they give themselves a heart attack or their legs are so badly torn up they just can’t continue.
There is a lot of misinformation floating around about gamefowl especially on here. Usually repeated by people that have no idea what they’re talking about. Keeping birds penned individually or in breeding pairs is a necessity and not done for ease of use. Multiple pens is far more work feeding, cleaning etc..

absolutely. Lots of work to feed and clean. I think all of us who keep gamefowl wish we could put them all in a single pen. Wouldn't life be easy?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Yup. All roosters will fight at least somewhat. Most will quit but yes even some non game breeds will beat the hell out of each other especially if penned in an enclosure together. Gamefowl or I should say *true gamefowl* won’t quit until they physically can’t keep going. Doesn’t matter if they’re out loose or a gamecock can get to the outside of a pen holding another rooster. They will keep going until they give themselves a heart attack or their legs are so badly torn up they just can’t continue.
There is a lot of misinformation floating around about gamefowl especially on here. Usually repeated by people that have no idea what they’re talking about. Keeping birds penned individually or in breeding pairs is a necessity and not done for ease of use. Multiple pens is far more work feeding, cleaning etc..

Yeah, no I get multiple pens takes nore work. I keep my flocks seperate and it takes time, I can't imagine having to do that for 2x as many because my males had to be seperate.

Good to know though that other breeds won't always just squabble, and that this was normal with these boys too. Thanks

 

[Jp617]

Again honestly not sure how serious. They were both jumping at each other and trying to grab whatever they could. Usually mine squabble for like a minute before one at least tries to run but these guys were wearing each other out and making each other bloodied before I had to step in. I was using them for my last year of fair so I didn't want to risk them doing permanent damage, but it didn't look like they were going to stop soon at all.

Maybe my batch was just a bit glitchy though too. I know other breeds sometimes have individual roosters that won't stop fighting.

None of my roosters will run away from one another. If one gets a other while he's on the yard I will have to physically stop them because they will lose an eye or worse. These guys don't have any quit in them. I'll try to find pics of the red-tailed hawk after it flew in the barn. I had a 4 year old mclean an his hens. They literally knocked every feather out of that hawk. Soon as I find pics ill post it

 

[JacinLarkwell]

None of my roosters will run away from one another. If one gets a other while he's on the yard I will have to physically stop them because they will lose an eye or worse. These guys don't have any quit in them. I'll try to find pics of the red-tailed hawk after it flew in the barn. I had a 4 year old mclean an his hens. They literally knocked every feather out of that hawk. Soon as I find pics ill post it

Oh that poor hawk! It probably wasn't expecting that!

 

[SOHC-FTW]

Man idk why I don’t get alerts anymore from here oh well.

I’ve had free range pullets/hens whoop up on a few different hawks in the past. This forum besides a few threads mostly this one have zero idea about gamefowl and that’s the truth they literally talk out of their rear ends, but what’s worse is the ones that take it as facts without any proof.

Everyone’s birds are looking good I might add.