dubbing (if you don't like it don't click it)

[Chris09]

Quote:
As of the 2001 American Standard of Perfection

Dubbed -- Dubbing
A term used to describe the close trimming of the comb, wattles, and ear lobs of the male Modern Game, Large and Bantam.
The comb of the Old English males is usually trimmed a little above the skull, leaving a small amount of comb above the base. Cocks not dubbed; a disqualification in above mentioned breeds.

Chris

 

[RAREROO]

Look at this thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=106767

The first post has a nicely dubbed Grey American Gamecock

The second post has pics with cocks with their combs and waddles still intact.

The sixth post has both dubbed and non dubbed OEGB roos. You can see that OEGB roos still have some of their comb.

 

[poultryhaven]

Here is a roo that was dubbed, he would have had a single comb if he wasnt dubbed

 

[cracked_egg]

So it just makes their comb wider and shorter? Why wouldn't everyone do it in the north? I would think it would make frostbite less likely?

Why do breeders do it to their roosters?

Thanks so much! They're very pretty dubbed! I don't care for single comb birds as much as rose combs...jmo... Lol.

 

[RAREROO]

Quote:
It does make the combs appear to be wider, but really its not, if you look closly at a single combed roo, they already have that wide base so it doesnt make them wider, it just cuts them off. And also, in fighting, though it is outlawed now, a cock cannot grab and hold onto his opponents comb when it is dubbed off.

Yes it would help protect the bird from frostbite but there are a lot of people who are strongly against it becuase they feel it is cruel to the bird. There are some people in the north who dubb regualar breeds to protect them from the cold and some dub after the comb has be frostbitten to cut it off before it gets infected.

Breeders dub their gamecocks I guess becuase they look better, and it kinda preserves their look for when they were used for fighting. if you read here on Greenfire Farms website, the domestication of birds as pit fowl has an interesting history and the look and birds and their gameness should still be preserved becuase of that. http://greenfirefarms.com/store/category/chickens/pumpkin-hulseys/

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

This is a little off topic too, but is there a game breed that's rose combed, before anyone gets up set I have nothing against dubbing, I like the look, but I have a (what I think is a game) that's got a 'rose' comb

 

[Chris09]

Quote:
None that I am aware of.
There are Orientals that have a Pea comb.

Chris

 

[RAREROO]

Quote:
Do you have a pic ? I cant think of a game breed right off hand that as a rose comb if there are any, but there are breeds that have various other combs. Most all the oriental derived breeds have different combs.

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

I'll have to get one in the morning, I think they might be an Oriental

 

[95yj]

Now that i think about it it probably would have been easier for them to just breed for a pea comb or rose comb back when they were used for fighting instead of chopping everything off everytime you got a new rooster...