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[Linnmarie]

Picture of my young Tuzo

 

[ccassidy18]

Does he have a crest?Also,if I read right,I don't think asils are supposed to have blue/black legs...I don't think he is a pure bred

,though I will leave that to the experts to determine that for sure.

 

[Linnmarie]

He's a Tuzo -x ... The X didn't come thru on the
Original post..

 

[MaycanGamefowl]

Maybe to other half of the cross was black gamefowl other than oriental? Such as mcrae or mug

 

[Linnmarie]

I found an interesting article on the net ... His cross is with the Kelso ..... Lol he was a gift...
The first Tuzo eggs were imported to Holland from the US by Mr.Awe Wullften-Palthe. Typical features: Aseel-like in shape and form, pearl eyes, triple pea comb, shank colours: flesh coloured with a blackish touch, yellow, all black, Colour of the face: red, with darker pigment also acceptable. Weight: male 3.9 Lbs (1.8 Kgs), female: 3.3 Lbs (1.5 Kgs) Strains today are still seen having black spurs. Old literature also mentioned a black tongue, but this feature has not been recorded in Tuzo bred today. However this “mystery” breed became very popular in Europe, but as several strains have been imported the breed is not completely uniform. Some breeders go for the Shamo-like appearance other in direction of the Aseel-type. In Britain the breed is accepted in self-colour only, but in Europe black/red and other game colours are also acceptable – but these tend to be indistinguishable from some lines of Bantam Asil.
598965_340647829387808_2001336224_nBritish TUZO Standard
Origin : U.S.A. and Europe from Oriental bloodlines Classification. Asian Hardfeather. True Bantam Egg colour : White or tinted
The Tuzo is a hard feather true bantam developed in U.S.A. and Europe from Oriental bloodlines. (Standardised in Germany in1983.)

I really didn't know where to post him..

 

[ccassidy18]

What is a Tuzo? Is that a different variety of Asil? Or is it another breed of chicken? I'm still new to this...and I didn't know very much about game breeds...I knew there was american games,OE games,shamos,Malays,asils,Thai games,Madagascar games,Saipans, and modern games...I didn't know about these other breeds...

 

[Linnmarie]

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THE TUZO...MYSTERY BREED FROM THE EAST



The name “Tuzo” is not known in Japan. And never a breed named Tuzo has been adopted into a Japanese standard of perfection or any Japanese poultry book published after 1800. Pictures (without explaining comments) have been presented to representatives of Japanese poultry clubs. They all indentified these birds as Nankin Shamo. The only lead is a line made from a Japanese historian named Ranzan Ono. In one of his publications (published in 1800) he says following about small fowl....”The small fowl are named,Tuzi”. Tuzi or Tuzo makes sense, or not ? By the way some sources do mention a breed called Tsuji. Back to the Nankin Tuzo, indeed older Japanese illustrations of Nankin Shamo show a big similarity with our “Tuzo”. Its also the only small (bantam-sized) gamefowl breed in Japan with a socalled “lowered pheasant tail”. Other Japanese bantam game breeds show a socalled “shrimptail”. Concerning weight the Nankin Shamo is not more than 1 Kg (2.2 Lbs). Our Tuzo of today however are 1.4 to 1.8 Kg.

Are there any other leads ? Yes, maybe the “Ashura”. This breed died out in Japan in the begining of the 20th century. But it has been discribed by Finsterbusch in his 1929 gamefowl publication. From its discription it could be a possible lead. But Finsterbusch’s comment saying that the Ashura probably was created from crossing large Shamo with Tuzo or Singapore Game (blackspurred Kalkatiya Asil) tackles this option. Its slowly getting a case for Sherlock Holmes.

In Europe the Tuzo is bred with different breed features. Tuzo’s come in following colours: jetblack, whraten and sometimes in white. Standards of perfection differ in various countries. For example shank colour. In Holland till about a year ago only yellow legs were accepted but at present after big pressure from our Asian Gamefowl Society things have changed. The German shank colour finally has been adopted. However in Germany yellow shanks are not allowed, German bred Tuzo’s require blackish flesh-coloured shanks. About the eyecolour, some countries say pale yellow to light-orange is allowed. Others only want the pearl coloured eye. Face colour is also different, some breeders focus on blackish or blueberry coloured faces. Others only go for a nice red face. So you see its getting pretty complex. The big question is....what do we want ? Some readers maybe think...what the hack about physical features, a fighting bird just should be game. True, but if we talk about a breed, gameness is not the only feature of importance. A breed simply must comply to typical breeding points. Thats why information from the past is very important.Only genuine information from the past gives us the necesarry knowledge to breed the real genuine stuff !

The first Tuzo in Europe have been imported into Europa from the US in 1965 by a wellknown Dutch gamefowl breeder Mr.Wulffte-Palthe. A real pity is the fact that today some 35 years later no information can be retrieved in the US which could give us some answers to many of our questions.And the US is seen as its country of orgin as we in Europe strongly believe that GI’s returning from there duty in Japan after 1945 took these small black fighting birds home maybe to be crossed with American Game strains (Kelso, Butchers, Democrats, etc) as the Tuzo’s size and weight is pretty much the same.

Tuzo’s are present in large numbers in Europe. This gamefowl breed even if with a controversial background is very popular. They are hardy, easy to keep and breed. The only problem is raising chicks. Even young Tuzo chicks show suicidal behaviour and it seems -headhunting- is a popular pastime. So give the chicks plenty of space and easy acces to more than one watercups and feeders.This will prevent them having an argument for water and food. A good trick also is tho place some erected boards in the chick area. Less lucky chicks can run and hide behind these small boards. If you do not and you are breeding for exhibition purposes many birds can end meshed up before reaching fullgrown and adult age.

A very interesting feature of the Tuzo are the black coloured spurs. These are present on various bloodlines bred today. Finsterbusch also made a remark that the Tuzo had a black tongue. But this has never been confirmed. Does this mean the Tuzo breed is a bit of this and that ? No, I dont think so. But it would be very interesting to know what this breed really should look like ! Any comments on this article or subject are most welcome and appreciated by Tuzo .

Article by: Willem van Ballekom (AGS Secretary)

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[ccassidy18]

Idk what to think...they are an interesting breed,yea,but we know next to nothing about their history...I think that DNA tests should be done to check what breeds were used in the crossing to get the first birds of the breed,then take and wherever the majority of the crossing/base stock birds came from is the best guess for where these Tuzo chickens came from...I know it sounds difficult, but we as Americans,even as a whole planet,have the technology, and we have the smarts/skills...it is just a matter of putting the puzzle pieces together to get pur best guess...we may not have ancient documents,but we do have other things that can help determine the origins of this breed,which will also give us more information about the breed,like hardiness,breed characteristics, disease resistance,and when the breed was created...or at least get a better guesstimate on this information.

 

[Linnmarie]

I wish the DNA testing for chickens would be that easy. I don't know where they would get a database for pure lines I think everything is crossed nowadays. It's a great Idea , I know they do it with dogs and horses and people Lol

 

[MaycanGamefowl]

I was wondering if I could get a DNa test done on some birds but that thought was Quickly quieted.