Game Fowl combs?

[cheyfrie26]

Someone came and gave me a game rooster. It looks exactly like one except its comb. It has a walnut comb. Is that normal in this breed?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

There are a number of breeds of game birds, and yes, some have rose or walnut or pea combs. Depends on the specific breed.

 

[nicalandia]

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the Term "Game Fowl" is a generic name for all types of Game like birds, Old English Game, American Game, australian Game, a "Game" Bird can have any type of comb, Old English Games can only have single combs..

 

[silkielover5]

it could have been dubbed "cut off " game roos are supposed to be dubbed for showing

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

If it has a walnut comb, it was not dubbed. However, tehre is the possibility thta it is being compared to birds with dubbed combs.

 

[nicalandia]

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Sonoran I am trying to PM you about SQ Barred Silkies and I can't, seems like your inbox is full..

 

[Illia]

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Actually that ONLY is for Modern and Old English Gamefowl.

Orientals like Shamos, Asils, Malays, - Don't need dubbing. Americans aren't APA recognized so you don't often see them in shows but they are showable to their own organization, in which I don't always see dubbed birds.

 

[Gresh]

You might have been given a Kraienkoppe. They have gamefowl ancestry but are not technically game because roosters can live in harmony with each other. They have walnut combs as you described.

 

[silkielover5]

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Actually that ONLY is for Modern and Old English Gamefowl.

Orientals like Shamos, Asils, Malays, - Don't need dubbing. Americans aren't APA recognized so you don't often see them in shows but they are showable to their own organization, in which I don't always see dubbed birds.

really! cause the judge disqualified my shamo one year cause it wasnt dubbed! now im just mad!!!!!

 

[nicalandia]

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Orientals like Shamos, Asils, Malays, - Don't need dubbing.

they do if they "Game" them, some people do it to have the feeling of a "Real" Game Stag.