Help me find information about Iris and Elsa's breed!

[christinaGS]

Hi!

I think I am having "backyard chicken remorse". My husband brought home two Cowan Roundheads hens (maybe this is the breed?? That what he was told.) last night. He had no idea this bird was used for cock fights. My 5 year old and I have been researching the breed of chickens we wanted for a couple months. We narrowed it down to two different breeds. Now we have these cock fighters!

I have researched that they were bred to fight. However, I am sure SOMEONE out in the subculture of backyard chickens have used this breed for eggs? I can't find ANY information about the hens and their characteristics! We are going to keep these hens, and they are already our pets - they have names (Iris and Elsa)

A little about them that we know: They are 4 weeks old - friendly and a bit feisty (especially Iris). Seem to be healthy, fly pretty high already.

 

[Ravynscroft]

They are called games... gamefowl is a popular breed, but definitely different than a layer breed... best not to talk about "fighting" on this forum, it's against BYC policy... but if you want to learn more about them and their nature, best place to go is this thread...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/show-off-your-american-gamefowl.613455/

Ask the guys on that thread about your Roundhead pullets, they are really great and can give you a lot of info if you want it... fyi, hens were never used like the cockbirds...

 

[sue25]

They are called games... gamefowl is a popular breed, but definitely different than a layer breed... best not to talk about "fighting" on this forum, it's against BYC policy... but if you want to learn more about them and their nature, best place to go is this thread...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/show-off-your-american-gamefowl.613455/

Ask the guys on that thread about your Roundhead pullets, they are really great and can give you a lot of info if you want it... fyi, hens were never used like the cockbirds...

Good advice!

 

[Hickory Creek]

Game hens make good mothers.

 

[Gray Farms]

Game hens are excellent broodys and mothers. Not the best layers as they want to set all the time. Like Ravynscroft mentioned, they would be of the game fowl breed "very likely American games". Roundhead refers to the bloodline.

 

[christinaGS]

Game hens are excellent broodys and mothers. Not the best layers as they want to set all the time. Like Ravynscroft mentioned, they would be of the game fowl breed "very likely American games". Roundhead refers to the bloodline.

Hello!

May I ask what it means to "set"? Newbie here! Does it mean they like to sit on their eggs until they hatch?

Thank you!

 

[Gray Farms]

yes