Indio Gigante?

[heidibee]

I got this pair from a duck rescue, I just needed a new rooster and liked how big he was not knowing much about the breed. She said they were Indio Gigante. I have no reason to doubt but I wonder how their standard to breed type are? The were dumped in a baseball field as chicks which is so strange. They're def the biggest and heaviest birds I have ever had, and are very chill!

 

[-Chanticleer-]

@fluffycrow

 

[MysteryChicken]

Indio Gigantes do vary in appearance. So he maybe. But he could also be an Oriental Cross.

Another possibility is he's just a Malay with high set tail, which is seen from time to time, but isn't exactly desired.

 

[MysteryChicken]

The hen definitely looks like a Malay, though. American bred type though.

 

[heidibee]

Interesting I appreciate the replies!! I'm unfamiliar with this type entirely.

I'll read up on Malay characters/ mostly interested in what to expect from personality and possibility of free ranging around guineas (no problem to give them seperate time).

I also have a bantam crew so it's fun to see their huge differences. This bantam hen came from the same place. They were penned in a large area with ducks and other roosters, all peaceful from what I saw. These two will live separate now. I saw him step on her in the crate on the car ride home and felt awful for her.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Interesting I appreciate the replies!! I'm unfamiliar with this type entirely.

I'll read up on Malay characters/ mostly interested in what to expect from personality and possibility of free ranging around guineas (no problem to give them seperate time).

I also have a bantam crew also so it's fun to see their huge differences. This bantam hen came from the same place. They were penned in a large area with ducks and other roosters, all peaceful from what I saw. These two will live separate now. I saw him step on her in the crate on the car ride home and felt awful for her.
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They are a very interesting, & lovely breed too own. Also almost extinct.

I'm working on keeping, & preserve the Indian Malays, which are the originals before being bred to the SOP.

 

[fluffycrow]

Yeah I'm gonna say that they aren't Indio Gigante. Malay or Malay cross sounds good

 

[heidibee]

They are a very interesting, & lovely breed too own. Also almost extinct.

I'm working on keeping, & preserve the Indian Malays, which are the originals before being bred to the SOP.View attachment 3652158View attachment 3652159

Yours are beautiful And I see what you mean now about my guy having a high tail! Is my pair worth setting eggs next spring then??

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

They don't appear to be índio Gigante, I would agree on Malay.

 

[fluffycrow]

Yours are beautiful And I see what you mean now about my guy having a high tail! Is my pair worth setting eggs next spring then??

Sure, although don't expect anything crazy. You might get it, but just don't expect it