Liege Fighter crosses

[RobG7aChattTN]

I had a problem with my Grey and Ceylon hybrids being too small and both laid small eggs although the Grey hybrids laid EXTREMELY small eggs. The only really large bird that I brought into my flock was an O Shamo hen. She not only was quite huge but also laid very large eggs. She was enough to give me both large hens and roosters. Her sons looked quite a bit like O Shamo but here’s one of my males that has both Ceylon and Grey in him and I specifically put some feed on the top of an overturned bucket to show his size. My hybrids that don’t have O Shamo in them are tiny little things. View attachment 3350876

This is a 25% Ceylon/25% Grey/50% Domestic that doesn’t have any O Shamo in him and this is about how big they get…probably 2 1/2 lb.:

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

I had a problem with my Grey and Ceylon hybrids being too small and both laid small eggs although the Grey hybrids laid EXTREMELY small eggs. The only really large bird that I brought into my flock was an O Shamo hen. She not only was quite huge but also laid very large eggs. She was enough to give me both large hens and roosters. Her sons looked quite a bit like O Shamo but here’s one of my males that has both Ceylon and Grey in him and I specifically put some feed on the top of an overturned bucket to show his size. My hybrids that don’t have O Shamo in them are tiny little things. View attachment 3350876

That’s an amazing looking rooster. Good physique, largish wings (best I can tell), good full feathering, and a diverse set of genes for vigor.

 

[RobG7aChattTN]

He’s retired from my breeding program and is the Alpha rooster of my free range flock. I had another rooster that was prettier but he liked to constantly attack me so he could never be released. This big guy roosts in the barn so he’s more protected at night and less wild. I have a few little roosters with Grey and Ceylon in them that roost in the trees and are either wary or extremely skittish and have made it so far. I had some 50% Grey and 50% Ceylon roosters that did very well until a Cooper’s Hawk showed up and that was the end of them (except for one that I recaptured). My 50% Grey hens pretty much disappeared right away and I don’t know if it was predators, if they went broody on eggs in the woods and got picked off or if they just flew away (and no rooster followed them). The 50% Ceylon hens stayed around longer but most got picked off by the Cooper’s hawk except for one hen that I managed to catch and I bred her a bit and then let her go again. I tried to get her to become accustomed to roosting in the barn but she just won’t have it. I expected them to do well and raise chicks but so far absolutely NONE of the chick hatched in the woods have made it. They’ll usually start at around 7, then the next day 5, then 3, then one and then none. I think part of it might be that the Grey and Ceylon hybrid hens expect the chicks to roost with them in the trees at a few days old and they just can’t do it with 25% Jungle Fowl. The 50% chicks fly well and early and the 50% Ceylon chicks can fly like a sparrow at just a few days old. I was surprised early on when I’d open the brooder and one would just fly out and across the room. They aren’t easy to catch either as they tend to immediately hide and stay put without a peep. Here’s a tiny hen that has a 50% Ceylon father and an F2 50% Grey mother.

 

[ElleEmie]

Wow pretty rooster! This is my shamo free ranger cross.
Shamo x a real gamey wild sumuntra line x American

 

[RobG7aChattTN]

Wow pretty rooster! This is my shamo free ranger cross.
Shamo x a real gamey wild sumuntra line x American

Funny…he looks like a lot of my birds!

 

[ElleEmie]

beautiful! Yeah a lot of similarities!

 

[ElleEmie]

This boy hard to photograph sometimes lol. Hoping him x sisters of ^ will produce some nice birds. This one is my main focus right now. He has some good genes surprisingly spread out. Would love to get some jungle fowl mixed in.

 

[5 Points Wingfeather]

Update on the Liege x Hmong. Here are some pics of him at 12 weeks old. He is a MONSTER already! His name is Bahamut. View attachment 3233769View attachment 3233770View attachment 3233771View attachment 3233772View attachment 3233773View attachment 3233774View attachment 3233776

Any update on this bird?

 

[MissLavender]

Any update on this bird?

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[Florida Bullfrog]

My 3/4 Liege stag.