My Pumpkin Hulsey's Are Growing Nicely :)

[chickensrock98]

gff's hulseys are junk they are not game BEWARE do not buy from them

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[burtonjon]

Actually I have a few of Greenfire Farms Pumpkin Hulsey's and I think they are rather nice. I have a question? Exactly how do you check to see if a cock is game without violating the laws that ban cockfighting?

 

[Vcomb]

According to the American Game Fowl Society's show standards if a judge suspects a bird to not be game they can remove the bird from its pen, request another rooster be brought around. If the cock in question does not flare its hackles or make any attempt to strike at the other bird (despite being held to prevent any injury) then this bird is considered not game and thus disqualified from the competition.


And to the people asking whether GFF's Hulseys are game, you need only to look at their website, which states:
http://greenfirefarms.com/store/category/chickens/pumpkin-hulseys/

"They are gentle to humans, and if integrated into a flock at an early age, will also tolerate other roosters."

Toleration of other roosters goes against the very core of what a gamefowl is, therefore it goes against being an accurate representation of the breed. Afterall, Pumpkin is a color, Hulsey is a bloodline, and American Gamefowl is the breed.

I will also state that although they say on their site:

"If you have questions about the weight of the roosters or the station of the birds, I will assume you are buying them for cockfighting and will not sell them to you."

that this is counter productive to those wishing to show them in the exhibition hall. All breeds have standard weights, stations, tail angles, etc.

Just adding my 2 cents.

 

[chickensrock98]

well said v comb but i would like to add somethings to that in some states it is legal to spar wich will help tell if a bird is game but there is no way to really tell if your birds are game is to put them in the pit because some birds that would fight for an hour and give up that is not game you want a bird that will not give up no matter what wont stop pecking or kicking until its last breath and just if a cock flares up or acts like it will fight does not mean that it is game hell a silkie could do that game fowl are by far the most beautiful and heart filled animals on the planet they will never give up or back down and if they do they need to be culled in order to have the best birds possible you need to cull ruthlessly only the best should survive and out of the best cull even harder that is the only way to insure gameness in your birds have a good day and dont buy from GFF'S!!!!!!!! i hope they read this thread to cuz i would like to give them a peice of my mind the are raising junk birds and are giving people the wrong idea about gamefowl if you want to read talk or learn anything about game fowl go yo ultimate fowl . com

 

[hinkjc]

Per rule #2.. No Cock fighting posts, period!