New to game birds!.......Please help!

[Newby123]

 

[Bantambird]

So far these are girls

 

[centrarchid]

In a Mixed Flock Setting should have no Problems. I Keep Games so have First Hand experience,

 

[Newby123]

Male

Yes he started crowing this morning so I was able to figure that one out

 

[Newby123]

In a Mixed Flock Setting should have no Problems. I Keep Games so have First Hand experience,

Thank you. I haven't decided what I'm going to do with them yet but I'm trying to gather all the research I can.

 

[Newby123]

Can anyone tell me what breeds they actually are? Some of them are so much different than the others and if we do decide to keep them I want to be as informed as possible about them.

 

[Gray Farms]

American or Old English Game fowl, or a mix there of.

 

[centrarchid]

I am guessing they are American Games with significant infusion of Oriental (specially Aseel). The oriental gives them the chunky, yet long necked look like a Cornish. Color of games generally highly variable although that mix is not typical of any game lines I am familiar with so they are likely the product of a recent cross. Female side, let run with your egg production flock. Male side you will want to pen up by himself in a month or two unless he is the only rooster. I can run young game roosters with older standard birds but cannot do the reverse as the game rooster will often run down a non-game once standard bird does stand up for even a brief fight..


I would have to see birds as adult before really accepting call they are pure games.

 

[Newby123]

I thought about letting the girls out but since the mother hen ran off today (actually flew) I'm not too sure about that. We do have a fenced in yard but I had no idea that this bird could actually take flight and it ended up being a crazy day to say the least. I'm not too sure she will come back since she hadn't been here a full 24 hours yet. Thank you for the information. I really only got extra birds for the eggs and my understanding is that these birds lay small ones and become very broody over them. I am still researching though. I feel obligated to take care of them properly or else I will have to re-home them.

 

[centrarchid]

Go out now with flash lite in general direction she flew in. Look in trees. She may be closer to your house than you think.