Oriental Gamefowl Thread!

[Dick Dastardly]

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Thanks doc, he is a good stag and will be a main brood cock for my new black line. His full sister will be in the brood pen with that MR Shamo cock we spoken about.

 

[Dick Dastardly]

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LOL, so true!!!

This is Shiva, a Shamo, an ex fighting cock who my boyfriend adopted:
http://s015.radikal.ru/i330/1109/f6/afa5160ad165.jpg
He now lives in his own cage.

One of the hens (a mix? sorry I can't remember yet, new to the chicken world...)
http://i043.radikal.ru/1109/83/577e57f355fb.jpg

And this is Eagle:
http://s006.radikal.ru/i213/1109/5c/cc6eba99b353.jpg

http://s004.radikal.ru/i205/1109/c4/f7eb8b0fc278.jpg

Sorry they are no Shamo, they are Aseel ! They look to have Turkish Hint Horoz (Turkish Aseel) genetics in them..

 

[josh44]

Here's another pair of my grey of Asils,
Pullet 3months or so & stag is about 6 months.

 

[Illia]

So I've really gotta ask you experienced people. . . What makes a Shamo cock lose all that thigh feathering?

I certainly don't fight mine, or have him in some rough terrain or something, and his sleeping arrangements aren't weird. . . But I notice it with others too, (except show birds) why is it his thigh feathers go nearly bald? Is it just a natural thing with them, and all the rubbing pulls them out easier than other breeds?

I'll admit it makes a Crele or Barred Wheaten look tattered, used, and ugly.

 

[Lollipop]

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Some hardfeather breeds, notably Asils, Ga Noi, and Shamos, are prone to bare patches on breast, legs, and top of the wings. It is not a defect, but is desireable........Pop

 

[Illia]

I figured it wasn't anything wrong or a defect, I'm just curious if anyone knows why. Is it because they share the same genetics of Ga Noi to easily lose those feathers, or is it that they just simply lose feathers easily, and because of the rubbing in that area, the feathers come away?


I'm just a person who wants to know "why."

 

[josh44]

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Looks fine to me,don't see what you mean by loose or missing feathers
it comes with age

 

[Lollipop]

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Illia, You have a PM..........Pop

 

[josh44]

Just curious
Do Asil ever get double spurs ???

 

[gallorojo]

Sure. I've seen some in shows around here. I actually have a picture of one somewhere.