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Got my eggs in the mail today. Are PH's supposed to lay a certain color egg? I received white to light brown eggs.
Pumpkin Hulsey
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I dont think they are suppoesed to be a particular color, white to light brown is the norm for American Games.
I dont think they are suppoesed to be a particular color, white to light brown is the norm for American Games.
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That is what is got. Anywhere from white to tinted to light brown. They are going in tomorrow.
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I know that "pets" is not their original purpose but the colors are really stunning. And, I bet no one at the local fair will be showing them. Ribbons here we come.
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I just realized, are they supposed to be dubbed?
Hope you don't mind my two cents for what it is worth!
PH's and American Game's for that matter make great pets. I handled all of mine just like any other breed of chicken and they were friendly and sweet. Very smart birds. I think you will be very pleased with just how pet like they are. You will want to handle them as much as possible if you are showing. The more a Gamefowl is handled the the better and the judges like to be able to handle these birds with little fuss.
I used to breed standard American Games and showed them quite a bit.
The standard does call for a dubbed comb on the rooster. Mine were all straight dubbed.
The hardest part on showing a standard American bird is that you will be judged against the Old English Standard. Americans Games are shown as Standard Old English Gamebirds in the AOSB (Any Other Standard Breed) class, unless the show offers an American Game Class which is not common. The big difference here that the American Game typically does not have a spit breast while the Old English does. I have seen PH's with a spilt breast and without and in fact have shown against them and lost. I have seen a PH take the AOSB class and a PH also take more them a few American Game Classes.
I just had to took a look at Greenfire Famrs and he has some seriously nice birds, I hope you have a great hatch and wish you luck in the show world with your PH's! Good luck!
I know that "pets" is not their original purpose but the colors are really stunning. And, I bet no one at the local fair will be showing them. Ribbons here we come.
edited to add:
I just realized, are they supposed to be dubbed?
Hope you don't mind my two cents for what it is worth!
PH's and American Game's for that matter make great pets. I handled all of mine just like any other breed of chicken and they were friendly and sweet. Very smart birds. I think you will be very pleased with just how pet like they are. You will want to handle them as much as possible if you are showing. The more a Gamefowl is handled the the better and the judges like to be able to handle these birds with little fuss.
I used to breed standard American Games and showed them quite a bit.
The standard does call for a dubbed comb on the rooster. Mine were all straight dubbed.
The hardest part on showing a standard American bird is that you will be judged against the Old English Standard. Americans Games are shown as Standard Old English Gamebirds in the AOSB (Any Other Standard Breed) class, unless the show offers an American Game Class which is not common. The big difference here that the American Game typically does not have a spit breast while the Old English does. I have seen PH's with a spilt breast and without and in fact have shown against them and lost. I have seen a PH take the AOSB class and a PH also take more them a few American Game Classes.
I just had to took a look at Greenfire Famrs and he has some seriously nice birds, I hope you have a great hatch and wish you luck in the show world with your PH's! Good luck!
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I know that "pets" is not their original purpose but the colors are really stunning. And, I bet no one at the local fair will be showing them. Ribbons here we come.
edited to add:
I just realized, are they supposed to be dubbed?
Hope you don't mind my two cents for what it is worth!
PH's and American Game's for that matter make great pets. I handled all of mine just like any other breed of chicken and they were friendly and sweet. Very smart birds. I think you will be very pleased with just how pet like they are. You will want to handle them as much as possible if you are showing. The more a Gamefowl is handled the the better and the judges like to be able to handle these birds with little fuss.
I used to breed standard American Games and showed them quite a bit.
The standard does call for a dubbed comb on the rooster. Mine were all straight dubbed.
The hardest part on showing a standard American bird is that you will be judged against the Old English Standard. Americans Games are shown as Standard Old English Gamebirds in the AOSB (Any Other Standard Breed) class, unless the show offers an American Game Class which is not common. The big difference here that the American Game typically does not have a spit breast while the Old English does. I have seen PH's with a spilt breast and without and in fact have shown against them and lost. I have seen a PH take the AOSB class and a PH also take more them a few American Game Classes.
I just had to took a look at Greenfire Famrs and he has some seriously nice birds, I hope you have a great hatch and wish you luck in the show world with your PH's! Good luck!
Thank you for you "2 cents" this is why I love the forum. The thing is I do have 3 children. 13, 12 & 7. MY DD (7 yr) LOVES her chickens. We leave the chicks in the house until Dad gets sick of the dust, because what else would you want to do but watch TV with a little peep on your lap! They will get plenty of handling and love. I am still leary of the dubbing but I remind myself that with our frigid winters, the boys combs will not freeze and therefore they will be happier.
They go in tomorrow-hoping for some of the lighter orange colored ones I think. Like a pumpkin in the sun.
I know that "pets" is not their original purpose but the colors are really stunning. And, I bet no one at the local fair will be showing them. Ribbons here we come.
edited to add:
I just realized, are they supposed to be dubbed?
Hope you don't mind my two cents for what it is worth!
PH's and American Game's for that matter make great pets. I handled all of mine just like any other breed of chicken and they were friendly and sweet. Very smart birds. I think you will be very pleased with just how pet like they are. You will want to handle them as much as possible if you are showing. The more a Gamefowl is handled the the better and the judges like to be able to handle these birds with little fuss.
I used to breed standard American Games and showed them quite a bit.
The standard does call for a dubbed comb on the rooster. Mine were all straight dubbed.
The hardest part on showing a standard American bird is that you will be judged against the Old English Standard. Americans Games are shown as Standard Old English Gamebirds in the AOSB (Any Other Standard Breed) class, unless the show offers an American Game Class which is not common. The big difference here that the American Game typically does not have a spit breast while the Old English does. I have seen PH's with a spilt breast and without and in fact have shown against them and lost. I have seen a PH take the AOSB class and a PH also take more them a few American Game Classes.
I just had to took a look at Greenfire Famrs and he has some seriously nice birds, I hope you have a great hatch and wish you luck in the show world with your PH's! Good luck!
Thank you for you "2 cents" this is why I love the forum. The thing is I do have 3 children. 13, 12 & 7. MY DD (7 yr) LOVES her chickens. We leave the chicks in the house until Dad gets sick of the dust, because what else would you want to do but watch TV with a little peep on your lap! They will get plenty of handling and love. I am still leary of the dubbing but I remind myself that with our frigid winters, the boys combs will not freeze and therefore they will be happier.
They go in tomorrow-hoping for some of the lighter orange colored ones I think. Like a pumpkin in the sun.
Hi. PH are my favorite breed. I will try and post a picture of my main broodcock, Agincourt II, but not sure if it will show up as I'm not great with these boards.
The seller may be trying to reach more buyers by saying they are "not gamey"... and perhaps his aren't, but don't be fooled... you cant take several thousand years of genetics out in a couple generations. My PH do NOT play well with others. Now mind you, a game rooster is one of the friendliest birds around with people, and good to their hens, and sometimes will tolerate small bantie or really cowardly roosters that never challenge them... otherwise, forget it. If one of mine gets out they will kill themselves fighting through fence (die of exhaustion).
Love a game animal for what it IS. There is plenty to love.
Good luck with your hatch.
The seller may be trying to reach more buyers by saying they are "not gamey"... and perhaps his aren't, but don't be fooled... you cant take several thousand years of genetics out in a couple generations. My PH do NOT play well with others. Now mind you, a game rooster is one of the friendliest birds around with people, and good to their hens, and sometimes will tolerate small bantie or really cowardly roosters that never challenge them... otherwise, forget it. If one of mine gets out they will kill themselves fighting through fence (die of exhaustion).
Love a game animal for what it IS. There is plenty to love.
Good luck with your hatch.
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BoldogKennel - Wow! That is like the coloring I love. They are a magnificent bird. I will just have to get them their own little coop, I think it will be worth it. As far as fighting through the fence I have a pen of Speckled Sussex next to a pen a Australorps. They fought between the chain link and I had to put feed sacks between them!
My little banty Cochin Roo tried to mess with the big BA Roo too! Are you kidding! Little Boy Blue weighs in at maybe 2 lbs and Shadow is all of 12! So, breed does not always dictate their individual behavior. BOYS!
Good luck with your hatch.. And like I said I love my Greenfire pair, they are really beautiful and the tamest birds I have though no effort was put into taming them, it just came natural. And there are many others who say the Greenfire PHs arent gamey and thats what I am seeing too with mine, mine has recently started breeding hens now but he isnt agressive at all to the other roosters, he free ranges so he has access to see every rooster I have through the wire and he never bothers any of them and I let my phoenix out the other day and the PH roo was between me and the phoenix and the phoenix roo started running towards me wanting food and the PH roo got out of his way thinking he was coming after him. So hes a sissy to the other roos but he does try to flog the dog from behind when she walks by him but none of the chickens like this particular dog for some reason. They all do the same thing, if she walks by them too close they try to flog her from behind when she passes.
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Agreed My little Bantam Ginger Red Wyandotte roo seems to be the most aggressive to other roos, he was slamming hisself against the wire trying to fight a LF BLR Wyandotte roo through the fence. So it does seem to be the smallest birds that have the biggest attitudes.
Agreed My little Bantam Ginger Red Wyandotte roo seems to be the most aggressive to other roos, he was slamming hisself against the wire trying to fight a LF BLR Wyandotte roo through the fence. So it does seem to be the smallest birds that have the biggest attitudes.
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Rareroo - by summer I should be able to tell whats what with the new crew. Wish me luck please.
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