Real Breed or a Scam?

[wickedhens]

I have a friend who wants to buy a rooster she has been told its a real breed and I believe it is a very sick chicken and think its a scam who can tell me if its true or not?

 

[Wyandottes7]

I don't know exactly what breed it is. However, I've seen photos of chickens that look like it before, and I think it may actually exist. I believe that it is some sort of Chinese or Japanese breed.

 

[wickedhens]

This is the 1st time I have seen it, I have been trying to google more pictures of it but not finding anything

I just don't want her to buy something like this and then it be sick

 

[AtlantisPeeps]

I don't think it is... It looks like some type of genetic defect. Chickens feet shouldn't be that... Bulbous...

 

[wickedhens]

Found them its a Ga Dong Tao and from what I have read they are rare in Vietnam so they would possibly not be in the US?

 

[aatx]

Google Ga Ho Chickens.

 

[Frizzlett98]

It looks awful! Lol. Never seen that before.

 

[Michael OShay]

I have a friend who wants to buy a rooster she has been told its a real breed and I believe it is a very sick chicken and think its a scam who can tell me if its true or not?

It is a genuine breed from Vietnam known as a Dong Tao or Ga Ho chicken. BYC has an entire thread on them at https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/354589/dong-tao-or-ga-ho.

 

[Michael OShay]

It is a genuine breed from Vietnam known as a Dong Tao or Ga Ho chicken. BYC has an entire thread on them at https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/354589/dong-tao-or-ga-ho.

P.S. I don't personally understand why anyone would want a chicken that ugly, but then I feel the same way about Turkens, so obviously beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Tell your friend to check out the article on Dong Tao at http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/society/91272/-2-500-for-a-pair-of-dong-tao-chickens.html. If you wants them, they cost $2,200 to $2,00 a pair. (

 

[Chris09]

Found them its a Ga Dong Tao and from what I have read they are rare in Vietnam so they would possibly not be in the US?

You will not find true Ga Ho outside Vietnam, if I remember right they are one of the breeds protected by there government.