Shamo, Asil or other fighting breeds as guard hens/rooster?

[CMV]

Fancy fighting breeds of chickens are going to do next to no good against most predators. The only way they may be good against a predator is by being the first one to get killed. Not a great long term plan. If you want to deter predators I would explore other options.

Good luck.

 

[stirkle]

Thanks guys

I know my hen, barbara, fought off my dog when she had a chick... and my dog is a hunting breed, flat coated retriever... So I guess it depends on the situation...

Anyways I still want a shamo, need to go for a hen because I refuse to get rid of alfonzo... I am convinced he would win shows...

But anyways thanks

 

[estheramelia]

When i first wanted chickens (maybe a few months ago) i wanted gamefowl. I searched high and low and finally found this obscure pure gamefowl breeding farm. They look authentic and have a wide arrange moprhs like Lacy Roundheads (my fav) and Rat Leipers. It's pretty expensive 100 dollars for 12 chicks or eggs, 200 for stags and 500 for trios, etc. Here: http://pinnonhatch.com/Gamefowl.html

 

[centrarchid]

When i first wanted chickens (maybe a few months ago) i wanted gamefowl. I searched high and low and finally found this obscure pure gamefowl breeding farm. They look authentic and have a wide arrange moprhs like Lacy Roundheads (my fav) and Rat Leipers. It's pretty expensive 100 dollars for 12 chicks or eggs, 200 for stags and 500 for trios, etc. Here: http://pinnonhatch.com/Gamefowl.html 

Folks you linked are from very close to me. They are serious in their methods or producing. Note the netting over the pens even when a rooster is present. Raptors they are concerned about will either beat rooster in the open or come in at night (Great-horned Owls). The roosters are good against a very particular threat, hawks going after their young.

My suggestion is you start with hatching eggs if from them and rear them under the most tame hen you have. Hand fed those birds taming the chicks further so you have exceptionally calm birds in your presence. That sets the stage for you knowing any alarm signals they produce are not about you and likely for real. Also even though you will have more than one rooster at hatch, do not get rid of all extras. Keep one back in a pen the free-range bird cannot get to for use as backup. Look seriously into how the second bird is housed to prevent them from getting together through wires.

 

[estheramelia]

Folks you linked are from very close to me. They are serious in their methods or producing. Note the netting over the pens even when a rooster is present. Raptors they are concerned about will either beat rooster in the open or come in at night (Great-horned Owls). The roosters are good against a very particular threat, hawks going after their young.

My suggestion is you start with hatching eggs if from them and rear them under the most tame hen you have. Hand fed those birds taming the chicks further so you have exceptionally calm birds in your presence. That sets the stage for you knowing any alarm signals they produce are not about you and likely for real. Also even though you will have more than one rooster at hatch, do not get rid of all extras. Keep one back in a pen the free-range bird cannot get to for use as backup. Look seriously into how the second bird is housed to prevent them from getting together through wires.

Thanks, but I'm not going to get them anymore. I feel like the roos are too small and am afraid a predator would have a easier time eating them : ( speed only works a quarter of the time, it all narrows down to power at the end.

 

[centrarchid]

You are about to get schooled!

 

[ReseisCL16]

I've heard that Aseel hens will fight with each other and other cocks of the same breed. Would a hen fight with a rooser of a different breed, say, a d'Uccle?