Show Off Your American Gamefowl and Chat Thread!!!

[sdm111]

If memory serves me right the cock was red with dark penciling on chest and legs and the hen was lighter brown with whitish speckles

 

[centrarchid]

Lol you read my mind nmaybe that's what I'm seeing. Two particular families I was looking at the hens looked identical from pics. The cocks were totally different, one had a much darker face than I have ever seen on a redquill. All this based on pics as I have never seen one in person.

I have seen and had both but did not really have a handle on the difference other than it was. The dark (Gypsy face) I associated with birds that could also throw black offspring.

 

[sdm111]

Roundhead miner out sorry for the crappy pic

 

[roosterhavoc]

 

[maranfarmer563]

Centra had a unusual observation today, I have a pr of rat grave leipers,the was nestled under the cock to lay her egg. She meets him head on,slides between his legs with the spurs on her chest. This pair has been together 6 yrs.she repeated this position 4 times. The first time I broke them up feeding cabbage. The next time I was surprised to see them in the same position. After the egg was laid she returned to normal and went got a drink. Interesting behavior I'll pay more attention tomorrow

 

[centrarchid]

That is not too far off from what I sometimes see with the first egg laid in a nest. Before the hen uses a nest for the first time, the cock points it out and gets in and starts prepping the site to actually look like a nest. He makes all sorts of racket when doing such, enough you can hear from 100 yards away if you know what to listen for. Often times the hen has to almost push him of nest to lay that first egg. Your cock may be sitting tight when hen tries to push him off. Normally after that first egg the cock stays clear of the nest but i could see where cock confined might keep getting involved with egg deposition. Some of my free-range cocks would go with every hen to nest when she laid an egg.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Roundhead miner out sorry for the crappy pic

i still got a week to go before any chicks you got anymore hatched off?

 

[sdm111]

i still got a week to go before any chicks you got anymore hatched off?

Nah some pipped

 

[sdm111]

Nah some pipped

Cardinal club Kelso grey cross out

 

[roosterhavoc]

Man I got an incubator full. Your killing me. Won't be long and my basement will be covered in dust yet again!