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[centrarchid]

Looking through the forums and this thread has been really helpful but I'm still wondering how do people find out what the breeds and strains of specific gamefowl are supposed to look and act like? Is there a common resource?

If you have a strain name in mind, then do a google search. I have done it many times. he problem I have seen is that the writings are more along the lines of being anecdotal with information of limited value outside the pit.

 

[SunnysideFowl]

If you have a strain name in mind, then do a google search. I have done it many times. he problem I have seen is that the writings are more along the lines of being anecdotal with information of limited value outside the pit.

That's what I have been doing. I'm trying to do my best to make sure that what i have is what it's supposed to be. Sometimes i think I've got it right then other times i find conflicting information. Plus it's like some say game you can pretty much call it what you want (color wise not specific strain as that would be deceitful) then others will fight about how something doesn't have the right this or that, but where does the "this is right" information come from lol.

 

[centrarchid]

To put things in perspective, it took us years to find out what we have even though we had them much longer than we even knew to look. Our grandfather got a series of cocks from a war buddy where details of that had to be related to us a good 70 later by a guy that barely knew our grandfather. From that we had to chase down several names that referred to same original strain as it was busted up into different hands. The you got the problem owing truth about who actually got into breeding pens. The only thing I would trust is to get some DNA samples from originals in hands of developer and create clones, if that where practical or possible at this time.

 

[centrarchid]

What do you think you have and can you post quality pictures?

 

[sdm111]

Looking through the forums and this thread has been really helpful but I'm still wondering how do people find out what the breeds and strains of specific gamefowl are supposed to look and act like? Is there a common resource?

Imo with games there's not a "standard" but there are traits to look for and expect with certain breeds. Some "traits" are more lenient whereas others there's no exceptions it's got to be but more than likely someone somewhere crossed something into a breed so every now and then it can throw a different color than expected (throwback). Like I had a family of hatch that threw one with a pumpkin tail (fire bird too). Someone will cross something into a breed then cross it out to keep the original colors but adding fresh blood for vigor.
All that to say other than a few concrete traits a breed has to have , you really don't know what you have you have to trust the breeders word.

 

[hillbilly91]

this is some more of my new family of pure red quill. Out of this family I have 2stags and 4pullets. None are for sale at this time but I will have a small select few for sell next breeding season.

 

[SunnysideFowl]

The perspective does help a lot. I'll try to get some good pics of what i got this week. I posted the warhorse before and he checked out. Im pretty confident about the speeder grey pair, the pumpkin cock, and sid taylor pair. Ive got a round head hen, pair of butchers, spangled hatch hen, and pair of brown reds that im not as clear about.

If im learning correctly hatch sounds like its used more for crosses. The brown reds ihave in particular i thought was color based, not strain but someone pointed out the cock has white legs so he cant be brown red. I cant figure out what the butcher and roundhead particularly hens should look like. Leg color seems pretty important.

 

[sdm111]

Hatch are good crossed very powerful but usually they're too hot headed pure as in they put themselves in the position to be beat cause they don't think unlike a roundhead or Albany. You wanna see some grace in action you'll find it in a good roundhead or Albany but they're not real strong they're "cutters" so cross a hatch cock over a roundhead hen and see how the offspring do. If you like a certain 50/50 cross always use pure broodfowl to make them cause you'll keep the vigor of the fresh blood of crossing the 2. That's the very basics it gets complicated with infusing and outcrossing but thats a start

Roundhead

 

[roosterhavoc]

 

[sdm111]

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I thought you traded in all the chickens for ducks.