Show Off Your American Gamefowl and Chat Thread!!!

[roosterhavoc]

yes, I like em tho. the 2 bigger ones are with my sumatras

That's all that matters anyway. I'm just screwing around.

 

[artblueggwanter]

What are blackies?

I just call them blackies, I believe they are a hatch mix, they have a lil brown on their necks

 

[roosterhavoc]

 

[artblueggwanter]

nice, all cocks should have pea combs

 

[sdm111]

Havoc if you around I'm having a bbq and trimming party Saturday. And if I'm feeling froggy maybe some potato salad

 

[artblueggwanter]

I just love these mclane hatch this is my partners farm in Mississippi the old man told us he even has str8 comb hatch thay where so nice thay all had a little black on there face...

are these spangle?

 

[roosterhavoc]

Havoc if you around I'm having a bbq and trimming party Saturday. And if I'm feeling froggy maybe some potato salad

I'll be duck hunting. I gotta get on it soon though. It's starting to get a little cooler. Maybe I'll do a few this weekend.
I wanna see a video from your party

 

[artblueggwanter]

is that hen related to the lil blue legg-ed pullet I picked up from you?

 

[sdm111]

Will do. no hunting for me yet still too warm down here but at least I got to wear a flannel this morning for its warming value and not for the amazing stylishness of it.

 

[QueenMisha]

Hi there. Does anybody know of a straight forward guide to the different strains of gamefowls, e.g. Sweater, Hatch, Roundhead, etc., and of course smaller varieties within each bloodline, like McClean Hatches or Lacy Roundheads. In book form or online would be helpful. As I understand it the different varieties tend to have different body types, comb types, leg color, etc. I know there is a lot of outcrossing done among gamefowl so it's impossible to know exactly what a bird contains without having bred it yourself or knowing the original breeder, but I'd love to be able to better distinguish the types, even among crossbreeds.

Right now I've only got three American Gamefowl (I believe that correctly they would be called American Pit Games, as they are not from stock bred to the SOP), one grey ex-cockfighting bird with green legs (he's dubbed so not sure of comb type), one wheaten hen with blue legs and peacomb, and one BBRed hen with green legs and peacomb. Beautiful birds, no idea what strains they are though, another thing I'd like to find out. Once I have a proper coop built for them I hope to introduce more hens to the pen for hobby breeding with my grey male. I produced one stag from the grey/wheaten pair this spring, but it didn't make it more than couple months. Shame, it was pretty. I've always found myself enamored with oriental gamefowl, but ever since I aqcuired my three birds - the cock as a rescue, the wheaten hen as a companion for the cock, and the other hen found in someone's yard and given to me via a friend - I've found myself falling in love with the color, type, and personality of the birds, nevermind that their gameness makes keeping them rather complicated at times! Especially with the kind of attitude my wheaten hen has. She's just as game as the cock is. The BBRed hen not so much, but then again she doesn't lay 5 eggs a week like the Wheaten does either!

Also, can anyone help set me straight on the difference between Reds and Greys? I understand that Greys are physically a different color, but there also seems to be strains of Greys, like Law Greys or Regular Greys. Do Greys only come in these varieties? Can there be Greys of a traditionally red variety? Besides color, what makes a grey a grey?