Show Off Your American Gamefowl and Chat Thread!!!

[JShubin]

This found when looking up something on a egg producer reared in the the Israel / Palestine area. If correct then, the Old English Game / bankavoid look is older than the Asian / Aseel look since the latter may not have originated in India / Pakistan as many think. In my way of thinking, the bankavoid type would be the older as has fewer changes from the jungle fowl look.

https://www.researchgate.net/public...pulations_Estimated_by_Microsatellite_Markers

Neat... Seems they had a Wild type fighting breed, but dont have it anymore.. They mentioned Iranian Lari gamefowl which is Oriental looking and rumpless gamefowl from there as well.

Mentioned Scythia and Russia as possibly ports of moving early game types (I am guessing because the author is Russian, Romanov (same last name as the last Czar), but doesn't mention how this related to the genetic experiment of the domestic breeds they have today. Probably more related to how the rest of the world got games from the Iranians.

 

[frank lee]

Look cool. Very similar to how I breed my hatchs... He has a little more orange in hackle than mine. Is he a new American Game you acquired? 

bred him last year from a pair ive had for ages hes so small tho hes 10 months old now

 

[JShubin]

bred him last year from a pair ive had for ages hes so small tho hes 10 months old now

Did you want them small? Were the parents small?

I tend to avoid breeding small because its hard to breed bigger once you go small.

 

[frank lee]

the parents are decent size birds hes just came out bantam sized, hes been running about and that, just hasnt grown.

 

[JShubin]

the parents are decent size birds hes just came out bantam sized, hes been running about and that, just hasnt grown.

interesting... sometimes early sickness will stunt growth. Or you mixed up your eggs somewhere... haha (any bantam hens on the yard?)

 

[frank lee]

probarbly stumped, haha no bantams here mate well now i have anyway

 

[JShubin]

@centrarchid

From same author...

"novel whole genome sequence information from 21 avian genome sequences (most newly assembled) made available on an interactive browser (Evolution Highway) was analyzed... Of the species analyzed, the chicken lineage appeared to have undergone the fewest changes compared to the dinosaur ancestor."

https://www.researchgate.net/public...closely_resembles_the_dinosaur_avian_ancestor

 

[TalkBahk2Me]

Just letting you all know, in case you didn't get the memo

Did you see BYC is moving? Change starts tomorrow morning. Post #241 here:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1172392/bycs-software-conversion-discussion-information

 

[JShubin]

Crazy thunderstorms, hail and rain this weekend. April flowers brings May showers?

 

[JShubin]

Gone brood