Show Off Your American Gamefowl and Chat Thread!!!

[1cock2hens]

yeah I saw some inexpensive basic ones then i saw some really pricy ones, I would rather not waste my money on something that just doesnt work, i think it would be worth the peace of mind plus, I had some very random stuff go missing and i think i know the POS who is behind it I just need proof.

 

[flypen]

yeah I saw some inexpensive basic ones then i saw some really pricy ones, I would rather not waste my money on something that just doesnt work, i think it would be worth the peace of mind plus, I had some very random stuff go missing and i think i know the POS who is behind it I just need proof.

Spy point, wildgame inivations, Moultrie, and Browning all make good cameras. Choose one with at least 75-80 feet of flash range and a NO GLOW or black out flash, make sure it's out of plane sight (hidden) so they don't steal it to. With the no glow feature they'll never see a flash. And get a extra SD card

 

[centrarchid]

I don’t know that I would want roosters wasting feed growing in hen feathers. When my birds molt they lose they’re cape feathers and grow in normal rooster cape feathers behind them. I think that is something that has been bred out of them over the years and yours are part duck.

Think about gamefowl "showing" season starting in late fall after molting completed and ending in late spring when it gets hot. How would eclipse molt interfere with that in gamefowl? What other selective pressures operate against an eclipse molt? I think that whatever the selection pressures are that have operated against the eclipse molt also operate in ornamental and production breeds which lack an eclipse molt.

 

[B123]

Lol he is very easy to handle and easy on my hens too

Those are the best to have around! I didn't expect anything less!

 

[roosterhavoc]

Think about gamefowl "showing" season starting in late fall after molting completed and ending in late spring when it gets hot. How would eclipse molt interfere with that in gamefowl? What other selective pressures operate against an eclipse molt? I think that whatever the selection pressures are that have operated against the eclipse molt also operate in ornamental and production breeds which lack an eclipse molt.

I can’t imagine a bird who’s genetics make them grow in soft webby feathers just to lose them within weeks then continue to grow in stiff rooster hackles will have as thick a protective cape by the time he’s done molting. I could be wrong though. I’ve never seen it though.

 

[roosterhavoc]

I do find it interesting how some birds molt and you can barely even tell. They might not drop the whole tail at once, maybe a feather at a time. While others end up with no tail and barely any cape. Saddle feathers almost always replace each other immediately.

 

[centrarchid]

Look closer at your birds hackles to see if new hackles not coming in. They may not be black or black tipped. From what I can see, the breeding hackles do not provide protection in better than those of a hen, rather they are for display advertising ability to grow and carry them around.

 

[centrarchid]

My birds are easy to tell when molting as sunlight degrades color long before feathers shed. Even free-range birds in shaded areas easy to read. Wheaten and black birds might be tougher. As for replacement pattern, all of my adult games started swapping out wing feathers back in April and will not be done until November making so they are in molt for nearly half of year.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Look closer at your birds hackles to see if new hackles not coming in. They may not be black or black tipped. From what I can see, the breeding hackles do not provide protection in better than those of a hen, rather they are for display advertising ability to grow and carry them around.

Rooster capes absolutely do provide better protection compared to a hens. Hen capes have nowhere near the density of feathers as a rooster cape. The barbs of rooster feathers when laid on top of each other provide an almost impenetrable surface.

 

[centrarchid]

What do they provide protection from? Push a spur through them once and see if the resist penetration. To my eye the hackles are more for display. Areas damaged in combat are body and head when spurs and wings natural.