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[Rocky64]

Could a game roo live with other Roos of different breeds or do they still attack the other roosters. I already have an Australop mix rooster, silkie rooster, and a medium sized cross-bred rooster, as well as assorted hens.

 

[flypen]

Could a game roo live with other Roos of different breeds or do they still attack the other roosters. I already have an Australop mix rooster, silkie rooster, and a medium sized cross-bred rooster, as well as assorted hens.

If its a true game, he will be dominant or die trying

 

[Rocky64]

If its a true game, he will be dominant or die trying

Looks like I'll only get a hen or two, for their reputation for being broody as well as good moms.

 

[JShubin]

Could a game roo live with other Roos of different breeds or do they still attack the other roosters. I already have an Australop mix rooster, silkie rooster, and a medium sized cross-bred rooster, as well as assorted hens.

If the other roosters are fast enough to stay away from him than you might have a chance. If they try to breed his hens then there will be problems.

 

[Rocky64]

Yeah, sounds like too much trouble to get some game roosters.

 

[JShubin]

Yeah, sounds like too much trouble to get some game roosters.

If you tie cord up the game rooster you could do it. Obviously I am an advocate for game roosters. They are a breed you can be proud of... True warrior class. Like Rocky Balboa the Italian Stalion. haha

 

[JShubin]

Who wouldnt want one of these beasts in the yard?!

 

[Rocky64]

Who wouldnt want one of these beasts in the yard?!

Don't get me wrong, I want some, however, I just can't get rid of my other roosters. Especially since I use the silkie rooster to father chicks to sell.

 

[Regular Guy]

Dang Suburbia is creeping in on your wild land. Next thing you know the yuppies will be complaining about noise and you'll lose your right to farm animals. It happened here in California. I am in one of the last towns in So Cal that is allowed to own farm animals, surrounded by suburbs and industry.

I need some layers, all I have is games. My wife hates that I have a million chickens but no eggs (during winter) (and spring and summer and fall cause I end up hatching all my eggs.) lol

So do you keep free range chickens as well? What do your neigbors think about "your" chickens?

The only way in or out of the new sub-division is from an entirely differnt area. They would have to walk through the woods to get to my house to complain. The smallest lot in my neighborhood is three acres and nobody complains out here. I have in the past let games free range till it was time to catch them up. I have a large open air pen for my laying hens. We have a lot of preditors out here and I have always lost games but the laying hens wouldn't stand a chance free ranging I don't think. It's just easier to keep them penned.

My pens are under a very large pole barn that has a roof but no walls. The pens themselves are made from regular yard fencing (huricane fence) eight feet high with a wire fence roof (under the pole barn roof). They have straw on the dirt floor (about the only way I'd keep chickens) and nice large weatherproof laying box with multiple single boxes I built. The pen is like 11' x 20' (my wife says it's too small lol) no walls, only a borded area in a corner to block some wind. Been keeping chickens like that for 20 + years and they do great. We have 'mild' winters but tonight it's supposed to be a low of eight degrees and windy. Never had sick chickens. Never had mites. Nothing. Stays mostly dry, but a strong wind will blow the rain in the pens on the outside where the walls would be, if there were walls, but most of it is always dry and never muddy.

I agree it probably wouldn't hurt to provide some artificial light, but I'd rather keep them as 'natural' as possible and I never needed to give them additional light. I usually do pretty good keeping laying hens that lay year round. I've kept quite a few breeds but those 'Cherry Eggers' what hatcheries call Rhode Island Reds, I would usually get around 10 eggs a day out of 14 hens throught the middle of winter on the shortest days, in one of those pens with no lights, and no coop really, for a good two years. I personally couldn't imagine not having chickens down on the dirt. I used to give eggs to my elderly neighbors before they moved back closer to town. Other than giving a few away, my wife and I eat them, mostly me and I feed them to the dogs, good protein.

If I ever lost to a yuppie and couldn't keep chickens I'd move further out in the country LOL

 

[Regular Guy]

That's one nice bird there! Green Legged Roundhead?