Show Off Your Games!

[BeefChicken]

He may be a little older but only a couple weeks. Has a longer tail and much more white under the saddle feathers.

 

[JShubin]

To say I'm new to these birds is an understatement! I have read just the basics. They are quarantined right now. I got them 2 days ago. I convinced the other interested buyer to let me have these since there were other cocks and these were paired which I really wanted. I have all kinds of chickens. Seramas, layers, bantams (mostly o.e. roosters) and now these. I could really use help. I don't want to "fight" them but I also don't want to ruin them by improper handling. I don't know what the previous handler did with them. They were probably less desired cocks and it is a fall batch of peeps but if/when I breed them, I'd like to maintain/recover all the game I can.

Pick the best ones and sell the rest. Size, healthy, strength, speed, flight ability are some of the things I select for. Dominance among siblings and being first to the food is something I look for during their daily life. Color traits are something I dont really pay attention to. (although I just started keeping my white gamefowl separate).

I dont fight mine either.....

But I used to be a boxer and sometimes used gloves to see if I was any good against my friends. Nobody got hurt, but it sure let you know who is toughest. Slow motion video helps too so I can see how well I punched compared to my friends.

 

[JShubin]

What about this one? As far as mama hens with peeps, what do I do? They are about 3 weeks old. How long before I take them or will leaving them with her till they NEED separated be best? Anyone recommend a book. Please no 'cocking for dummies' lol thanks

Has yellow legs.. looks like yellow leg hatch. but he is most likely a mix (like all American Gamefowl IMO)

 

[jonservidio]

What about this one? As far as mama hens with peeps, what do I do? They are about 3 weeks old. How long before I take them or will leaving them with her till they NEED separated be best? Anyone recommend a book. Please no 'cocking for dummies' lol thanks

that all depends on the birds. I leave them with the mum until she loses interest in them, when possible.
play it by ear, give them plenty of room.

 

[Bushmansbliss]

This American hen split my lip last brood for trying to get a little to close for a pic, she's one of my favorites.

Oriental/American hen, she'll probably keep her chicks until they're her size. She hatched the eggs with her mother and sister sitting on the same nest.

 

[tepaw 13]

Mclean hatch hen

 

[tepaw 13]

I bred my mclain hatch to a blue cochin and got these two. There 2 months

 

[JShubin]

I bred my mclain hatch to a blue cochin and got these two. There 2 months

random crossbreed.

The hen looks good

 

[JShubin]

This American hen split my lip last brood for trying to get a little to close for a pic, she's one of my favorites.

Oriental/American hen, she'll probably keep her chicks until they're her size. She hatched the eggs with her mother and sister sitting on the same nest.

Thats funny. I heard orientals werent the best for brood, but maybe halfbreeds are really good at it. those are really old chicks.

 

[tepaw 13]

Hen