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[SOHC-FTW]

Couldn't honestly say where they originated I wasn't there all hear say, but I can say real Gamefowl resides right here in many of the backyards of the good ol USA.

 

[artblueggwanter]

Couldn't honestly say where they originated I wasn't there all hear say, but I can say real Gamefowl resides right here in many of the backyards of the good ol USA.

 

[JShubin]

isn't asia where all games originated a long long time ago?

i think I remember reading about that. The original Red jungle fowl are from that area and spread from there. not sure specifically about gamefowl though.

 

[centrarchid]

i think I remember reading about that. The original Red jungle fowl are from that area and spread from there. not sure specifically about gamefowl though.

Initial domestication leading to domestic chicken involved hybridization between Red Jungle Fowl and Grey Jungle resulting in a population that was 85% Red and 15% Grey. Note native ranges linked below. More likely than not, the hybridization event(s) occured where the two species had overlapping ranges (India and Pakistan). Bankovid type gamefowl are likely the closest approximation to that original domestic population. The oriental (Aseel looking) class, despite being reputed by some to be older, have a lot of mutations that make their development from Bankovid types more likely / parsimonious.


Red Jungle Fowl Range Map
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_junglefowl#/media/File:Gallus_gallus_map.jpg

Grey Jungle Fowl Range Map
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_junglefowl#/media/File:GallusSonneratiiMap.png

 

[SOHC-FTW]

America!

 

[JShubin]

 

[artblueggwanter]

Initial domestication leading to domestic chicken involved hybridization between Red Jungle Fowl and Grey Jungle resulting in a population that was 85% Red and 15% Grey. Note native ranges linked below. More likely than not, the hybridization event(s) occured where the two species had overlapping ranges (India and Pakistan). Bankovid type gamefowl are likely the closest approximation to that original domestic population. The oriental (Aseel looking) class, despite being reputed by some to be older, have a lot of mutations that make their development from Bankovid types more likely / parsimonious.


Red Jungle Fowl Range Map
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_junglefowl#/media/File:Gallus_gallus_map.jpg

Grey Jungle Fowl Range Map
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_junglefowl#/media/File:GallusSonneratiiMap.png

 

[artblueggwanter]

doesn't this kinda make sense? also where the first games came out of, a testament to the impact humans have on our domesticated fowl. I love all game fowl!

 

[artblueggwanter]

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[roosterhavoc]

Straight oriental gamefowl are ugly as sin.