Show Off Your Games!

[saladin]

also keep a journal of your matings, chicks and hatch dates. when you get old, you won't remember.

Heck, I don't think you'll remember in 6 months.

 

[JShubin]

also keep a journal of your matings, chicks and hatch dates. when you get old, you won't remember.

I think this is the most important. The mating and hatch dates.

Toe punching sounds good if I had a whole bunch of chicks.... but for me, after they are born it is easy to keep track of them. Its the mating process that I need better control over. I need to single mate so that way I know who both parents are. I am at work all day so I dont get to see where the hens lay there eggs or which ones share nests.

I'd also like to keep a photo record as well to aid in the mating diagrams. It would be advantageous to keep weight and other measurements/traits on record too.

 

[JShubin]

Some of my up and coming youngsters...

Very healthy looking birds! I love the shape of their heads.

A lot of them look the same... are they pictures of the same chick (except the last one obviously)? Or is each picture a different chick?

 

[Sarplaninec]

I don't own any Game poultry but I do have other breeds, wyndotte,Marans,B.Rocks,RiR.Seabrights,and some more with a few roosters.My chickens roam free throughout the day. One day a falcon comes down and locks onto my Brahama hen and trys to lift it. Problem is the Brahama is bigger than the Falcon and I would say heavier. All the rooster and hens instantly run into the coop. I being from Europe…we had a bunch of cross,but good sized. Those rooster in Europe would instantly attack any wild bird if it tried to lift or do anything to the hens.

My question is has anyone had any experience with the Game roosters attacking falcons or any wild birds,since they were bred for Game..I thought I ask?

 

[JShubin]

I don't own any Game poultry but I do have other breeds, wyndotte,Marans,B.Rocks,RiR.Seabrights,and some more with a few roosters.My chickens roam free throughout the day. One day a falcon comes down and locks onto my Brahama hen and trys to lift it. Problem is the Brahama is bigger than the Falcon and I would say heavier. All the rooster and hens instantly run into the coop. I being from Europe…we had a bunch of cross,but good sized. Those rooster in Europe would instantly attack any wild bird if it tried to lift or do anything to the hens.

My question is has anyone had any experience with the Game roosters attacking falcons or any wild birds,since they were bred for Game..I thought I ask?

All the chicks hide under bushes and all the full grown chickens stand around erect and make a bunch of noise.

But my mother hens chase hawks all the time. I have hens that fly as high as our two story house chasing and attacking hawks/falcons in mid air. They only do this when the hawk has a chick in its clutches. Never had any hawks attack a full grown chicken tho. We have Redtail hawks here that are probably capable of that but they dont

My roosters make a bunch of noise but they dont attack the hawk (not that I have seen).

 

[Penny Hen]

Some of my up and coming youngsters...

Are these Bantam Modern Game?

 

[JShubin]

I don't own any Game poultry but I do have other breeds, wyndotte,Marans,B.Rocks,RiR.Seabrights,and some more with a few roosters.My chickens roam free throughout the day. One day a falcon comes down and locks onto my Brahama hen and trys to lift it. Problem is the Brahama is bigger than the Falcon and I would say heavier. All the rooster and hens instantly run into the coop. I being from Europe…we had a bunch of cross,but good sized. Those rooster in Europe would instantly attack any wild bird if it tried to lift or do anything to the hens.

My question is has anyone had any experience with the Game roosters attacking falcons or any wild birds,since they were bred for Game..I thought I ask?

I also have a pet crow... The stags and pullets are afraid of the crow because he dive bombs on them.. The full grown hens try to kill him with the most furious intent. He has gotten into pretty good fights with them but he mostly runs from them.

The older roosters actually try to befriend the crow in a very unusual manner. They dont treat the crow like a hen, rooster or even an enemy. They have a weird bond where the roosters and crow will take turns drinking water from the same dish; the roosters hunch over and they lock eyes with eachother and the roosters make a funny whining sound (they do this for a few minutes or so).. I have never seen the roosters try to attack or mate the crow. I will try to get a video of this "courtship" and post it.....

Here is "Corvert" my 9 month old crow.

 

[cgmccary]

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FWIW, I let game hens hatch and raise my Buckeye chicks free range; I keep the game hens for this purpose because they are very protective and make great mothers. A few months ago I was in one of my coops, which on the morning sun side, has one of those sun screens where I can see out . . . but more difficult to see in.

I had just let the coop out and it is where this particular game hen takes her chicks when she has them (otherwise she roosts high in a cedar tree unless it is raining & I notice she goes in the coop with the Buckeye and La fleche hens). When I open the door, the hens fly out, run out in mass. The mother hen headed out to the pasture with her chicks. I heard her scream and looked up to see a hawk in a dive for the chicks. I saw the game hen fly up and meet the hawk as it dove in. She hit the diving hawk in the air. The hawk was larger than the game hen (she is a Brown-Red). The hen's mid-air strike knocked the hawk off course and the chicks scattered. The hen went after the hawk and flew up in the air after it as it took off. I thought the hawk had gotten a chick, it was that close. Upon counting them, I found all were accounted for. It all happened in a split second, and I wondered how many times it happened when I was not there to witness it. This particular hen has never lost a chick.

At a game breeder's house, my brother tells me he witnessed a Red Tailed Hawk dive after a game hen who ran close enough to a tethered game rooster. The rooster hit the hawk and killed it with one lick.

I have also seen my Buckeye rooster bolt after a Cooper's Hawk on the ground which was pursuing a hen and chase it off. Of course, in this case, the Buckeye rooster was much larger than the hawk.

 

[prariechiken]

Had a Law grey rooster fly up to meet diving hawks who were after a hen they had already wounded. He would pace back and forth by her and then fly up to meet the hawks as they made dives. Was the coolest thing to witness. Seen a momma hen attack a fox and give her life to save her clutch. Found an old Roundhead brood cock helping cover chicks on a cold rainy night. Everyone should raise a gamefowl at least once... only thing is raising them once will hook you for life

 

[neugene]

Very healthy looking birds! I love the shape of their heads.

A lot of them look the same... are they pictures of the same chick (except the last one obviously)? Or is each picture a different chick?

The pics of dark chicks are of two different birds if you look at the tail feathers of the two you will notice the difference..they are siblings of a Crossed line that im am working on..Getting mostly Blue Duckwing colors out of the Parents very happy about that...