Show Off Your Games!

[farmraised86]

I've never minded legs being a little long as long as they are strong I think of it like a boxers reach advantage lol

Took this on my BlackBerry Q10. Maybe not the best picture to show him off, but you get the idea.

'Sochi' is my Aussie Pit Game Bantam Rooster. He's got great feather, but I am thinking that maybe his legs are a wee bit too long. His girls have great legs, so, hopefully he throws some great sons.

He still isn't dubbed, obviously. I will get him checked, and if his legs are too long, I won't bother getting him dubbed. Then I'd have to wait for good offspring so I can win some shows (hopefully).

Any Pit breeders?

 

[Urucubaca]

I've never minded legs being a little long as long as they are strong I think of it like a boxers reach advantage lol

Me too, but I am only interested in breeding pure and close to the standard.

 

[sdm111]

Anything going on with regular american games? I'll be expanding my cockyard probably doubling the width to accommodate round grow out hardening pens for the ruble, miner, whitehackle, and Kelso stags. And moving the roundhead, miner and asil chicks outside. Should have a good hatch off broody hens next week and the week after then shutdown the hatching and get some eggs to some people in waiting.

 

[centrarchid]

I have about 50 chicks by 6 hens / pullets on the ground. Round two will be on ground before June 1. The poultry netting will be going up to keep juveniles out of cockyard and age groups separated.

 

[sdm111]

You incubate too or just broody hatch?

 

[centrarchid]

This year will be broody hatch of all except maybe 20 games. I incubate virtually all my American Dominiques this year but egg collection has not even started.

 

[sdm111]

Broodiness has been pretty much bred out of heritage breeds correct? That's what I've been told but I have never had any personally. Out of all my hens/pullets the greys are hands down the best mothers. The way I did it this year was pull eggs and incubate ( no greys just ate and sold those ) then when the grey hens decided to go broody on one or two eggs each jumped on the opportunity and stuck other eggs under them and it's working great. I think there's 8 or nine setting on from 8 to 20 eggs each and none are their own. Only 2 on 20 ea and their older hens so their all covered

 

[centrarchid]

I will not speak for heritage breeds beyond what I have. My American Dominique hens are kept only into their second year if they lay consistently for about 6 months and look like they should. Of those, only individuals that actually go broody in summer of second year are kept thereafter as brood hens. This makes to so they have capacity for broodiness but can still produce eggs at a descent rate. Hens that keep producing eggs well get to be used as breeders (although no longer broodies) for as long as they live. For me heritage breed status is lost once husbandry involved in their making stops. Same goes for another heritage breed; American Games.

 

[sdm111]

Taken a few days ago all Lloyd miners can't wait to see how they feather

 

[sdm111]

twins