Show Off Your Games!

[hildar]

Lloyd miners under a grey. 4 for 4 100% hatch. 5 more hens to go and I'm done for the year

I love those streaks on the head. That is just so pretty for a baby.

 

[farmraised86]

I just sold my silver hen last night I have some of her eggs in the bator from her crossed with black berchin modern game but I still have a bb red hen I'd like to trade for something else but she's in with a grey/hatch now this is her she's puffed up in the pic because the roo just tagged her lol

I may try and get some of those Phoenix eggs from you next year. I have been wanting a Phoenix, even if it is mixed.

 

[farmraised86]

This is the thai hen I'm taking to the grey/hatch

 

[sdm111]

Miner chicks available st tammany parish louisiana local pick up or I'll meet you within reason . And yes mods their in the classifieds just lettin my homies know

 

[childressj]

Oh okay that'll be fine any guesses are appreciated, thank you!

People will tell you differently, but the truth is that the most accurate way to describe such a fowl is by its physical characteristics such a feather and shank color, comb type, approximate age, weight and any other distinguishing characteristics which might be genetically linked-the idea that the fowl in question is "game" is probably a reasonable assessment based on his size relative to other domesticated breeds and the absence of characteristics commonly seen in exhibition fowl. The names commonly used to describe breeds of gamefowl are not actually "breeds" with rare exceptions such as Joe Redmond Greys, Flarry eyed Greys and the like. Those can be called breeds because a breeder bred them to breed true and they have distinguishing characteristics. Other names based on breeders names were once relevant because fowl could actually trace some or all their ancestry to those breeders but fowl obtained from those highly successful breeders rarely bred true (came looking alike) and it has been a century since some of those breeders have gone to their reward. That allows for about 100 generations of chickens in the hands of breeders who primarily breed unrelated individuals. As a result, the notion that a lemon hackled cock with straight comb and slate shanks is a Hatch of some sort means absolutely nothing at all. It actually makes more sense to name a combination of characteristics by a name like "Regular Grey" (whatever that is) as opposed to Law Grey since Law might no longer recognize those fowl attributed to him. Do you know what you have to do to get a lemon hackled cock with straight comb and slate shanks? Nothing. All domesticated chicken's wild ancestor the Red Jungle Fowl has lemon hackles, straight comb and slate shanks (blue when young) so those are the appearance characteristics of the original domesticated chickens. Actually, finding those characteristics in game individuals/families with wild type colored hens (dark body with salmon breast) has proven difficult for me (cockers mostly prefer other shank colors evidently). Getting back to your grey cock- you don't want to know the only way to know if he is truly game. If you want to play with American Games, I suggest finding a cocker for a start but don't expect to find a "breed" at all. How many of you know a cocker who breeds a family of games that breed true (all the hens look like identical twins and so do the cocks)? Even the cocker may say he has Hatch or Kelso but you can be sure such a name means little if anything with respect to appearance OR origin. Cockers breed to win and could care less about color and most of us here now breed for a hobby with emphasis on appearance with no physical tests for our males. We have less incentive to associate our fowl with the names of the old timers and it makes more sense to refer to the former warriors by their appearance characteristics. Using the old timers names to refer to a particular combination of appearance characteristics may be convenient but generally is not consistent with the originals and the current fowl may not even be related to the fowl whose name they are associated simply due to some combination of appearance characteristics.

 

[hildar]

I just sold my silver hen last night I have some of her eggs in the bator from her crossed with black berchin modern game but I still have a bb red hen I'd like to trade for something else but she's in with a grey/hatch now this is her she's puffed up in the pic because the roo just tagged her lol

I am sort of taking it that the hens don't have long tails in the Phoenix breed. I have a 12 1/2 pound Delaware rooster if you need it

I am so culling him later this week. He is way to big for my girls. He can't even breed other then one of my RIR hens because he is so slow due to his size, the ladies out run him.

 

[hildar]

Miner chicks available st tammany parish louisiana local pick up or I'll meet you within reason . And yes mods their in the classifieds just lettin my homies know

Wish I lived closer, however even if I wanted to drive that far, my nerves couldn't hack that trip.

 

[farmraised86]

I am sort of taking it that the hens don't have long tails in the Phoenix breed. I have a 12 1/2 pound Delaware rooster if you need it I am so culling him later this week. He is way to big for my girls. He can't even breed other then one of my RIR hens because he is so slow due to his size, the ladies out run him.

tell you what take him to town and country and get store credit for him and use it on the jungle fowl or OEG chicks they have right now

 

[Blueface]

One of my straight regular hens hatched off.

 

[JShubin]

Look what I found in my nesting box this weekend...