Show Off Your Games!

[Md Whitehackle]

i just dont have the room or time to devote to them so im going to go down to 1 pair or if i sell them all down to none with fishing in my tournaments one week out of every month and shooting every other week then working 12 hours a day i dont have the time and it just sucks because im on the best fowl i have ever had

 

[triple m maze]

Triple M Kelso from AL.

 

[centrarchid]

This pullet is the product of crossing two lines followed by close breeding for two generations. Her grandsire himself was a cross between a battle cross cock and a brood hen from one of the lines used to create the grandsire. The great granddam looks most like a Mug which is the source of the patrterns in the feathers on the back. The great grandsire side likely had what is called recessive wheaten that was masked by something the the great granddam did not carry. The recessive wheaton makes for the light base coloration. She represents an allelic combination I have not seen for 30 years.


She does not represent core lines of interest but is being used to produce chicks out of season for work. Normally I do not produce for hatching eggs this time of year with games so do nutrition not optimal for such a low number of hens in lay. When so pushed with current diet I get these monster combs that shrink back down to normal with proper diet or free-range foraging depending on situation. She is a little rough in feather from display cock kept with her.

Getting a little help from below on this pic.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Looks like a run of the mill low station hen to me

 

[roosterhavoc]

Haha just joking. Nice hen

 

[gamelife]

Triple M Kelso from AL.

Magnificent!
Cardinal Club?

 

[sdm111]

This pullet is the product of crossing two lines followed by close breeding for two generations. Her grandsire himself was a cross between a battle cross cock and a brood hen from one of the lines used to create the grandsire. The great granddam looks most like a Mug which is the source of the patrterns in the feathers on the back. The great grandsire side likely had what is called recessive wheaten that was masked by something the the great granddam did not carry. The recessive wheaton makes for the light base coloration. She represents an allelic combination I have not seen for 30 years.


She does not represent core lines of interest but is being used to produce chicks out of season for work. Normally I do not produce for hatching eggs this time of year with games so do nutrition not optimal for such a low number of hens in lay. When so pushed with current diet I get these monster combs that shrink back down to normal with proper diet or free-range foraging depending on situation. She is a little rough in feather from display cock kept with her.

Getting a little help from below on this pic.

merry Christmas to me! Thanks

 

[JShubin]

 

[JShubin]

 

[centrarchid]

Here are some key birds to my breeding efforts which is still in the line-breeding phase. This effort involves three distinct lines (A, B and C) as well as another (D) used to explore genetic basis color. A and C are hen based in generation two (not 3) of back-crossing while B is cock based and in generation 3. Hen based is proceeding slower because allowing males to become cock before final selection made. Each generation I cull a good 80% of birds hatched that year although with hen lines a second last minute culling occurs right before breeding pens are armed.

Line A Hen. From large size line. When I got her I did not know what I had until brother explained breeding records so I put her at risk for two years before getting serious with her.

Line B Cock. Been though hell and back. Small size line.

Line C Hen

Cock Line A x B F2 to be bred to Line A Hen next spring. Pushing 6 lbs

Cock Line A x D F3 to be bred to Lina A hen next spring.

Pullet Line B x C F3 to be bred to Line B Cock next spring (two full-sisters just like her) average lighter and smaller

Pullet Line B x A F3 to be bred to Line B Cock next spring (two full-sisters just like her) average darker and larger

Cock Line C x B F2 to be bred to Line C hen next spring. He is about 5 lb 10 oz. Other sub-line line based on a D cock was terminated.

Free-ranging Line A x B F2 cock illustrating some of my photography challenges on walks. My ground is not always well mowed.

I do not have Shubins skill with a camera or pretty colors but I do have objectives and plans on how to reach them. It takes time and a lot of expense. Next winter I will be keeping 10 pairs from line B (not C) that will all be put out on walks. That is when everything will get real pricey when stags are brought back in. Lines A and C will likely be staggered in coming years to spread out expense.