Show Off Your Games!

[sdm111]

I'm not the person to comment on spangling I never really liked them. I had a ruble hatch stag come out spangled but I culled him

 

[centrarchid]

I'm not the person to comment on spangling I never really liked them. I had a ruble hatch stag come out spangled but I culled him

Is there a health issue associated with it, or they somehow weaker. My uncle used to have issue with birds with white on streamers or wings (unless grey). I remember seeing Kelsos at "shows" with lots of white and they tended to suffer broken wings and legs a lot. Feathers looked bad so may have been more a husbandry issue.

 

[sdm111]

Not that I'm aware of it's just personal preference. Being weak prolly had more to do with breeding like bred too tight.

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

Those are not true games darn it.

Couldn't that be said of any American-bred game lineages, where theoretically they shouldn't have been used for what is now illegal activities for several chicken generations now? I could see the argument that OEGBs have been removed from the pit far longer than American lines have. But if closeness of the pit becomes the definition of what is and isn't a real "game" fowl, then any arbitrary number given to how long its been since a bloodline was last used for fighting is going to eventually make American-bred birds either non-game or complicate in nefarious activities.

If individual drive is the measure, how do you know how gamey my little self blue rooster is?

 

[centrarchid]

Do you have access to American Game Bantams? If you can, then get a couple to see how they compare to OEGB's in terms of looks and behavior without even considering gameness.

 

[centrarchid]

Looks like I may be gifted a Hennie stag. Never had a Hennie of my own. Will be fun to play with.

 

[centrarchid]

Everyone needs to see a chicken in flight once in a while. I have got to get a real camera for this stuff. The hen was gliding most of the distance. When they do it without snow, I have a hard time tracking them in the view screen.

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

Some of you folks breeding games and games x Red Jungle fowl might be seeing what I can get to happen regularly, namely broody roosters. See link I have on it from a few years back.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/what-to-look-for-in-a-broody-rooster.882368/

I am going to do an experiment this breeding season to see how far they will go with it.

Any of you seen roosters really get involved rearing chicks / juveniles or otherwise helping broody hen out?

 

[centrarchid]

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What does he do with that chick during the day? Does chick hang with him of the hen during the day?

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

What does he do with that chick during the day? Does chick hang with him of the hen during the day?

He does, but its hard to judge that behavior. He hangs with all 11 chicks and the 2 hens that communally raise them (only one hatched them) but also hangs with the other wild type game hens too. They have always sequestered themselves as a flock from the 12 domestic layers. That’s why Hei Hei doesn’t breed my layers. He shuns them and only seems attracted to hens of his own type. He roosts with them at night but during the day he keeps his game hens in a group away from the others. As where the others spread out over the area, the games stay a tight knit flock. He will call the chicks over to get food like he would one of his hens. I’ve also seen him run the layers away from the bitties.

This is the second time I’ve seen him keep a bitty under his wings. First time I figured it was a fluke.