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[upthecreek]

Shamos or Brazilians ?? they are very nice birds !!!




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[chiclet]

I had a OEGB rooster (2 of them) that i had to get rid of, because i live in the city. I took them to a friends farm when they were 12 weeks old, and left them with their flock of 25 chickens. When i went back to visit my friend, 2 weeks later, i found 1 of the roosters living in the barn, with the goats, but no other chickens. When he saw me, he came right over, and practically jumped in my arms! He continued to follow me around the farm, even into the house all weekend. I guess he just couldn't relate to the other chickens. Chose to roost in the barn rafters by himself.
I'm so sorry i had to leave him there. His crowing would have ruined it for the rest of the flock, since my town doesn't allow chickens anyways...

Kim He sleeping with the hens, in the backyard.

 

[Lollipop]

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I`m guessing Thai, but that blue in the center pic looks a lot like a Blue Brazilian I once had. The top bird looks like he is or has some Shamo in him. Great looking birds........Pop

 

[Lollipop]

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Hey Pop, Took these while rushing through chores yesterday, you might suspect photography is not my calling? Also snagged one of the group. I bought these as hatching eggs from a fellow up in the Sugar Cane region of Central Fl. Saw the add on ebay, he sent 7 eggs and all seven hatched. One had a deformed leg and was culled as a chick. The others 2 males and 4 females, the one stag in the pics and one that lost an eye in an early fight in my outside brooder, I got home it was raining and they where at it. He is running with the layers for now, I figure once he turns on and puts some of my free ranging flock roos in their place he will get a pen an maybe some girls to keep him company. It is funny as a boy I remember that most if no all of Grandpa’s best cocks (the breeders) where one eyed or even blind? I took a group shot of the intact stag and the 4 hens, one of those girls is looking clearly larger and stands more erect. I am guessing she is a keeper? I have one promised to a family friend who also keeps fowl, (Spanish are his preference).

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I was trying to see the color of the eyes, but nice looking fowl, anyway. It`ll be interresting to see what they look like at about 18 months.......Pop​

 

[miss heny]

so do you think my gals are game?

 

[DTchickens]

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The Asil used in him, is not pure Asil.. I, and the person who Cicene got the chick from know it is not of the real Asil type.. But he calls them what the man he got the parents from calls it, and really the blood it has is Blueface hatch, whitehackle (small touch) and Asil... I can't remember the percentage, but is supposed to be primarily Blueface hatch crossed with Asil.. One of them, had a touch of whitehackle but I cannot remember which. The Asil used, does show some Asil features.. But resembles the type of a Hamlin Asil.

-Daniel


The bird is straight comb, his parents were.. And his grandparents too (the Asil/Blueface hatch hen). But it is still possible, for them to throw pea combs. Or should be I believe.

 

[Chief]

Here's a recent pic of my Asil chicks. I'm out of town now and my wife just sent me this. I asked her to get one that shows their bodies. So far I'm very pleased with them.

 

[Lollipop]

Good lookin birds, Chief. Dunno if you`ve raised Asils before, but I thought I would mention it anyway. Asils are pretty hard to raise, the reason being, they have a nasty reputation for going berserk at the least opportune time, like when you`re out of town, or on a short trip to the store. Seems they get started in a simple chick fight and, because of their strength and verasity, they end up in mortal combat with broken wings, legs, even necks. Sometimes this happens before they are fully feathered and pullets are as bad about fighting as stags, even when raised together. Just thought I would mention it..........Pop

 

[Chief]

Thanks POP, I have heard that about them. I finally found a place in NC. So they'll just have to get along with out me for another 2 weeks then we'll make the move. I have them in a 8' X 16' run that is 8' high. 24' of roost in there and so far they have gotten along pretty well. I have also been told that once you separate them It's next to impossible to reintroduce them. So I'm hoping to be able to let them develop together until I can choose which male bird will stay with the hens. I know the winters in NC will be much cooler than Florida, should I worry more about the Asil in the winter. Or are they about the same as American breeds in the winter?

 

[Lollipop]

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I think they are about the same as other chickens, as far as the cold is concerned. Last winter was the second winter for mine to be in GA and I had them in open pens with no wind block provision for the first part of the winter. It was very cold and I had an old cock that suffered frostbite on his legs and finally died in spite of all I could do for him. It`s a good idea to have a draftproof coop to prevent that happening to yours as NC winters are worse than here.

All the stags will need their own pen shortly. They will never get along, once it starts. Most of the time mine were free range in FL for the first few months and they would start fighting, one pair at a time, causing me to seperate the aggressor. Eventually all the stags had their own pen and, pehaps a pullet. When they start, the best you can hope for is strawberry heads. Sometimes they even kill each other and that as chicks. Like I said, not easy birds to raise. hope they stay cool til you get settled, but I would be very skepticle. One method I used, quite successfully, was to put them all in a large pen and put a mature cock in to police them. the idea is that, if anyone is gonna kick butt, it`s gonna be the cock. Worked pretty good most of the time, up to about 6-7 months of age, sometimes. I`ve got a brood cock now that is named "Popeye" cause he got his eye slapped out for sassing the old cock. Good luck with everything.........Pop