I've always been fascinated with the few pictures and what little I have read about the China Games- Anybody on here have personal experience with them or have them now- Would love to see some pics and hear what you have to say about them- Wayne in Tennessee
Any input on this bird. I was told he was 1/4 Aseel, 3/4 Hmong. I am new to game birds and was given 15 of these as chicks last spring. This bird was about 6 months old at the time of this picture. He had just fought off an owl attack the night before and is missing alot of tail feathers. I really like these birds. They free ranged all summer and winter at my house. I made the mistake of moving the tractor I was using for them while they were out of it and was never able to get them to roost inside it again. After losing most of them to the owl I rehomed this one and several pullets. I now have 30 eggs from this line in my bator and would like to get some input. The hens are all black and have black legs with yellow feet the cocks also have black legs and yellow feet. From looking at the pictures here I havnt seen any birds that look like them, are they just mutts? I really don't care if they are, they are really nice birds and I never had an issue with the stags toward my family (which is more than I can say for some of my laying breeds in the past).
Don't know anything about them but they are really nice looking birds, would like to see more pics with different angles and detail about them, both cock and hen. Would be interested to know if they breed true to type and color. JMO Lynn
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For him to be 1/4 Asil, 3/4 Hmong, technically he is indeed a mutt, but he's still a very nice bird, and does look like the claimed parentage.
There aren't many photos of crosses out there, especially with common orientals and uncommon games, so that would be the reason he would seem like a "mutt" or not a common gamebird.
Love that Asil stag. Also LOVE your uncommon assortment of breeds there. . . Who else would have a random splash Silkie wandering around with a Shamo?
I've got a couple frizzled bantam Cochin roosters wandering with mine, but everything else is in separate enclosures/pastures.
My only progeny of my pair that has survived is growing nicely. He's a VERY needy, attention seeking, lonely boy with the exact barred Wheaten color of his father. I've hatched 6 other chicks, and all died from 2 weeks - 3 months old, likely due to intolerance of the cold, lack of competition for food versus some very strange, accidental, but hardy hybrids, and also from an inability to just keep themselves in the brooder. Constantly getting out because there's apparently more interesting things in the harsh new world.
Next time I ever hatch Shamos, they'll be under a broody.
This is Chesnut our most precious hen ever! She was SUPER sweet and loved to cuddle. She fell prey to an opposum and our hearts broke when we found her the next morning.
Actually all of our game hens except the roos have been very sweet little hens!
Macaroni and Peanut Butter
our sweet little Bumble sitting on her eggs so wonerfully! She's gonna be a good mama!
Our roo Pengi that we just found a new home for and father to the chicks in the eggs.
and one more of sweet Peanut Butter that lost her life to our stupid neighbor dog!
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Hey Illia, Yes it is a eclectic mix running around the farm. I like to keep a free range flock of hens who could be foster broodies. I mark the eggs and chicks as to keep track of who is who and from whom. I do loose some to hawks or trampled by the goats or some thing but the ones who make it to adults have already survived natural selection. I do hatch chicks in the bator but usually have them out of the brooder by 3 or 4 weeks and out free ranging. Once the game stags start to get testy I will segregate them. The only time they are penned is when being used in breeding program. I know what you mean about the cold weather the few weeks of 30s and 40s we get down here will expose any weaker birds especially in the Orientals.
