Show Off Your Games!

[Gresh]

Well, I don't know how to upload pictures of my OEG Banty, but I have a testimonial nonetheless! Little Raymond is a five month old Red Pyle Old English Game Bantam cockerel with the sweetest personality you've ever seen in a chicken! He follows us around like a little dog, and makes all sorts of adorable noises in our presence. He lets us pick him up in just about any way we please, and he has often fallen asleep in our arms when we've held him the right way. He is very good to our Wyandotte girls, and when one escapes from the pen, he always follows her so that she has some form of protection while she's out. When our White-Faced-Black Spanish Bantam rooster harasses the girls by trying to mate with them, Raymond has been known to viciously attack him and drive him off. When our WFBS tries to fight us, Raymond always comes in to save the day and fights him back on our behalf. Although Raymond is not very good protection against some of the larger predators, he surely has shown us just how human-friendly and sweet Gamefowl can be!

Great Topic, BTW!

 

[josh44]

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Your shamos are beauties,

sorry for the loss

 

[Cuban Longtails]

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No.. Ko Shamo are true breeding small shamo from Japan.

Bantam shamo were created in US by breeding down in size from existing Shamo stock.

so basically a bantam shamo is 'not a game bird' but a 'show bird' created in the US from the shamo and the ko shamo is a small shamo which is a small game bird not recognized by the APA? ok here is another discussion on the same topic in another website.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=5936

Kleber, those links won't show up correctly on BYC because BYC considers Ultimate Fowl to be a competetor site, thus filters the name to be replaced with backyardchickens in URLs.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

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check this link. it basically says that the ko shamo were created from the o-shamo to be kept in a smaller space.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/wi...ardchickens.com/wiki/index.php?title=Ko_Shamo

Basically, it does not say o-shamo were used to create the Ko. Please do not read into a statement more than what's at face value.

 

[eggdd]

does anyone know of someone who sells hatching eggs from a strain who excel at free ranging?

thanks.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

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A strain of what?

 

[josh44]

 

[Illia]

Pretty girl! It's as if she's a duckwing, but with the patterning gene or something.

 

[eggdd]

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A strain of what?

of game bird.

 

[Chief]

I haven't seen gamefowl that don't do well free range. It helps to have a hen show the chicks the ropes though. Incubator hatched chicks can have good instinct, but still benefit from the hens education.
Your request is pretty vague. Any preference in color, type, or size? I have a lot of hens and pullets that are laying now. Don't intend to hatch any of them though. I've never shipped eggs before, but might try it.