What’s this roosters breed

[Amer]

Looks like an American Game.

 

[TheTwoRoos]

Mother said he is friendly.His name is mike Tyson,and he will have a Seperate pen,although I will try to intergrate him.

 

[TheTwoRoos]

He will have girls as well.

 

[TheTwoRoos]

What do you mean cautiously,so he won’t
Attack us?

 

[Amer]

What do you mean cautiously,so he won’t
Attack us?

No. Not you. Game roosters don't hurt humans so much. But they can attack and kill other roosters, so he would have to be seperated, like they do on game farms. A great breed, but not good with other roosters. Game farms keep them on tethers away from other roosters, but they are well taken care of. They are not used for cockfighting, in case anyone makes any assumptions, but instead for show. Most people who keep them love them so much that they take the time to do all the tethering and feeding and watering of individual birds. I assume he did not come from one of these farms, considering they would never get rid of a bird by leaving them in someone's yard.

 

[varidgerunner]

Gamefowl usually have the best attitude towards their humans of any breed you can find. They are the only breeds of chicken with a long history of selection for ease of human handling. Other breeds have always been shoved in a pen and dumped some feed, but games have always been handled regularly. Keep him away from other males, he will try to kill them, or die trying. Keep him from being in the situation of having another male he can see with a fence in between. He will damage his feet and head. Often more damage with a fence in between than just running loose.

People that don't know these birds think that they are trained to be the way they are. They are born that way. They are the real deal chickens, they behave the way their wild ancestors behaved. That is what makes them such good free range birds and makes them the best broody hens that there are, they have their wild instincts. The "quit fighting when losing gene" has been tweaked a little though, as well as the "pain response gene", along with the "be scared of humans" gene. Other than that they are a wild red jungle fowl.

 

[TheTwoRoos]

I really want to keep him.They seem so interesting.

 

[TheTwoRoos]

Will he hurt our hens?Or will they just have to work out a pecking order like normal birds would?

 

[varidgerunner]

The most gentlemanly roosters you can have, toward hens. Unless one has a screw loose, which is possible in any breed, but probably much less possible in these.

 

[TheTwoRoos]

That’s good,I should mention I think he is only about seven to eight months old maybe,based on his spur growth.