What Chickens Contributed to the Modern Day Chicken?

[DrinkTheRainbow]

What I know that contributed to make these birds possible are:

- Red Jungle Fowl
- Green Jungle Fowl
- Grey Jungle Fowl
- Ceylon Jungle Fowl
- Sumatra
- Aseel
- Malayoid Type
- Pheasant Malayoid Type

I'm confused about the last two and which others contributed to these birds?

 

[Illia]

The term "Malayoid Type" is likely referring to the simpler term "Oriental Gamefowl"

Malays being the primary breed, but others including Thai, Shamos, Ga Noi/Dun/Cua, and then stemming out to Aussie Pitfowl and such. Asils also being a relatively fitting breed in there.

I think the Colloncas and/or Quechua are a notable variety too, they being the ones who started the blue/green eggs of today's modern Araucanas, Ameraucanas, Easter Eggers, and Legbars.

 

[DrinkTheRainbow]

Do you know which ones made those?

 

[gumbii]

edit: that's an Archaeopteryx dinosaur... the first perching bird known to man... shares the same DNA as the modern chicken somehow... go fig...

i thought i had typed that in, but i just put the pic... fail...

 

[TomG]

Wow! I'm not able to contribute , but I'm hoping this thread continues as it is interesting.

 

[Henk69]

Thread about the Gallus giganteus:

http://www.the-coop.org/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=94056#Post94056

 

[DrinkTheRainbow]

Thank you everybody!

 

[phasianidae]

By putting breeds like Sumatra, Asil, ect. on the list where are you insinuating they came from?

 

[phasianidae]

Quote:
LOL. Archaeopteryx, not Archaeopteryx dinosaur

 

[jmc]

edit: that's an Archaeopteryx dinosaur... the first perching bird known to man... shares the same DNA as the modern chicken somehow... go fig...

i thought i had typed that in, but i just put the pic... fail...

old thread, true. but i couldn't resist.

it is known and admitted that the archaeopteryx never existed; moreover the fossil 'evidence' is fraudulent.

careful, class!