I broke my rooster by handling him everyday, sometimes twice a day for about 2 weeks. When handled I would work with him, position him on a stand, then carry.him around and talk with the neighbors. Each time I did it was for at least 10-15 minutes. The longer the better (to a certain degree)...
I agree....the orientals are on the more intelligent side of things, I have a large shamo rooster that will sit in my lap, let me pet him whatever but when someone he doesn't recognize shows up he is on guard....they recognize people and pets. It's just a matter of conditioning them.
Thank you for the kind words. I do think structure wise he is pretty good, but he has a much more stout beak, wrong wing carriage, and way too heavy...almost 13lbs.and 33" tall when in "lookout" position.
The breeder identified him as Turkish shamo, which really is not a thing, all shamo are...
So I know identification can be tricky...but this bird was sold to me as shamo, but doesn't totally look like it....is he asil, maybe hint horoz, tell me what you think?
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