Oriental Gamefowl Thread!

[Lauravonsmurf]

Very nice bird... wow.

 

[Temujin]

Thanks!

 

[Temujin]

Gold Brazilian x Silver/Gray Reza Asil

 

[Temujin]

Gold Brazilian x Silver/Gray Reza Asil

 

[Temujin]

Will try to get a picture of the brown Eagle Hennie Ganoi today, but may have to video instead, as the guy just won't be still!
BTW, that Ganoi, and another unrelated Ganoi, have difficulty putting on weight. The brown is around 6 months old, the black one is 12-18 months. Their chests are thin, always act like I never feed, but they are also very energetic, not dejected or sick acting. I do have a hen in with each one, figured they could use the warmth this time of year. I was feeding a 16% feed, but now I am halving that with corn, so protein is now 12%. The rest of my birds feel really good in the chest. Do you think they are using too much energy trying to impress the hen? Any ideas?

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

Could be, could also be just a genetic difference. I pretty much just love games, but can’t really keep them here. However in my flock of non game hens same “breeds”over the various years the variance between birds is marked... the two EE I have now come from same Hatchery and are same age but are very different, major differences in development and even stress responses are different and were easy to observe as chicks... one always runs in circles, while the other will jump up and turn to face you when cornered. One hen has feathers that require more care versus the other, the one with the more ragged feathers is smaller, less meat on her, narrower body, the bigger bird needs a lot more protein during molt or she will eat blood feathers of others.... she did major damage to her buddy last molt before this one in one day...to the point that experienced game fowl keepers I asked for help for my dunghill girl did not know if she could be saved, the injuries were extreme. I saved her obviously but it was touch and go. They are in molt again, so on high protein feed, to prevent this again. So it could be those boys are just leaner hotter birds so to speak that need more of something in their diets or maybe specific conditioning to help them build muscle on their chest?

 

[Gallus Giganteus]

Breeding pen #2

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[Gallus Giganteus]

Breeding pen #1

Grace Malay Fowl
https://www.facebook.com/gracemalayfowl/

 

[Temujin]

Nice Malay. Love the lacing.

 

[Temujin]

One of the Eagle Brown Hennie stags. Uploading a video to my channel. He is so energetic that couldn't get a good picture of him.