Here's another, what type of Roo please????

[CUDA]

Boy, you said a mouthful PC!

 

[ChinaChicks1]

American Game..high stationed..jmho! Clearly not a Malay or Asil from where i'm sitting.

 

[fowlafoot]

American game from a peacombed family that has had some oriental influence like a Roundhead which has some asil... the back is too flat to be a malay not to mention that a young Malay would be 2ft tall at that age and you wouldn' be able to miss the brow ridges

Roundhead American Game

Young Malay Rooster head shot - notice the brow ridges

 

[ThiefPouter06]

hes a domestic chicken.

 

[prariechiken]

No, them is the "gamefowl" kind. Referring to them as the "fightin'" kind furthers the misconceptions and unwarrented stereotypes pushed off on game breeds. Perpetuating the bottled mass media image that those who will remain unmentioned wish to push off on those not intelligent enough to think for themselves and research these fine fowl, and disrespects those of us trying to preserve these persecuted breeds. Sorry to seem a little harsh, but these fowl get enough of a bad rap without any more bad advertisement to the "uneducated in gamefowl" masses...

 

[mikarod]

BIRD IN QUESTION:

I'm sorry...but I just don't see American game. That bird looks identical to this hatchery Malay to me.

This bird is an American fighting chicken. The "roundheaded" that you're calling it, is where the comb and wattles have been dubbed. The bird in the owners photograph clearly has it's comb and wattles. Also, the stance of the bird in question is MUCH more erect than the American Gamefowls.

 

[CUDA]

You are very mistaken Milkrod. Have you ever owned either breed? Roundhead is an actual breed, dubbed or not. I could go into detail, but the tail, feathering, head, beak, and stance are all American game. Once he matures, it will quite obvious what I mean...

I know this isn't a standing bird, but here is a young roundhead held by one of my boys.

 

[fowlafoot]

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It's an American Game chicken not an American fighting chicken (read Prariechiken's post). American Games are dubbed as part of breed standard they are born with combs and wattles and the owner may leave them in tact if that is their preference. One must keep in mind that the American Game USED to be a pit breed and was bred for performance first allowing for a variation in stance, tail height, pea comb vs straight comb... the Roundhead family I mentioned was crossed with Asil which made the breed appear more oriental in type which is why it looks a bit like the Malay.

Malays are strawberry combed not pea combed like this young rooster clearly is. Malays are a hard feathered breed which this rooster clearly is not. A young Malay would be 2ft tall on his way to 3ft and his feathers would not be in anywhere near this length of growth. This young rooster only has moderate length in the thigh where a Malay has a very long thigh, the neck lengths are also very different. And to repeat myself this young rooster has no brow ridges.

Here's a young Malay rooster... he's roughly 2ft tall, he has a very long neck and holds it with a hint of an curve, very long thighs, the wing tips rest on the back and you can see a gentle curve to the back and you'll that his hackle feathers are short and close to the neck not long and flowing like the rooster in question and the brow ridges are pronounced.

I wish I could show you... I raise Asils, Malays and American Games and when you can see them in person and handle them and feel the differences I'm mentioning it's very apparent but pictures are more difficult and I may be botching the explanation

 

[cmom]

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I noticed the same thing. Maybe it is a game foul with some mutt in it, and the legs are yellow.

 

[CUDA]

Roundheads are an American breed that has been infused with Asil at some point, that is why they show Oriental traits. Yellow legs mean nothing. Gamefowl come with yellow, white, green, and black legs, depending on the breed. That bird is NOT a Malay, period.