Advice On Which Gamecocks To Get? Please Post Your Pics

[Ratreeper 441]

I would like to keep a stag and a couple of hens but I am not sure on the right names and terminology to make an informed decision, I am basing it just on what I like the look of but there are a lot to choose from so I am probably missing the bigger picture.

 

For examples can people post pics of their own aseel and similar types etc and please explain what made you pick that particular type? I would like to invest in decent bloodlines as I would like to raise some chicks and know there are homes for any extras. My girlfriends grandad could probably help source the best stock (apparently quite well known in the chicken world) so no worries there.

 

This is the kind of bird I like, but I would like to get the absolute best stock available and I am not really fussed on 'show birds' just big strong birds (insert joke here). Like dogs, I don't think it's right to breed from anything but the top lines wherever possible.

 

 

[budharley 945]

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Edited May 11, 2013 by budharley

[budharley 945]

I would like to keep a stag and a couple of hens but I am not sure on the right names and terminology to make an informed decision, I am basing it just on what I like the look of but there are a lot to choose from so I am probably missing the bigger picture.

 

For examples can people post pics of their own aseel and similar types etc and please explain what made you pick that particular type? I would like to invest in decent bloodlines as I would like to raise some chicks and know there are homes for any extras. My girlfriends grandad could probably help source the best stock (apparently quite well known in the chicken world) so no worries there.

 

This is the kind of bird I like, but I would like to get the absolute best stock available and I am not really fussed on 'show birds' just big strong birds (insert joke here). Like dogs, I don't think it's right to breed from anything but the top lines wherever possible.

 

 

 

Thats my bird brazilian x bred by a friend of mine

[asil american 3]

theres many lines to choose from but sourcing the right birds can be a pain, and lots of dealers to beware of, i myself have been stung so do your homework,

 

i hatched my own stock from good lines of asil and shamo because i like the asian hard feathers to use as a base breed,

im looking to breed a show type but takes many years to get what we are after,

 

my aim is to breed the fantastic colours and type in the birds and im using american game hens to breed with my stags,

for the longer feather,

 

i have had good hatches this year and looking to keep a few back from the first cross to breed next year with american hens,

 

here is a first cross from this year although only young its the type i like and the colour will change as he matures,

 

 

[asil american 3]

sorry heres the pic

[asil american 3]

one of my stags

[patterdalejoel 669]

whats is the breeding of the chick?

[forest of dean redneck 11,694]

Shamo x American game fowl on birdtrader.

[Ratreeper 441]

thanks for the replies, I really like the game type birds and they seem a bit more interesting in their personality. I would like to get three chicks and raise them myself as soon as I get a coop made up, which should be easy enough. I had a good idea of the space I was going to allow but the mrs reckons it's too small...what would you think is enough for three birds? The space I was thinking was about 10' X 6 and 6-7' high but then they would be allowed to roam the garden most days, so I didn't think the coop size mattered too much, but I think 10 X 6 was more than most coops I see.

[asil american 3]

10x6 is more than enough for a trio

[budharley 945]

thanks for the replies, I really like the game type birds and they seem a bit more interesting in their personality. I would like to get three chicks and raise them myself as soon as I get a coop made up, which should be easy enough. I had a good idea of the space I was going to allow but the mrs reckons it's too small...what would you think is enough for three birds? The space I was thinking was about 10' X 6 and 6-7' high but then they would be allowed to roam the garden most days, so I didn't think the coop size mattered too much, but I think 10 X 6 was more than most coops I see.

Hi mate did you end up getting some birds