My new pets will be here the 23rd

[crotalis40741]

Well at their feet are kinda scaly lol

A pure Hyderabad Asil pullet and a half Hyderabad half Brazilian Stag. I also have a sister to the stag coming but no pics of her yet.

 

[MysticExotics]

Awe, cool! Congrats!!

 

[vetusvates]

Very very interesting.....

So Bob, you're getting into mini-dinosaurs now...???...LOL...

 

[crotalis40741]

Lol I am glad I am not the only one the birds remind them of little dino

 

[Amanda47]

Pardon my city girl-ness, but do you eat those or what?

 

[crotalis40741]

Pardon my city girl-ness, but do you eat those or what?

No, these are not for eating. But I guess some do. They can be pretty tough so the ones that do it is mostly soup.

 

[Shiari]

Pretty dinosaurs! Amusingly enough, I rescued an Ameraucana hen from the side of the road yesterday, and while walking back to my car with her chanced upon a Lost Chicken! poster. I was happy to reunite Tamale with her very happy owner.

 

[crotalis40741]

Good deal on the reunion. It is good I have a good family. They have all pitched in to build the pen here for mine. It will be good to hear the morning crowing again. Even it if is a little strange sounding from these little beasties.

 

[vetusvates]

So, they are for pets? I mean, sounds like there are many kinds. What's the nomenclature? Morph, variety,...?

Once they recognize home as home...can you let them out to wander and they stay near? Like my great-grandmother's chickens.

 

[crotalis40741]

Yes there are many kinds of Oriental games as they call them. Their coloring runs the gambit. Thai, Ganoi, Shamo, Ko Shamo are birds with an almost upright posture, long legs and necks and the classic tail being held downward. They are intelligent birds and can be allowed to roam free once they get used to their new home. Some of them reach 36 inches or more in height and are heavy weights.
The one drawback to a lot of them is that they can not tolerate colder temps and have to be kept in a heated environment during the winter. So I am opting not to get any of those as pets. The cockatiel in the house is enough.
I grew up with the American Game lines which owe a lot of their beginnings to some of the Oriental lines. We all know what they were bred for but I hope everyone knows they don't have to be used for that.
I do want a pair of cubalaya just to try to breed a Satsumadori look a like. Since we cannot get these birds
in the states. The original Satsumadori were said to be of cubalaya, shamo, and some asil blood lines.
One thing I have learned while doing research on these oriental birds is how much I don't know about them. But I think they will make interesting pets.

Here for comparison is an American Game a WT Greene Grey (in the larger pic) and a pure Rajah Murgh Asil. Both are beautiful birds but are bred for two totally different things and it shows in body structure.

 

[vetusvates]

Dang, 36 inches. The guard dogs of chickens.

Will have to do some reading. ;-J

 

[hypnoctopus]

Very cool!

 

[crotalis40741]

Yeah I have seen pics of them eating out of the top of trash cans and them standing flat footed. That would be some of the Thai and Shamo.

 

[crotalis40741]

Here is a pure Thai, he is a baby at five months old still. Owned by a friend.