Todays Ramblings

Well last night we got some much needed rain. It was raining when I went to sleep, and woke up a couple hours later it was still raining. Thank you Lord for the rain we really needed it. Had a doctors appointment in OKC Thursday. Coming home stopped at some chicken places. Picked up 10 young Shamo Bantams from one guy. Not real high on bantams other than my Cornish, but I figure these are a fair investment, when I get them mature they should be easy to turn, unless by then I have decided they are something I want to keep. You never can tell about me. I stopped at 2 more places but only bought fowl from one of them. I picked up a real nice Gray game stag.

I also picked up some Naked Neck chickens (Turkens).

I know, they are ugly, but they grow on you. Really the naked necks don't do much for me, BUT I have a plan. I have been looking at the Madagascar game here on the internet, and they do entice me.

I am looking for pure Madagascar game fowl as we speak. But as a back up plan if I cant find any or afford those found, I will start breeding toward my on version. I will breed the naked neck into my oriental game fowl to get the naked neck gene. It is dominant so it will be easy to insert into my breeding. I will then cull deep and keep breeding into my better orientals. Malay, Saipain, Thai and Asil. Birds will be culled hard according to gameness, then standard features. One thing about it, birds this size that do not meet my standards, will look good in the freezer. As stated before, I know I would be better off starting with pure Madagascar (using the word pure loosely as I think pure fowl don't exist) But one must use what he has available. I will keep you posted on how this turns out. If any one out there knows where I might locate some of these please contact me.