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The line throws henny cocks. The hennys are a blend of black henny and another black family.

He is from a henny line cross, crossed to Jumper kelso then bred back to the henny side. "Pure" is always a funny catch word when you talk of American Gamefowl. I would say yes, he is a pure American Gamefowl :)

Here is a pic of dad from a year or so ago. Mom is solid black with a few flecks of red in her hackles. Dad lost all his sharp saddle feathers his 2nd year molt.

It is a pullet...Henny Xs make pullets too :).

Another Henny X

Young Kelso and henny X pullet

Grey pullet

Haven't posted some pix in a while... Grey X and Henny X pullets

Their "breed" looks to be American Gamefowl. If you are wanting to know what "family" or "strain" they are, only the original breeder can tell you that.

Hatcheries are in the business of selling chicks, and quantity is $$$$. Most oriental breeds are poor layers compared to the production type chickens that are out there. So for more bang for their buck, many hatcheries that offer the breeds that tend to lay less have been known to cross...

Have seen them mentioned before but have never raised them myself. The Toppies I have and have had, have been some nice liitle birds.

I have asil hens that will set eggs back to back to back all year long. Have one hen that hatched a batch the day before Christmas one year... it was in the teens and below at times and she raised all 6 she hatched that winter. :)

Just be careful when using things like dog and cat food, some brands have salt content that can damage your birds internals. A great supplement is if you have a local farmers market that you can get the over-ripened fruits and veggies from. They will usually let you haul the stuff off for free...

To stop bleeding after being dubbed I've heard to use flour, or corn starch, or a feather (what my grandfather used), and now coffee grounds among tons of other suggested things. What I found works the best is to get the bird out of your hands and back on a roost/in a cage, etc., as fast as you...

Hens around the yard...

I too have given away and sold for pennies on the dollar very good birds. I am always willing to help someone getting started as I know how hard it can be to do that. Things that leave my yard to new breeders are ones that have been breeding in my pens or up to the standard to do so. (culling...

Not taking up for the breeder, but it could of been the chicks had no resistance to whatever they were introduced to on their new yard. What they were being raised in, what weather conditions happened, lots of variables to take into account when bringing in new chicks. If he/she is local, the...

Gift from a friend...

Don't think there is a "Holy Grail" book on American Gamefowl. Look up "History of American Game Strains", can be bought off Amazon, if interested in old time gamefowl family histories, some lines of which are still bred today. "The Scientific Breeding of Gamefowl" by Floyd Gurley is a popular...

It is not that the color rules don't apply, it is that with American games one shouldn't have bred for color. Kinda like the differences between working breed dogs and show breed dogs. In many instances looks and performance are usually on different ends of the breeders desired spectrum when...