I am glad you point that out : )
Thanks for those video clips by the way. Now THOSE are some real wild Jungle Fowls. Haha. Yes, they get very frightened when approached that way in cages. My Vietnamese Junglefowl line does pretty much the same thing when I lock them up and approach them that way. The younger ones I raise on my own gets a little more calmer but boy are they still quite jumpy.
Anywho, I know its hard to believe but I rather be clear to help you and many others who buys from Ideal, Cackle, McMurray or any other "hatchery" related source.
HATCHERIES OF ANY KIND, LOCATION, OR REPUTATION DOES !!!NOT!!! CARRY THESE AS THEY CLAIM: JUNGLEFOWLS, PHOENIX IN WHICH THEY CLAIM TO HAVE 20FT. TAILS (ONLY THE "ONAGADORI" IS CAPABLE OF CARRYING THAT) OR SERAMA (SERAMAS)
That is the truth because my bird friends and I have intentionally bought those kinds of breeds from those places to compare with our direct source where we get ours and its completely different in looks, shape, size, personality, etc. For example, none of the Junglefowls we bought from the hatcheries listed above and a few others have grey legs (very basic physical principle of the Jungle Fowl), none of the Phoenix birds have tails longer than 3ft. long and none of the Serama stood straight and proud like how Seramas should be and they all weight around Class C or D...
PS: Hatcheries deal with 100s and 100s of breeds, what are the chances that they can PERFECT a certain breed unless its something everyone wants like egg layers and such? What gets ordered most often is what they will focus their work on. How many people do you think orders Junglefowls, Phoenix, or Serama and such a year compared to "egg-laying/productive" breeds out there? Something to keep in mind
~ Tommy's Pet Paradise ~
Originally Posted by DTchickens
Originally Posted by al6517
These birds are also called more commonly as Black Breasted Red OEG's and yes they seem to be quite rare but can be found with little trouble. I have 1 Rooster and 4 Hens this rooster is so cool looking and the hens are real lookers. how about yours what do they look like.
Junglefowl, Old english, American gamefowl, Spanish gamefowl, and various others are confused too often because of how close they look.. But upon further inspection you can tell the differences in them (especially personalities) if you know what to look for.
My experience with junglefowl (got them from ideal) is they are wild, absolutely crazy birds that couldn't be tamed no matter how badly i tried.. They're common in places like the Philippines, Malaysia, along with a few other places where they still run wild. They are small birds, and should not be very much bigger than i think around 3 pounds for the cock.. We do not have pure ones in the US though, and if we do they're rare and will not be found easily.. The real ones are even more nuts because they're still "intact" and more to their wild nature.. They are very good fliers because they had to be able to escape from predators so they would fly up into high trees.. There are vids of them/how good of fliers they are on youtube.
ETA: Oh yeah, and like cackle said, they're the ancestors of most of our domestic chickens...
Vids: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfOZQbEsX_A&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya2URAaMtM8&feature=related