Any of you guys keep game chickens?
I have 3 with one hen sitting on a clutch now.

I have had them in the past as regular barnyard birds not as a breeder.They make good mothers.

Had a bunch over the years. A farmer pal of mine had guys that fought them drop them off at his farm....they'd not need to feed them that way, then every now and again they would stop over and gather up the roosters to fight. My farmer pal got sick of the dozens he had swarming his farm and while up Bobcat hunting at my place commented that he may bag up a bunch and turn them loose in the swamp for the 'cats to eat. I said I'd take them instead. He brought up burlap bags of them several times. Low maintenance birds, I'd toss a coffee can of corn out each day and 90% of what they ate was foraged in the warm months. Good meat birds, but the roosters would beat the snot outa each other all the time. We'd have a kill-fest every year and thin the roosters right down to nothing.

have 1 hen that hatches eggs for us and keeps the other regular chickens in line.

Had a bunch over the years. Many different breeds. Had hatch,kelso,muff,Sid Taylor,Grey,butcher and some Asil crosses. They were all very good mothers regardless of breed. Loved messing with game chickens.

I use to keep them. Best mothers I have ever seen. Had a fondness for green legged Hatch.

Looking for a pair of blue face hatch if anyone knows of some.

Had a pair wander into our yard 4 years ago when we moved in. I guess they liked hanging out near our laying hens that are penned up. I think there is about 3 dozen running around in the yard right now. All ive ever done is toss a little scratch to them every morning. They keep the flower beds cleaned out and the stuff that usually piles up against the fence around the yard cleaned out. They have never bothered my garden or anything really. They roost in the rafters of my barn and poop everywhere but i dont keep anything out there that they would hurt. Every winter we have a bunch go missing from birds of prey and possibly a couple fox. I protect them best i can but if a few didnt go missing every now and then they would overrun my place. I have 4 mature hens out there now and they have 4-15 little ones each right now i bet.

Munderf google "High noon " hatch. The mans name is Gary Cooper and he is from around Chillocothee Oh. I believe. He has some really nice Hatch chickens. Some of the old line Billy Ruble Blueface Hatch blodd. Very nice man to talk with.

I was around Billy Ruble near the last. He was still selling chickens.

Thank's sako, I'll check it out.

You're welcome munderf. I got some hatching eggs from him several years ago. They were very nicely packed and none damaged and had good hatch percentage. They sure were some pretty stags. Dark red, pea combed and dark green legs. And they could sure enough get down to business! If I get my own place this year I will probably be contacting him for some more brood stock

What is the going rate for the game chickens.
Eggs
Roosters
Hens
I would like to get some but I am on some FB pages for gamefowl and I ain't paying $200 plus for a chicken. Just looking for yard birds as I think they are some of the most beautiful chickens out there. Just want to look at them.
Are there any close to central IL.

Just depends on the breeder and breed. Most eggs from good breeders go from anywhere from 100-200 a dozen. But a lot of eggs on ebay for a lot less than that. I've had brood trios anywhere from $750-$1000. If you have any trade days or swap meets around you can probably find some regular old game chickens for not much money.

i've got what i believe to be a gamecock running around the house rogue.
looks like what pictures show as a "Hatch" - has a check of set of spurs on him too

he comes in to the coop in the morning, crows at my boys, gets them all riles up and excites the ladies....then takes off back into the woods.

egg production has almost doubled since he showed up - he's a good looking feller

Sounds like he's a lover and not a fighter! Lol

i think he's both sako - if there wasn't chicken wire and 2x4 mesh between him and my boys, they'd have a mess to sort out.

I have a farm with Grays, Asils, Hatch and Roundheads. Been breeding them for years. Takes many years to breed the "good one's" This will be my last year.
Great mothers and fearless warriors.

Those Asils make good crossed roosters. What family of greys, hatch and roundhead do you raise? I don't have any right now but still have our keeps and 6 good sets of carol Ibele antique equipment

He does have some very nice, Green Leg Hatch.