American Gamefowl are decent layers and have more meat on their bones than most egg laying breeds. Having a wide variety of beautiful plumage colors, they are also great show birds. They are extremely hardy and they adapt very well to new environments, vigorous fowl that can endure the harshest of environments. They are full of personality and have many of the natural instinct of their wild ancestor. And, let’s face it, they are fun to keep and raise. You could put a small flock of American Games on a hill, free from human intervention, and they would not only survive, but they would thrive. If exposed to the effects of Natural Selection many of our domestic fowl would quickly die off and become extinct. They have everything they need to survive and multiply, even under the harshest of conditions. Traits such as broodiness and forageability have been bred-out in favor of higher production and feed efficiency.
American Games continue to evolve, and they have done so in very beneficial ways. It’s important to recognize that breeders of American Games do something that may be even more significant, they free-ranged their fowl. The process that has helped maintained their hardiness and adaptability, is the practice of free-ranging. They begin the process at an early age, sometimes as chicks with their mother who acts as caretaker and teacher. Free-ranging hens, especially in the offseason, allows the hens to recover from the long breeding season. American Games have an advantage over other fowl, and that is they are easy to raise. They are hardy and extremely resilient. They also have characteristics and traits that increase their survivability. Their conformation of body gives them amazing speed and agility, and wings that allow them to fly far and high to escape predators around them.