What breed of roosters are used in cockfighting?

Question

What breed of roosters are used in cockfighting?

Answer 1

I can't believe you would even ask this question!  

Cockfighting is animal cruelty and it is illegal!

Answer 2

Yes, here in the United States, cockfighting is illegal. It is not, however illegal to own, raise, or breed those breeds of birds, which is a good thing, because they are beautiful birds. And now, they can be shown in poultry shows.

Old English Game and American Game

These come in several varieties, commonly called "breeds" like Kelso, Hatch, and Gray

http://www.freewebs.com/milleman413/eagl...

http://www.gamefowl.co.uk/images/America...

Shamo and Asil

http://www.longtail-fowl.com/images/jpg%...

There are others as well:

http://www.gamefowl.co.uk/breeds.htm

Washington, Jefferson, and most of the other founding fathers owned and fought gamecocks.

By the way, no one has to train a rooster to fight and no one has to force roosters to fight. It's a guy thing. They fight to establish dominance and then to defend their territory. Unfortunately, many roosters consider all of it their property. I had two, cute, adorable, fluffy bantam cochins fight each other TO THE DEATH over night or early in the morning. One had escaped his cage and had sought out the other which was in a chicken tractor. The one in the tractor could easily have kept out of the fight, but no, he managed to dig a hole under the edge of his pen and fought with his head on the ground. Even when he had to have been losing, he did not back up to safety, but continued until he died.

It's a guy thing.

For those of you who think that the birds are beaten to be made mean and somehow kept in the pit until they fight, consider this. No one really wants their bird to be injured if it isn't necessary to win. The birds are put into the pit (near the edge) and if one even turns its head, they are picked up and put down again. If he turns his head again, he loses, and the other wins. No fight. No injury. Of course, that loser would be killed, but if the SPCA showed up, both it AND the winner would be killed.

No, I do not fight birds. An old friend of mine used to before it became illegal. No, I do not think cockfighting is nobel or a good thing. But I am tired of people saying it's bad because the birds are trained and forced to fight. It's bad, ok, it's bad, but the birds are not beaten or otherwise treated cruelly when they are not fighting.

In fact, those birds, in general, are nice to people. Not to SPCA people, because they tend to be afraid of them and try to push them aside with brooms and stuff, but they are less likely to chase your kid around the yard than, say, a big Rhode Island Red rooster.

And before you flame me, remember, a person can know about something and be able to discuss something without doing it or advocating it.

Answer 3

breed a rooster and a tree together so their babies going to be hard like wood

Answer 4

It's illegal and cruel. . .so who CARES?!?

Answer 5

they are just regular roosters. this is illegal and it is animal cruelty.