We have several families of thai game fowl, including the Spangled group, the Laos-thai group, and the Double Spur group. All of these families descended from birds imported directly from Thailand or Laos in the early and mid 1990s. It is important to make clear at this point that we don't just take on a bloodline simply because it came directly from imported stock, however. Even in Thailand and Laos, the number of quality bloodlines is very small compared to the number of average or poor bloodlines. Given this fact, it is inevitable that not all birds imported to the United States came from quality bloodlines.

The first true thai game fowl family that we acquired here in the United States was the Spangled Thai Family. This family descended from a pair of birds purchased directly from a breeder in Thailand and imported to the United States in the very early 1990s. Although we call it 'spangled,' about half of the birds from this family are actually of the Leung Hang Khao variety, which is another stereotypical thai game fowl variety. We no longer have this bloodline in its pure form due to problems during our transition from central California to here in North Carolina. We lost many of our key breeders for this family in the move and the birds produced thereafter were never again of the same quality. This family has since faded away, and now only a pair of old hens remain.

Selecting Future Stock
Today, we try our best to stay true to the original bloodlines, breeding and selecting our stock to emphasize the same traits or attributes that made their predecessors so successful. We do this by selecting future breeders that have physical features identical or very similar to their parents. This is the reason why birds that look like their parents (or look like a bird along their ancestral line) are so highly valued by us, as similar physical attributes also indicate similar genetic attributes.

Game Fowl Physical Attributes
The thai game fowl bloodlines that we have usually breed out roosters in the 7 to 8.5 lbs range at full maturity. We don't particularly like small birds (6.5 lbs or less), so we've steered clear of bloodlines that tend to produce smaller birds. We also favor birds with full plumage and long, flowing feathers. This requirement is practical as well as aesthetic. Winters here in North Carolina can be quite cold, therefore birds with a denser plumage tend to fare better than those with a thinner plumage.