Cornish Games, also known as Indian Games, are a breed mixed from the Old English Game Fowl and the Aseel from India. Small numbers of them are raised in America as a meat or show bird.

David Hager has a big hobby. “It’s like playing golf or anything else,” Hager says. “It’s a hobby.” However, Hager’s hobby is raising and showing some 240 bantam chickens at his home ...