I crossed a RIR roo and a Delaware hen (bantams) and hatched chicks that look like New Hampshires. Can anyone out there tell me if they have had any experiences w/this type of cross and what the chicks looked like.
Also it is possible to have a Black Star bantam, correct? I crossed the same...
I just bought an incubator (on Monday), and set it up Monday night. I put it in my garage (out of the way), and set 3 Partridge Rock bantam eggs. Well my daughter and myself get up Tuesday morning and go to the garage to make sure the temperature is regulated at 99.5, and it was not! It was...
I purchased them through Privett Hatchery in Portales, NM. We lost one Delaware on arrival, but all of the other 11 chicks we have are doing awesome!
By the way, we live in oklahoma
hey briana- i found some bantam silver laced polish for sale (chicks). http://horstmanspoultry.com/bantamshome/bdsilverlacedpolish.html check it out! i'm seriously considering ordering some this spring.
Great pic! The Polish are one of my fav birds:) She is such a cutie! "Tucker" our WC Black Polish bantam is now over 6 wks old, and about to go outside come this Thursday once we get our new chicks. I will say that I am searching for a WC Black Polish pullet or hen, hopefully I will find one...
This is like an election... too close to call! I too have a Polish that's 6 weeks old and I believe "HE" is a roo. Looking at yours and simply trying to make a judgement call, I'd have to say pullet b/c of the somewhat more uniform crest and NOT a long, lanky body type. Is yours a bantam or...
i only have two in the brooder at this time, the white crested black polish and a buff Japanese which i bought at atwoods (chicks came from ideal poultry out of Cameron, tx). the Japanese appears to be a pullet, BUT the two "square off" and fight one another. who knows?!?!?! but i honestly...