Dutch Bantams Breed Thread - Page 35

Yes, this is from Ideal, looks a OEG to me, except for the white lobe and slate legs.

Did you order Dutch or Nankins? Im curious, a friend of mine got a group of nankins from Ideal and one of the pullets won bob at several shows. Placing ahead of several of the better known Nankin breeders.

I order dutch (25) assorted.  For know I just keep one lavander pullet.
Some died and sold the males.  But I prefer the OEGB, but bought here
in the island.

dutch from the hatcheries are often crossed with OEG, thats how they end up with the colors they have. In real Dutch, the color names the hatcheries have just do not exist, like BB Red for example.  Cream light brown, Blue cream light brown, light brown and blue light brown. also have silver, white , blue, black, Buff, (not black tailed buff) and the newsest that are found in actual pure Dutch is Mille Fleur.

I'm looking for show quality dutch chicks or eggs that I can hatch. I really like the blue dutch and I'm located in Florida. Does anyone know of a good breeder or someplace I could get them from?

anyone have any good info on dutch/rosecomb crosses?  i love dutch, but love lobes and comb or rosecomb

No problem. The single comb is easy to get back without faults. Earlobe are intermediate, still acceptable for dutch.
The rosecomb may not be that easy to get back in original state.

Here is what I assume is my BB Red Dutch Roo. I was given some eggs to hatch and his was the tiniest!  He does not have the white lobes that a good Dutch specimen should have but has the slate legs. He may be a OEG mix as I do not know if his lines originate from Hatchery stock but would like any opinions from those who know the breed. He is a real character at just six months old now and I love watching him around the yard with all of his ladies

Dutch Bantams are a new breed for me and I know nothing about them. These two hens are supposed to be out of very expensive show stock.

I could use some info please:
why does each hen have such different sized combs given they both are adults?

Do they indeed look like real good Dutch Bantams?

Is the little 'grey' one a young rooster?

I did not know what I was going to do with these until I recently thought of grandchildren gifts instead of a puppy! Looking through a few of these threads, it sounds like it could be a good idea.

I 'fell' upon them due to me commenting on how large their eggs were given the chickens are so very small. And I have no reason to think they are less than show quality stock given where I got them. He was downsizing and is into show and registered animals.

Any other information would be appreciated as well as the time it took.
Thank you.

Did he tell you what color they are supposed to be? The two light ones are splashes and the dark on looks like a light brown. How old are they? It looks like it could be 2 cockerels and a pullet