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post #8781 of 15970

6/26/12 at 3:51pm

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We have other varieties of bantams here - but we are working on releasing them some. We have lavender mottled, chocolate cuckoo, cukcoo, black splits (Roger Clarke line). We are releasing the Black split line today.

good looking birds i would love to see some of the motteled you mentioned

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6/26/12 at 5:19pm

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You should just ask my 4 yr old grand daughter.... Today... she and I were out front looking at the English buffs and Juls.... She points at the two young roos and she says.... "Granny those two are roosters" I said.. Oh yeah?? How do you know?... She says "Cuz I am good that way" AND she was right about those two being the roos. ")

I wanna get a boy like in your Avatar. Did he father any of the eggs????

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6/26/12 at 6:08pm

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He is in the coop... that is Levi... he is 3/4 English. He is older now but is still a Lady's man. :)

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6/26/12 at 8:47pm

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Looks like I will be getting three 75% English LF Orp girls on Friday. One blue and two blacks. I will let 2 of my bantam chocolates have them as girlfriends. ;)

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6/26/12 at 10:53pm

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Looks like I will be getting three 75% English LF Orp girls on Friday. One blue and two blacks. I will let 2 of my bantam chocolates have them as girlfriends. ;)

Awesome! Make sure you post pictures!

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6/27/12 at 5:41pm

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Hello everyone! Here is one of my Renie'sPeeps chicks... about 3-4 months old. Boy or girl? Thanks for the help. I thought boy at first but now I am thinking girl.

Genelda- I am a portrait photographer and a stay at home mother of two. I enjoying living in the Smokey Mtn. of TN with my chickens!

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6/27/12 at 7:09pm

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Looks like a pullet to me. In my experience cockerels have much bigger/redder combs and noticeable gender feathers at that age.

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6/27/12 at 7:54pm

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By 3 months old you should see a much bigger comb and wattle. My girls are 17 weeks old and look the same.

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6/28/12 at 5:00am

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Hello everyone! Here is one of my Renie'sPeeps chicks... about 3-4 months old. Boy or girl? Thanks for the help. I thought boy at first but now I am thinking girl.

It's a boy 100%

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