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Is my little easter egg bantam going to be an egg layer or a roo?

post #1 of 8
6/16/12 at 3:05pm
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Thanks for any input!

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post #2 of 8
6/16/12 at 3:06pm
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Oh I forgot to mention she is about 3 weeks in the photos.

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post #3 of 8
6/16/12 at 4:45pm

to early and it looks like an old english game instead

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post #4 of 8
6/16/12 at 4:50pm

Looks like either a silver duck wing old english game or a golden duck wing old english game to me...and if it is it is pullet...because old english games hens are colored different than the roos.

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post #5 of 8
6/16/12 at 4:57pm

Silver duck wing old english game...newly hatched 

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silver duck wing old english game little roo 2.5 weeks old 

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post #6 of 8
6/17/12 at 12:30pm
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Well she did spar with one of my silkies yesterday, she also acts pretty wild the least docile of all my chicks.

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post #7 of 8
6/17/12 at 12:42pm

my games are never tame they are wild lol no matter how often ive handled them, thats why they are such a good breed for free ranging to me (they are flighty) sparing doesnt mean any thing pullets/hens will do the same thing wait till its fully feathered out in a few more weeks

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post #8 of 8
6/17/12 at 12:49pm
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Well the place I bought her said she was a ameraucana bantam but they also sold me silkies as d'uccles, so I hope y'all are correct . But there is this site image & this is a pretty good comparison to her as a chick, although she now has several feathers & still has the chipmunk look. Are these her final feathers,or will she molt into a different adult look? http://www.ameraucana.org/scrapbook_files/silverb.jpg

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