Hello! and welcome to the OEGB thread.

[chickenlover54]

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that is the age I try to get the deal done, as well....I intended to dub him and a few of my other cockerels in the fall. So would he be disqualified because he was undubbed even though he is too young to be dubbed? Do you early dub the 6 month old cocks that you show?

I don't show birds but I thought I read somewhere once that cockerals (under 1 year old) will not be disqualified if they are not dubbed. I could be wrong though. I would try to find out who is a judge in your area and ask.

you are correct but they never win anything, judges look past them. Its not worth showing undubbed cockerals

 

[cbbantams]

I would agree,you would be wasting your time to try to show an undubbed male.Its hard enough to compete in Old English with a fully conditioned seven or eight month old show bird much less a very young unfinished bird.So I would just wait and trim him at six months or so and try to hit the later shows.

 

[()relics]

looks like I will just wait and proceed as I normally would and dub him this fall...thanks for the input

 

[ZooMummzy]

I'm glad I ran across this thread! I got my first OEGB's in January, eggs from PamperedPoultry, and I simply fell in love with the breed. Unfortunately, not many people around my area are interested in them so I'm having a hard time rehoming the males. I always hear "why would we want fighting birds" Sigh. Such sweet little creatures and so docile. Here are a few of mine.

 

[chickenlover54]

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Did you get ANY hens? LOL

 

[ZooMummzy]

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Did you get ANY hens? LOL

Lol I did...I got 5 hens

but I lost two of them sadly

 

[FarmGirl01]

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Love your boys. Cute pics.

 

[ZooMummzy]

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Love your boys. Cute pics.

Thanks!

 

[Puresilk]

here are the oegb I have at the moment. They dont pose that well, lol...

My new 1.5 year old Porcelain Roo, Pancho Villa.

My dun pair, and a spangle hen that is a little wild.

Casanova, an 8 month old dun roo.

 

[bfrancis]

DW is just getting into OEGB's, we have a trio of Crele and a pair of Wheatons...all the hens are laying...yea! Now here is a couple of questions for the experienced breeders out there.

1) Is egg time in the incubator the same as a standard or is the time shorter more like a quail?

2) Having never "dubbed" a roo before, could someone please send me a "how to" link that talks about both age and technique?

Thanks...I'll post photos tomorrow.