I went to feed my chicken yesterday and refill their water, and i was shocked to discover that one of my hens had been attacked! all the flesh on the back of her head is completely missing and her skull can be seen. despite this though, i she still eats and drinks and walks around, and i've...
i've found an excellent video explaining the difference between hens and roosters, where a lady explains the main differences and shows them in the video(shes holding a hen and a rooster and she points it out so u can see) here it is...
rooster's combs are much redder, and usually alot bigger, and the same goes for their wattles. also, roosters usually have bigger, thicker, longer legs than hens, and their spurs are longer, unless its an old english game.
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i think the little brown one may be a Black Breasted Red Old English Game Bantam, because he look just like mine do (which im pretty sure are OEGB) but yours has a bit more red and black....
sorry for the bad quality of the pics, my camera isnt as good, the two brown ones im pretty sure are some kind of old english game bantam, and one of the browns, seems to have a lot of white spots, so i think he may be a spangled old english game bantam
nettielou, your last pic (japanese bantam?) my little white banty looks exactly like that except pure white (no grey wing-tips), although, there seems to be the faintest hint of buff around the back of neck and chest.... i got them at tsc, (if that helps, i mean if u think tsc would carry...
in the top/first picture, the little white bantam chick, in the front, what breed is that one, and the little brown bantam in the 2nd and 3rd picture, what breed is that one supposed to be? cuz i have some of those and they look almost exactly the same as those two!!! (plz i would be sooo happy...
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thats what i was thinking, cuz i got it out of the assorted pullets bin, but i think maybe a little kid picked it up and put it back in the wrong bin by accident, plus im pretty sure it's a roo lol:rolleyes: