How are your pair getting on? We are well into laying season with about 30 eggs in the incubator here. I was just curious if your pair had fully bonded. No matter how attentive, males never sit on the nest. It's their job to protect their mate, and most take that job very seriously. 😃
They do look like games. Combs are wrong for Old English. The coloring Black Breasted Red, no wing in the name, is pretty close to natural wild type, that you see in red jungle fowl, so it's common in many breeds. It would be weird for a game breeder to mix with welsummer. I think you may just...
Happy to be here to pick up new knowledge and share some when I can. My daughter and I raise Old English Game bantams in Southern Colorado. I studied biology/zoology with a focus on ornithology. I have had the opportunity to incubate many interesting species over the years and love a...
I went ahead and bought some to experiment with. I have been struggling with shipped eggs and figured I'd give it a try since they are nearly impossible to hatch. Don't know what has changed at USPS but I have never seen so many badly damaged air cells. I'll keep you posted on how it goes.