Recent content by TW1Kell

  1. TW1Kell

    Show off your Old English Game Bantams!!

    Maybe, I'm silly, but my SDw pair were named Sylvester (Sly) and Sylvia. Made sense to me for Silver Duckwings. They have gone to another breeder when I cut back on the number of breeds, this year. Chicken math is killing me!
  2. TW1Kell

    sebright thread

    Those are truly beautiful birds, in all cases, since my last post (like page 100, or so). Thumper38, that lil French Roo is going to be a show winner! As for the "3 Sebrights" post, that closest one is a BB Red OEGB hen. I raise them, as well. I have 8 different bantam breeds that I raise and...
  3. TW1Kell

    sebright thread

    Actually, my Silver Roos bloodied each other and the Phoenix's in the next cages, for a few days after I separated them all for fighting. I had to keep stuff between the cages so that they couldn't see each other. They all came in the same hatchery order, qnd brooded together, too. I have not...
  4. TW1Kell

    Show off your Old English Game Bantams!!

    I've never shipped eggs, either, and I'm not NPIP, yet, tho I may have to go that route as so many in our area are doing it and requiring it for trades and sales. I have BB Reds, which are Black-Breasted Reds, but I don't know of Brown-Breasted, either. I also have Lemon Blues, SDw's, Mille...
  5. TW1Kell

    sebright thread

    Yep, I'd love to buy a trio of those. I have quite a few Goldens, but my Silvers are either HUGE hatchery stock, or the Silvers that I raise from good birds always die of broken necks... they're mean lil boogers. I guess I need a seperate pen for each and every roo. I have taken to isolating...
  6. TW1Kell

    Show off your Old English Game Bantams!!

    Ya'all are lucky. Down here, in the Deep South, Banties are so common that I can't sell show quality OEGB's or Sebrights for more than $10-20 a breeding pair! That's why I wind up with so many, I guess. I figure that I'll keep 'em before I give them to someone who's simply gonna toss them out in...
  7. TW1Kell

    Show off your Old English Game Bantams!!

    EGGG-zactly! I don't show Bantams because of the dubbing, as well. I have 4 ear peircings (self accomplished) and 25 tattoos (12 self-accomplished), and have tatted for 3.5 decades, and just can't stand the look, or the act of doing it to them. Kinda like why I don't fight roos or dogs tho I've...
  8. TW1Kell

    sebright thread

    Here in North Mississippi, they'd probably bring $15-20, each, especially considering their excellent lacing. Pullets are highly desirable, and I just wish that you lived closer, 'cause that would be my offer right before I started the drive to your house. You can never have too many girls ...
  9. TW1Kell

    Show off your Old English Game Bantams!!

    Chickenpeep, I sure wish I wasn't so far from you. He IS beautiful! Hickchick, I always love those as my faves. If they perch on me and "help", they will have a special place, meaning, extra treats, and much more attention than the ones who shy from me. I have never had a "friendly" cockerel...
  10. TW1Kell

    sebright thread

    I agree, but the pair that I gave my friend, are half the size of their clutchmates. That was why I was posing the question. Why are they so much smaller? The only difference is that he stops feeding starter/grower at 10 weeks.
  11. TW1Kell

    sebright thread

    I run my Bantam eggs at 50% until lockdown, then 80% afterwards, and do lockdown on Bantams at day 17, instead of 18, and have doubled my hatch rate. This was told to me by a Bantam raiser that does the same. Worked for her for decades, and has improved my percentage, a good bit. As for...
  12. TW1Kell

    sebright thread

    Egg-zactly! Darwin gets credit, but I read a report that stated that Darwin asked Lord Sebright to "come and speak to my students and I about your theories", and that was what I was referring to. Darwin always gets credit for "creating" the theory. I believe that he is simply the one who first...
  13. TW1Kell

    sebright thread

    Crowcreek, in my experience, (I have 5 Roos and 6 hens/pullets in the 'brights) the lil Roos are most aggressive when their ladies are around. My old Roo is a golden, and he lights me up every time that I feed and water them in their tractor. If I take him to where he can't see the hens, he...
  14. TW1Kell

    Show off your Old English Game Bantams!!

    I, I'm looking for opinions concerning breeding a roo back to his daughters. As I have so many youngsters running loose, now, is this going to give me 3-legged, or worse, chicks, over time? What are the issues here?
  15. TW1Kell

    sebright thread

    I was always told that a 'Bright with a straight comb wasn't truebred. What's the story on that? Also, at Wren Flea Market, last month, I saw a Golden roo with a BB Red's neck coloring and another Golden roo that was every bit as large as my standard Amaracaunas. It was perfect in all aspects...
See more
Back
Top Bottom