I know they are a Bantam....but the Pyncheon is very rare in it's "pure" state.......some man made/crosses are out there. Probably thee oldest "American" Bantam.....and one of the rarest.
I'm not too sure.....For certain I'll be hatching Mille Fleur, Porcelain, and some Whites. Maybe a few of the other project colors: Golden Neck, Blue Mille Fleur, Silver Mille Fleur, Black tailed Reds, and Black tailed Whites. I should also have about 50 Scottish Blackface lambs this Spring...
I never have.....but I suppose I could. I'm working with Silver Mille Fleur this year as well....Pullets look nice....working on the cockerels. I don't like to sell anything 'til I see what it's potential might be. Some birds start out looking good......and then later end up as flops.
I agree........I've had the Pyncheon breed for almost 20 years and have been raising livestock in general for 50 plus years. A lot of hard work and dedication goes into preserving and maintaining any rare breed of livestock...I also raise Scottish Blackface Sheep since 1996 and hope to keep...
Sorry...100% male....he's showing the pointed hackle feathers in the neck hackle and saddle area. He's already getting a larger red comb. His tassel feathers on the head show male as well...I raise a tasseled breed and the young cockerels heads carry the same characteristics as your guy.
Thanks....The hen in the top photo is one of my 5 yr. old hens.....her color and pattern had faded...but I still used her for breeding and had produced some wonderful offspring. I also have Pyncheons in: Porcelain, White, Blue Mille Fleur, Golden Neck, and a few Black tailed red and a pair of...
The Pyncheon Bantam is a very old breed. The author "Nathaniel Hawthorne" raised this breed and mentioned it in his novel..."The House of Seven Gabels".... Hawthorne also mentions that the breed dates back to the early 1700's. Probably one of the first true bantam breeds to be...
Pyncheons have Single Combs...these birds have another type of comb. I breed white pyncheons and 4 other colors of the breed. Nice birds...in this country they would be DQ'd for wrong comb type.