I am sure you can find them. Don't know about the american's. Most are of the standard variety. Pardon my mistake, thought you were talking about OE bantams.
No, they are not pea combed. OE's are "dubbed". In the natural state, they are a single comb. Males are dubbed, females are not.
Yes, there are hatcheries that carry them, but they are just that hatchery birds. There are lots of OE breeders out there that would be more than happy to assist you.
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Yeah, I know, you picked him out of the hatch fair and square! I will make some calls, and I will find a good cock. Have to go to the east coast.
Ivy, those pullets will be a hen line, I do know that. I was going to Hutch, but I decided not to. I feel my time will be better spent here at home. Need to locate a bb/red male.
Guess I had better get busy and find me a very nice BB/red cock bird. Would like to get some chicks going from these pullets, sounds like I have a lot of work ahead of me to get the proper color pattern. I have 2 bb/red pullets from the crosses of last summer. They will be a brother sister...
Here is one of my year old Brown/red's
The birds did not like being out side in the wind, so not the best of pictures.
here are the blue/red pullets, again pictures may not show you what you want to see.
This pullet is a lot younger than the other two.
Third blue/red cockerel.
Its all a learning process. It takes a lot of time to study the birds, and it hard to turn your head and cull. I wish they were a male line, but, oh well its what I got, and maybe my hens will show well someday.
I will try to get pictures up in the morning of my pullets. This years hatch are all crosses with the bb/red cock with blue red hens, or blue/red cock on bbred hens. Yes I do have some color differences with my pullets. Not sure just what to keep. Most of my chicks are sold to kids, so I...
Had to get my sister to help me post my pictures.
Here are two of my cockerels. These are late may and mid june hatches. Just coming out of their first molt. These may need a lot of work, but that is what I am working on to be able to help the 4H kids and their birds. I need to be able to...
Guess I should take some pictures of my birds and post them. I have had OE's for around 5 or 6 years, simply because I have always enjoyed them. Now, with duties of poultry leader I am finding that I want to work and show my birds. Its like the kids want me to. So, I am gearing up to make...
gotgame, I have a question. What is the difference in the Blue/red oe and the wheaton oe? Is it the color in the hackle feathers?
The bird in the pictures looks like a blue/red. Please help.