A new Serama-sized game bantam

[raingarden]

Oh man, this is a really great line and a great idea. I have a new case of chicken envy.

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

Very cool

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

I may have to call a partial defeat on this line. They’ve ended up not Serama sized at all. They’re more like gamey, long-legged, Dutch bantams in their maturity. They reasonably conform to the ABA standards for the Red Junglefowl bantam, a breed I’ve never heard anyone talk about before.

When the brood cock is done molting I’ll post updated pics.

 

[raingarden]

They reasonably conform to the ABA standards for the Red Junglefowl bantam, a breed I’ve never heard anyone talk about before.

Red Junglefowl do not exist anymore so the RJF bantam cannot exist either.

You can get something that looks close from fawn (wild type) OEGB hens and BBR OEGB rooster. Getting the white earlobes, tuft of down at the base of the tail and truncated call in the rooster is the hardest part.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Red Junglefowl do not exist anymore so the RJF bantam cannot exist either.

You can get something that looks close from fawn (wild type) OEGB hens and BBR OEGB rooster. Getting the white earlobes, tuft of down at the base of the tail and truncated call in the rooster is the hardest part.

Wild type is the same as BBR but isn’t the same as fawn.

 

[raingarden]

Wild type is the same as BBR but isn’t the same as fawn.

Sorry. Fawn must be the wrong discriptor. I mean OEGB hens that look like this

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Sorry. Fawn must be the wrong discriptor. I mean OEGB hens that look like this

BBR OEGB hen (not my picture)

 

[raingarden]

View attachment 3266928BBR OEGB hen (not my picture)

Thank you. What is that color called?

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Thank you. What is that color called?

BBR (black breasted red)

 

[raingarden]

BBR (black breasted red)

Oh.... OK. I thought they had to have black breast and red to be BBR. I have BBR roosters born from wheaten-colored black tail buff gamefowl hens and identical (and related) BBR roosters born from hens that look like your picture.