Am I a Japanese Bantam?

[paddock36]

I got this as chick from a friend who got stuck buying 6 from TS when all she wanted was a duck. She thought it might be a Japanese Bantam because it was so much smaller than the other chicks but I'm not so sure anymore. It has a lot smaller head and neck then my other Japanese. I'm guessing it is about 8 weeks old. I think it might be a roo because of the red comb. I have some slightly older JB hens and their comb is still pink. What do you think?

And this picture shows my other JB hen on the right.

 

[therealsilkiechick]

here is a few pics of my grey japs to help. the thing i find odd is the legs r grey and look long on yours. mine have short yellow legs. i think ur bird is a oegb not a jap and definately a boy.

hope that helps ya,
silkie

 

[LilPeeps]

Could be a dutch.

 

[Dustin Biery]

With white lobes? I don't think so. Also look closely at the hackle feathers, it looks like a pullet to me.

 

[DTchickens]

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OEGB's can throw white earlobes, as some (if not all..) are reported having other breeds crossed into them.. Rosecomb bantams to name one, and then that is from hatchery stock.. so it's very possible to have white earlobes my first hen did which was hatchery stock.

PS. Game's can get white earlobes to begin with anyway as it's in the genes.. It's just been bred away from and standardized that they should only have red.

PSS. i vote young cockerel as well.

 

[paddock36]

It came originally from Tractor Supply in the Bantam St.Run box so my friend did not know what it was. I just noticed that its head and body seems a lot more slender than my JB which came from Ideal. It just didn't look the same, but I'm am figuring it is a Roo. The come is pretty red.

 

[Namble]

1st one looks like a roo.

 

[Sequin]

What did it look like as a chick? Any pictures of when it was a little chick? I am just wondering about the white faced black spanish - maybe? I Think I might have one of those, but also hoping it is an OEGB. Good to know about the white ear lobes on OEGBs.

 

[paddock36]

As a chick it was very tiny like my Japanese when I bought them, but I ordered the JB from Ideal I only took this one because my friend did not want it and thought it might be a JB. It's just not the same as my others. The head and neck seems alot thinner than my JB and I have 2Roos and 2Pullets.

 

[LilPeeps]

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Not a pullet if it's around 8 weeks...