American Game Bantams??

[Poultriary]

You're not bothering me at all. With as much help as I've gotten here, I can pay it forward a little.

Yea, these are wayyyy better photos. The comb is not as bad as I thought it was, it was just the angle and the blur. This could be a splash Dutch Bantam: light weight, blue legs and white earlobes, all breed characteristics for the Dutch.

Some Dutch lines have a little OEGB in them, which could be the case with your little fellow here. Since blue is rarish in Dutch, someone may have recently bred in a splash OEGB to a black Dutch and haven't quite bred their line back to full Dutch conformation. BTW, the hard core Dutch folks are irrationally anti OEGB in terms of outcrossing. It's funny because the Japanese bantam folks don't even pause when they speak of using OEGBs to introduce new colors into their little Chabos. Dutch fanciers? You'd have less flack breeding in a barnyard mutt. As far as they are concerned, a line will never be Dutch again if you breed in OEGB, which is funny because some sources I've seen suggest that Dutch were one of the foundation breeds for OEGB.

For me, it might be time to shop elsewhere if that F&S won't even tell you what breeds they were selling. That's bogus! It's terrible customer service.

 

[ChelseysChicken]

Oh,that was the first and last time I buy ANYTHING from that place! Thanks for your time!

 

[Poultriary]

You're welcome and good for you! People who do not "get" customer service do not deserve our business.

I do have to chuckle, though. Here I am talking about the Dutch folks and the AGB folks are almost as bad. The better breeders won't admit to any OEGB in their birds. Despite that, I suspect that any given AGB is much more likely to have come from crosses of large American Games and Old English Game Bantams than from a cross of old American Pit Bantams and Red Jungle Fowl.

Anyhow, enjoy your bird.

 

[daniellecm]

Hello All

Im very new to chickens as well as this forum but really enjoying the entire experience so far !

Heres a few pictures of my ( I think ) AGF He's approx 12 weeks.
Well Im told he's a he !!

so here's Popcorn !

 

[Poultriary]

Who told you that was a cockerel? I mean, it could be, but at 12 weeks I would expect a slightly larger comb and some definitely wattles by now. I don't see any wattles to speak of. Based on the photo, I'd guess pullet, but it's hard to tell at that age from those photos.

Hard also to tell what you've got going there, perhaps a black-breasted red?

In any case, enjoy and post some photos as Popcorn gets older.

 

[daniellecm]

hello! I pisted pictures in the what breed and gender fourm and was told she was a he! this little one wonder just showed up in my yard about a month ago now and decided it wanted to be part of the family. I have to say I'm really enjoying it lol I would live it ti be a she!! what other puctures would uou need to tell gender better?

 

[daniellecm]

hello

For comparison her are some other pictures.
First two when popcorn decided to move in . May 1 ( i would think about 6-8 weeks of age)
next two from this morning so guessing approx 12-14 weeks old

 

[Poultriary]

Well, under the chin to look at the wattles would be the only other photo that would help, but these extra photos you've posted only make me think it's a pullet even more than the other ones.

 

[daniellecm]

well thank you!! I will takr some more pictures tomorrow. they do change so quickly!

 

[froggiesheins]

Just found this thread, and I am pretty sure my boy is an AGF banty....I picked him up at a horse stables in the "hood" when he was 2 weeks old, have no idea who mama & papa were.
What do you guys think? I LOVE him and he is 3yrs old now and a great boy!

MY PHAROW:

p.s. I had him dubbed as his pea comb was touching his eye... and yes he only had one leg..lost the right leg below the hock in a freak accident...