anyone else have japanese bantams?

[tnkinhunting]

On your 6th photo - the two black - hen's I think - are rosecombs - I have two of them - the roo with them died of old age. They don't lay well at all - they could be old too. They were given to me last fall. Nice birds.

 

[flip9109]

the little buff in the middle of the two black ones is the mother of the other three in the pic

 

[NYREDS]

Japanese Bantams come in Black Tailed Buff, Black tailed White, Black & several other colours. None of the birds you have pictured appear to me to be Japanese Bantams. They do appear to be cross breeds.
You refer to #7 as a "Belgian" by which I assume you mean Antwerp Belgians or D"Anvers. If so, she's not as they are rose combed birds and she's single combed. The suggestion that your 2 black females are of the Rosecomb breed is obviously wrong since they too are single combed.
With the exception of the Mille Fleur d'Uccle and the Silkies every thing else appears to be a cross breed bantam. Makes for a colourful, interesting looking flock.

 

[LinckHillPoultry]

ah, they could be but they couldn't be.
I have a gray pair, but I've had no experience with the other colors.

 

[chickaboo7]

Could the one on your hand be an old english game roo? mine looks alot like that.

 

[airmom1c05]

Whatever cross created Jane, I think must be very similar to whatever resulted in my Brandy! Wish we knew for sure how to breed birds like these! I love your Lou roo, too!

 

[SloCrevs]

The Black look like Dutch. Are you sure they are offspring of one of the hens?

 

[tnkinhunting]

I didn't look close enuf on the two blacks - here are my black rosecomb

 

[BantyChickMom]

Here's some BTW japanese,

 

[chickenannie]

flip9109, I have 6 black chickens like the ones in your picture 6 and 8. I bought them at auction and havent' figured out what they are yet. A question: do yours ever fan their tails? Mine typically keep their tails pointed up, but every once in a while, they fan their tails out like a fan-tailed pigeon. Mine also have short little legs. Did you ever figure out what breed your black ones are?