Bantam chickens.. a friendly discussion about all pure and mixed breeds.

[Alexandra33]

Sweetheart's tail appears to be blooming, at long last. His is taking its sweet old time, in comparison with those of my previous Phoenix cockerels. Does anybody know approximately how much time it takes a Phoenix tail to reach maximum potential? He's currently around 7 months old.

~Alex

 

[MysteryChicken]

That's too bad....he was very handsome.

Wonderful!
He's absolutely gorgeous, and should produce equally gorgeous progeny.
Do you know where I can get some cuckoo silkies?


~Alex

I loved Punk, but he didn't need to be beating up on me, & my sister each time we went into the coop.

 

[Alexandra33]

I loved Punk, but he didn't need to be beating up on me, & my sister each time we went into the coop.

Certainly not. Flogging isn't indicative of a good cockerel, and should never be tolerated.

~Alex

 

[MysteryChicken]

Sweetheart's tail appears to be blooming, at long last. His is taking its sweet old time, in comparison with those of my previous Phoenix cockerels. Does anybody know approximately how much time it takes a Phoenix tail to reach maximum potential? He's currently around 7 months old.
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~Alex

but I want some.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Certainly not. Flogging isn't indicative of a good cockerel, and should never be tolerated.

~Alex

He met his end due to it. Recently we had to do in one of our standard silkies due to human aggressiveness.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Have I showed you my Red JungleFowl?

 

[Alexandra33]

but I want some.

They're wonderful birds, and certainly worthy of consideration.

He met his end due to it. Recently we had to do in one of our standard silkies due to human aggressiveness.

Totally justified. Can't have either one passing on those genes, or potentially injuring someone. Sorry it came to that, though.

Have I showed you my Red JungleFowl?

I don't believe so!

~Alex

 

[MysteryChicken]

They're wonderful birds, and certainly worthy of consideration.

Totally justified. Can't have either one passing on those genes, or potentially injuring someone. Sorry it came to that, though.

I don't believe so!

~Alex

Here's one of my JungleFowl ladies. She looks to be G.g.Gallus - Chinese Red JungleFowl.

She's in winter plumage, & the tamest. I spoiled her with treats to get her to trust me enough.

Here's both of them with a friend, an OEGB rooster.

They're a bit bigger then a bantam.

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

Some of the emoticons are available on site and you should be able to see them by clicking on this icon above the post box:

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Some of them that I've used here are ones I've saved onto my computer to add when the BYC default ones just aren't the right expression for the situation. You can find a bunch on this thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/smiley-library.1174444/


As for your other questions, I'll leave those for others who have a better idea of what to do in that situation. I don't keep my cockerels with my pullets once they've started to mature, so I don't have much experience with that. My only recommendation there is to have a cage or two ready to separate them if those boys start to be too much for each other or the pullets, just in case.

Also, I would say based on your profile pic that you have Splashes, yes. That's totally normal when breeding together two Blues; about 1/4 of the resulting offspring are Splash.

Wow! Thanks so much for teaching me about the emojis, the rooster advice and pointing out my Splashes! Splashes are just fine with me! too bad the emojis arent chickens!!

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

I found this picture. Best friends