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

[Arbutus Peregrine]

Haha, I know. That was more a comment on my usually quite winter-hardy Cochin going naked for the winter.

Hope those feathers grow in quick! You could sew some winter pajamas!

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

That's good to know! Especially since I've been eyeballing those bantam Barred Plymouth Rocks for a while now... Not that I would be getting those any time soon on top of the OEGBs and Moderns I want to get in the very near future.


What all do you have from them?

I didn’t find out about My Pet Chicken until right after I ordered my straight run chicks.... I sure felt dumb! But the rooster experiment was humbling and fun(!) and continues with the two boys I hope I can get away with keeping!!!

I have been meaning to ask about adding new chicks.... my Bantams never got the Mareks vaccine. I’m so scared they will get sick one day. I’ve read what I can about it and it doesn’t sound worth it to vaccinate them now at 5+months old. But then a man on here just lost his 5 month old pullet to Mareks

when I went to a small poultry show last Saturday, I immediately washed my clothes and took a shower when I got home. What happens in the future if I get some more chicks? (Like Dorkings!! )

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

The original Chinese Silkie is thriving today.
Images from the internet.View attachment 1954109 View attachment 1954110Notice the larger comb, which is a distinctive feature of Original Chinese Silkie Bloodline.

My silkies.View attachment 1954112 View attachment 1954114

So fancy and I would name them the Fluffington family

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

Here's an older picture of an OEGB Cockerel we have. His name is Blue, & his crow cuts off at the end like a Red JungleFowl rooster does.View attachment 1954513 View attachment 1954514 View attachment 1954515

Beautiful coloring

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

View attachment 1954775 View attachment 1954776 View attachment 1954777 View attachment 1954778 View attachment 1954779 My Birds today..

They’re having a sunshine party! Love the colors and the Silkie hat poofs... is hat are those called anyway?! And I soooooo love Call ducks

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

We got free wild meat today. A Partridge flew into the side of my grandpa's house, & snapped it's neck this morning. Meaty little bird.

The sky is falling!!

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

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My Noodles is a looker with her funny face and noodle toes ..
She is Silkie/Cochin cross..

A beauty!

 

[chickens really]

A beauty!

Awwww! She is in her own strange way..
I cooked a sweet potato for them and holy smokes they are devouring it..
Shared with the Ducks and my goats too..

 

[MysteryChicken]

Aw, that's too bad! Will have to do some digging, myself, when I get the chance and see what I can find.



EDIT: Okay, that wasn't too hard to find with a quick Google Scholar search.

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpsa/41/1/41_1_76/_pdf

The thing is... They literally only compared it to one other chicken breed, which just happened to be the White Leghorn because they used another article's White Leghorn sequence as a reference point. So from this, you can't say Silkies are more closely related to Leghorns than any other chicken breed, you can only say that they are chicken breeds and are therefore more closely related to each other than to the other species of birds that were sequenced by these scientists or their references. They also used a Japanese Silkie, not a Chinese one, and never said if it was large fowl or bantam.

That doesn't sound like the one I read a year ago. The one I read involved Chinese silkie studies.

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

Awwww! She is in her own strange way..
I cooked a sweet potato for them and holy smokes they are devouring it..
Shared with the Ducks and my goats too..

There’s show bird beauty but even stronger is beauty from being loved!!
Mine love sweet potato too! I’ve decided most warm things are instant favorites!!