bantam sumatras

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vpatt said:
I bought a little chick today at a swap. I was told it is a bantam Phoenix pullet. I don't know anything about Phoenix breed but it it does not look like any pictures. It does look like a Sumatra picture.....she (I hope its a she) is black with a turquoise blue shimmer. Either the person I bought from misspoke or really did not know.....unless I am wrong and it is a different type Phoenix from the pictures I have seen. Either way he or she has been named Little Egypt. And she disappeared for a couple hours after i brought her home. Either she hid in the leaves in the pen (we are in the woods and have fallen leaves) or flew out of the pen. I was gone for a couple hours and when I returned there she was in the pen. We had walked thru the pen and didn't see her.
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There is a Black Phoenix (although it's not an officially APA recognized color) whose pullets do resemble Black Sumatra pullets. A sure way to tell the difference is to look at the comb. If it's a single comb, you have a Black Phoenix pullet; if it's a pea comb, you have a Black Sumatra pullet.
 
Michael OShay said:
There is a Black Phoenix (although it's not an officially APA recognized color) whose pullets do resemble Black Sumatra pullets. A sure way to tell the difference is to look at the comb. If it's a single comb, you have a Black Phoenix pullet; if it's a pea comb, you have a Black Sumatra pullet.
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Thank you! I will check tomorrow and see......I should know that right now, but I do not.
 
I am going to say it is a pea comb since I really cannot see anything there. It is also a grayish black color instead of red. For the life of me I cannot remember an age for this little bird. Could it be that it may change soon? I know nothing about bantams, but I thought it was grown....maybe not. It is a bit feisty. Sorry I am such a newbie that I am not much help.
 
vpatt said:
I am going to say it is a pea comb since I really cannot see anything there. It is also a grayish black color instead of red. For the life of me I cannot remember an age for this little bird. Could it be that it may change soon? I know nothing about bantams, but I thought it was grown....maybe not. It is a bit feisty. Sorry I am such a newbie that I am not much help.
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Based on what you're telling me about the comb, it certainly sounds like you have a Black Sumatra.
 
vpatt said:
Thank you.......if I see major changes I will post.
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You're welcome.
 
hello everyone..I've been looking all around all over for a bantam Sumatra pullet or hen...and i have no luck what so ever!
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can someone please direct me to the right direction! thank you kindly!
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