Breed Please!

BantamLover89

In the Brooder
Jun 25, 2015
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Hello, i have these Bantams, 5 hens and a rooster, and now 10 little chicks, and i want to now if someone can tell me their breed(s).
Here are the pics, if needed i can post more detailed pics or give more information on their behavior.


I have another hen just like these(above) but she is broody, so i will not disturb her, lol.

these black one, has little feathers on her legs.




These hen is very small, i will post a pic holding her.

the chicks are all like these, except one, the yellow/whitish in the first pic.


I hope someone can help me, thank you all for any information you can give me.
 
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Wonderful pictures and gorgeous chickens!

I would either guess they are cross-breeds or else they could be OEGs. I would lean towards the OEG (Old English Game Bantam), since they are the correct shape for it. They come in nearly every color possible.

Best of luck!


My OEG bantam rooster, Acorn (he's a silver duckwing)
 
Hummm...i have made a research and the OEG seems very little, like the little one i have., shown in the third pic, i know that it is hard to say just by the photos, but i will post some of me handling them, and maybe you can see the size, because there are two different sizes in my flock, one of the hens is very small, and lays very little eggs.
I can say that all of them have very wild instincts, they dont lay eggs in the coop, they free range so they will find a nest with the rooster, each hen, and lay her eggs there, i had a hard time finding all the nests, since i have a lot of space,and they did a good job hidding them, i had to follow them when they start to make that sound before laying an egg..and i must always leave at least one egg in the nest or they will choose another nest with the rooster, also the broody ones leave the nest flying and making loud noises to attract the attention to them and distract any predator from the nest...well thats my theory..it makes sense to me, like a diversion technique. I don't know i had bantams before but these are very wild, they are very careful when people are around, it is almost impossible catching them at day light, especially the rooster, i tried catching the rooster one time and he started to run and when i got to close he disapeared flying, returning after a while..lol, the hens with treats sometimes let me catch them...and they are docile..but hard little ones..I have these flock for 3 or 4 months now.
 
My OEG hen is a wonderful mother. She always hides her nests away from the main nests, and she can fly really well! She is small however, dove sized, and the rooster isn't that much bigger.
They don't like me handling them, but they will come for treats.
 
Ok,thank you, so this wild behavior is normal in these breeds?i know that probably it doesn't depends just from the breed..i always thought that bantams had more wild instincts, but i only had 3 "standard" chickens so...probably i'm wrong.
I have seen some phoenix pics and my rooster seems just a little smaller, it is possible thst size for a OEG? tonight i will take a picture of him and i have already catch the little hen, and i toke a photo handling her, i will post later;) thank you for your help, at least i know where yo start...maybe your right, OEG...but you are right when you say mixed breed, they don't seem to be pure...the only one that probably is pure is the "mini hen"...or maybe she is another totaly different breed? Who knows..
Well, best of luck to you, i will post some more photos later, oh and today my new chicks started the "pipping"(I don't know if it's well writen))!i have a hen with 5 eggs from the "mini" and another 3 from her!
 
Awesome!
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I can't wait to see what my eggs hatch out to be!

Is it possible that those are standard OEGs?
 
I think Old English Game originally came in the standard size in the past but were later developed into bantams. The bantam variety is far more common today. There is one prominent hatchery that sells the standard size, however, in a lot of color varieties.
 
Hum, i dont think they are standard...by the size, they have the size of a pheasan, a little shorter, i think they qualify as bantams..i didn't post a pic holding the rooster and the hens, but i will post and then you can see better their size. I start to think they are mixed breeds.
 

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