dun dun dun???

[Sonoran Silkies]

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its a color... that i have heard of there are Wyandotte bantams, OEG bantams, and Sumatra's that are the dun color... but it has to be one of the rarest colors in the USA...

Not really. It is in polish, and silkies as well, oh, and serama, although they are also in choc.

 

[heritagehabitatfarms]

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khaki, not lilac, and yes, choc is in the US in limited numbers of birds

ive heard it said both ways idk witch is right lol... it might help if i saw a good pic of one lol... you are the fist person that i have ever heard that said we have chocolate here... what do you have or know about breeds that are here??? and where i might buy some

also do you have any pics you could post pls...
thanks

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

The dun polish and dun OEGB are super popular it seems, they are listed as chocolates in the standard but its dun.

 

[heritagehabitatfarms]

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ok i looked it up here are some pics of OEGB from this link... http://www.bantychicken.com/OEGBCA/nonstd1.htm

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

I have them in my d'anvers, but as a dun quail, not solid dun (YET) Here's some pics of them. Bred this way, they are like "blued " versions of colors, the black feathers are replaced by dark chocolate. They also breed like blued birds, you get 50% dun, 25% black and 25% khaki (their version of sport)
I do have to agree, Sonora, you are the first person I have ever heard of saying there are true Chocolates in the States. I have always been told they are solely in Europe, be nice to know if there are some pures here!

Anyway, here's my dun quail d'anvers

 

[heritagehabitatfarms]

very pretty birds

 

[WyandotteTX]

You might have the most success in finding solid color Dun with some Wyandotte bantam breeders. There are some around though. I raised them for about 5 years, gorgeous birds. The color is very striking, they have the sheen of black but with the dark brown color. I too have heard the Splash version called Lilac not Khaki.
I have seen the Fawn Duckwing and the Fawn Red OEG and they are very beautiful also.

 

[heritagehabitatfarms]

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i joined the Wyandotte forum today ill advertise on there for some... as i cant find any one on BYC that will sell them to me

so fawn is the dun color to??? only when mixed colors maby???

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

Fawn is the name used most often with old English breeders, but yes it's all the same color over the patterns, and thanks for the complement too!

 

[Cuban Longtails]

Fawn Silver Duckwing?