Dutch Bantam or Old English Game?

[emmagat]

Hey everyone! When I was younger my mom and I went to a show and bought a pair of bantams. We both forget what the seller told us since it's been a few years, and I am curious to know what kind they are since they've had a few kids since moving into our coop. We started out with oegb's but this lovely couple and their children are a bit bigger than the oegb's that we used to have (we don't have any oegb's left; the only bantams we have are these guys and some bantam easter eggers). Anyway, they have white earlobes and I heard somewhere that the difference between Dutch bantams and oegb's was that Dutch bantams have white earlobes and oegb's have red earlobes, but I'm not sure if that's correct. If anyone can help me ID them and cure my curiosity I would be so grateful! Like I said, they look exactly like the oegb's we used to have but it's just the size and earlobes that are different. Thanks in advance!

 

[Ladybird CA]

That is correct about the earlobes but Dutch are usually smaller than OEGB.

Dutch roosters usually weigh about 21 oz, hens 19.

OEGB Roos 24 oz, hens 22.

I wondered if maybe they are Rosecomb bantams but one website says they are about the same size as Dutch and another says about the same as OEGB.

 

[Cyprus]

That is correct about the earlobes but Dutch are usually smaller than OEGB.

Dutch roosters usually weigh about 21 oz, hens 19.

OEGB Roos 24 oz, hens 22.

I wondered if maybe they are Rosecomb bantams but one website says they are about the same size as Dutch and another says about the same as OEGB.

That and the combs would be different.

 

[Ladybird CA]

Yes, I thought maybe a possibly since she had them many years ago but they are probably Dutch.

 

[Ladybird CA]

Oops OP said a few years not many so she probably has a good memory of what their combs looked like

 

[emmagat]

Oops OP said a few years not many so she probably has a good memory of what their combs looked like

Haha the combs are single and none of the original pair's kids have rose combs; all single combs. They all just seem more plump and filled out than the oegb's we had before, except one of them who is really small.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Could you post pics of the birds in question, please?

 

[emmagat]

Could you post pics of the birds in question, please?

Here’s some photos of the mom of all of them, and the last one is of her daughter.

 

[Ladybird CA]

They look like splash Dutch

 

[emmagat]

They look like splash Dutch

Thank you!