Dutch Bantams Breed Thread

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

yep , for most bantams, the general rule is around 6 months, some take a bit longer, a lot depends on when they hatched and what season it is, late hatches of course usually take the winter off and will just start their following spring

 

[spiritdance]

Okay, thanks!

My girls are about 2 1/2 months old now, so maybe I'll get some "easter" eggs from them

 

[Schweiger]

Hey boggy bottoM...do you ahve any dutch and what colors?

What colors are your chicks spiritdance?

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

no I dont currently have any, plnning to get some millie and porcelain this spring though, mainly for my phoenix projects, but love the breed on it's own too.

 

[Schweiger]

where are you planning on getting your birds from?

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

still searching. Like I said, these will mainly be for phoenix color projects, so as long as the color is good, They'll be fine to me for now til I get more serious with the breed.
Still would prefer to find a good breeder with them, but if that doesnt come around soon, Ideal has them.

 

[spiritdance]

I have a mile fleur and a buff hen, and a very spoiled and bossy LB roo. I'd like to get som LB and CLBs for DooRoo (mr. bossy) and maybe a mile fleur roo for the girls (I'm not sure what I'll get from mile fleur and buff ... anybody know?) I also have a couple that were supposed to be Dutch, but they're obviously OE. I didn't really want OE, but, oh well ... they're a black roo (actually, a pretty good OE black) and a black tailed buff hen. I don't know what I'm going to do with them yet.

 

[Celtic Hill]

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did you get them from ideal?

 

[Schweiger]

Well I will be selling CLB and some LB eggs on Ebay in a little while. I am waiting for my old hens to kick back into production and I am also waiting for my pullets to get into production as well.

 

[Schweiger]

Do no get dutch from Ideal as they are Old English cross with dutch. Us nankin breeders have a problem with ideal as well because they have nankin- OEG mix birds and dont seem to care about the difference. they say they are true but are just not show quality....