Dutch Bantams Breed Thread

[Pathfinders]

As I said in the other thread, he is not pure Dutch. His legs are not slate, his type is not particularly correct, and his beak is too light as well.

 

[BANTAMWYANDOTTE]

I Am Unsure But He Is A Pretty Bird But He Came From Poor Conditions And Is A Rescue That I Will Never Regret...no Matter What He Is I Love Him And Will Provide A Happy Life For Him Until He Leaves Us....thank You For Your Help!

 

[SunnyChic]

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Henk69, I've started raising Dutch; I know you're in the Netherlands, but what size leg bands do you use, and where do you get them? Thanks.

 

[ruthless]

Whatever mix they are, they are nice colors and a nice size for easy handling. Thanks for giving them a better home and some enjoyment in their lives. Great she is laying for you already too.

 

[Henk69]

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Henk69, I've started raising Dutch; I know you're in the Netherlands, but what size leg bands do you use, and where do you get them? Thanks.

9mm for hens 10mm for males, but 1mm more doesn't hurt. If yours are bigger don't listen to me.
I can order my rings/legbands on line but you need to be member of the dutch chickenclub NHDB.

 

[Crunchie]

Hey Henk, would you mind explaining some of the genetics behind our light brown and cream light brown? I have never been able to find much information on this. I've always assumed that light brown is a gold duckwing, but again, I've never found the information to confirm this, and if it is a duckwing then why do we call it light brown? If it is not duckwing, can you explain the difference to me? I breed light brown, cream light brown, blue light brown, and blue cream light brown, and I understand how they "work" and what the results will be when I cross any of the above, but I have yet to find someone to explain the actual genetics behind them.

 

[Henk69]

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Confirmed. Light brown = gold duckwing. Gold duckwing is a genetics description. Resembles "golden duckwing" which is the fanciers description for het silver duckwing.
Duckwing used to refer to the blue sheen on the wingbow of a silver duckwing. The green sheen on a birchen was called a crowwing.
That in the first case the wingtriangle is silver and in the second case solid black did not catch their eye...

 

[laughingdog]

got baker's dozen count of eggs so far of seeming dutch bantam, and excited that at least some should make it (considering i got four out of six of my first new incubator clutch of game bantam hens). they are so tiny, maybe half the size even of my OEGB hen, but not as small or looking like seramas at all. they look like what most are showing as true dutch to a T (as far as i can tell... lol), but im confused by some of the colors shown on here, as thought they were only gotten by outcrossing to OEGB, and isnt that frowned upon? just a newbie who was curious for info. i love my rosecomb roo or mix to death as he is so calm and tame and good broody foster father, especially compared to OEGB so far with the farm bird fosters (he was just turned loose for long while when got him as had to catch him off friend's property full of dogs who wanted to eat him, so was wild as can be as not even fed), so will the dutch be great parents and tame also? are dutch really that smart and hardy, as the ones friend has in little pen, are just covered partially with tarp, a perch they dont seem to use, and a milk crate to lay in, with scraps for food, and they are in the best shape ive seen birds, even over the harshes winters here... are they all this hardy? another friend has game, bantam and farm hens, and they were/are just loose and not doing nearly as well, especially over winter, but he has given them some open coop/nesting area with nice hay and stuff deep for bedding and started feeding cracked corn, this spring to try to get them to lay, and built and building coops. is it that the dutch were confined with heaps of food, even though the other guy left his to forage, and would dutch just turn feral if let out loose or in uncovered pen, even if clipped a wing, like ive heard?

are dutch known for wanting to nest in odd places, or will a normal type, box with straw do (id had a three hundred dollar chicken coop built, but my hens prefer to nest in dog houses, so just put some nests and laying boxes in there).

 

[Matt A NC]

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Half my Dutch girls like to lay in the loft of the work shed. I couldn't get them to stop and the kept rolling eggs out and dropping them 7 feet to the concrete. I gave in and placed a couple nest boxes up there. They use them daily.

Matt

 

[laughingdog]

hmmm... maybe caging them would be better all around... i had a hen or two years ago, that used to like to lay from up in a ceder tree. was a mess especially if anything was under them. the others liked to lay under my tire well, and another burrow were a rodent nest both were, before occupants were "evicted".