Dutch vs Japanese Bantams...How can you tell??

[ESofVA]

I have 1 bantam roo that is either a Dutch or a Japanese. I bought him from a local feed store that orders from Ideal and they sell both. How can I tell if it is a Dutch or a Japanese? I would like to order some of the breed I have this spring, but I am not sure which it is!
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Ear color????

 

[willowbranchfarm]

http://www.fowlvisions.com/?p=238 Here is Japanese Bantam Rooster


http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGD/Dutch/BRKDutch.html. Here is Dutch Bantam Rooster

If you post a picture of him I can tell you which one it is. I have Dutch Bantams and they are awesome.

 

[hdowden]

pics?

over all body carrige, ear lobe color, tail carrige, how low the bird sits to the ground wing carrige are some things to lookat

dutch

jap

 

[ESofVA]

OK, the wind has settled and I got some pictures of the little rooster I have.
Here is his portfolio:














His best bud...a Silkie of the same age.

BTW....is that Silkie considered to be a red???
Thanks!

 

[ESofVA]

He has red earlobes, so that means he is a Japanese? I am trying to learn as he is my first and only so far. I have been told he is a blue but he is older and has gotten darker. Still blue???
Thanks again!

 

[willowbranchfarm]

Yes those are Japanese Bantams.

 

[Pele]

Definitely a little Japanese Bantam

 

[chicken pickin]

Yours is a Japanese Bantam I have 3 Roosters that look just like him 2 with the same coloring.
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[chicken pickin]

I believe yours is called a Grey Japanese But i could be wrong, he looks like mine and I dont know what to call mine.

Mine came from a Black Mottled Jap hen and a Black Tailed White Jap Rooster

 

[hdowden]

they are japs