Experts, help me ID Little Jerry's breed...

[Mebs]

This guy showed up at the school where I teach and after getting no response to my numerous handbills in the neighborhood, I kept him. Now we have many more hens and another roo, but I want to know what Little Jerry Seinfeld is (breed-wise, that is).

 

[hdowden]

that's an old english game bantam and he is pretty...i would treat him for mites on his body and his legs before letting him in with an established flock

 

[Barrdwing]

Sounds reasonable to me. Looks like he's a young bird: no spurs yet and his hackle and tail feathers look "unfinished." He'll be quite stunning by next spring. He doesn't match any specific coloration that I could name, but he's a handsome little fellow; might be a mix with that mottling on his chest. I've always been fond of that pattern on a bird.

 

[Mebs]

Thanks. I tried to upload a video of Jerry riding on the cup holders in my truck but unsure of the technique.

 

[Mebs]

Here he is a few months later, spurs developing. Now his spurs are really long, and I hear I should trim them.
For some reason he was standing on one leg like a crane.

 

[hdowden]

check his legs if the scales on his legs can be lifted even slightly he has leg mites which i have dealt with before and i find they are easy to get ride of also make sure there is no swelling on that leg or anything causing him pain and if you don't find any of that then he just likes to stand on one leg lol

defiantly has oegb in him and might have some dutch as well with the white earlobes

 

[Barrdwing]

When the spurs start getting long enough that he's injuring the hens, or poking himself when he roosts, that's when I tend to trim. Remember that there's not only a quick inside that spur, but a bony core as well! Even when I'm really careful with the clippers, I still sometimes hit the quick, and it is a pain getting it to stop bleeding. For heaven's sake don't hit the bony core (located closer to the leg, inside the quick), it's really awful.

 

[hdowden]

i take a pair of pliers grab a hold of the spur and slightly twist back and forth till i hear a pop then the spur sheath comes right off and there is bleeding but its not as much as if you cut the quick. the exposed part of the spur will harden and after doing this several times it shortens the spurs.

also what do you consider really long? in that pic they are fairly short