Four mystery bantams

Westmarch

Chirping
5 Years
Nov 4, 2014
54
13
86
All cockerels but one, I fear, but I wonder if anyone has ideas on the breeds of these six week olds!

The black one has an impressive rose comb and stand-up tail feathers. I'm pretty sure the one with the muff is a bantam EE (her legs are SO green!) but the others are wholly a mystery to me.
 

Attachments

  • MVIMG_20200630_183903.jpg
    MVIMG_20200630_183903.jpg
    554 KB · Views: 25
  • MVIMG_20200630_183801.jpg
    MVIMG_20200630_183801.jpg
    359.2 KB · Views: 20
  • MVIMG_20200630_183725.jpg
    MVIMG_20200630_183725.jpg
    463.1 KB · Views: 21
  • MVIMG_20200630_183507.jpg
    MVIMG_20200630_183507.jpg
    455.6 KB · Views: 20
Where did you get the chicks? My guesses are based on them coming from a hatchery, or from a store that gets chicks from a hatchery (most do). If they came from someone's backyard flock, then the possibilities are different.

First chick, I think some kind of Old English Game Bantam. It's a silver-based color. Maybe Silver Duckwing, but plenty of other possibilities too--I'm not good at telling them apart, especially when they're only partly grown.

Second chick, I agree with you that it's probably an Easter Egger Bantam.

Third chick, I think I see a pea comb. Probably Easter Egger, going by the color (not all Easter Eggers have the muffs). Possibility of Cornish Bantam (less common than Easter Eggers) or Cubalaya Bantam (even more rare than the Cornish ones).

But the third chick might have a rose comb instead, in which case it's probably some kind of Wyandotte Bantam.

Fourth chick, probably a Black Rosecomb Bantam. Yes, that is the name of a kind of chicken, not just a description of your chick :)
 

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom