Hello! and welcome to the OEGB thread.

[loveourbirds]

aren't the partridge b.b. reds darker in the hackle and saddle feathers than the wheaten?

 

[CarolinaHen]

Wow! I've got a lot more to learn about the color varieties than I realized. Good thing I love a challenge

 

[Jharper]

aren't the partridge b.b. reds darker in the hackle and saddle feathers than the wheaten?

I don't know. I haven't really thought of it like that.

 

[NYREDS]

Well, guess he could be, the female is wheaten and just assumed they were the same. The color pattern on the male is identical between wheaten and black breasted red, with the wheaten ideally being a darker red. The actual gene is different and obviously the females are drastically different patterns but the males create quite a bit of confusion amongst newer folk. (This happens in the Asils and Shamos as well.)

You're sure the Wheatens are darker than the BB Reds?

 

[BGMatt]

You're sure the Wheatens are darker than the BB Reds?

Nope. I'm just making a typo and making a fool out of myself. It's the other way around and I didn't proofread my post.

Edit: man that's embarrassing.

 

[loveourbirds]

Nope. I'm just making a typo and making a fool out of myself. It's the other way around and I didn't proofread my post.

Edit: man that's embarrassing.

im glad im not the only one who makes those mistakes. I will admit you had me wondering about the colors on my birds

 

[LoneStarBantams]

Is this an OEGB or an AGB? Thanks!

They are bb red wheaten cross
Many oe breeders put bb blood into Wheatens to make the birds tail larger

 

[cubakid]

I agree that they are cross between the two.

 

[Jharper]

Ok so I have a question.
What color is this male and is he really an OEGB?

 

[jeremy]

I'm looking for Blue Wheatens, who breeds them and will you have stock available this fall? (eggs, chicks, juvies, adults?)