I have gone through the same thing in the last month with 2 of my most precious birds passing away..it's soo hard..just know that your BYC family is thinking about you...
Coal was really beautiful. I'm so sorry for your loss.
It's always sad losing a feathered friend so suddenly like that...
I got a new OEGB! A huge, fierce, terrible, and terrifying rooster! No, just kidding, he's just a little teeny tiny three-month-old spangled cockerel. Here he is:
He's really, really sweet, and currently so small he makes my A-class serama hen look big.
Really excited to watch him grow into a handsome rooster and hopefully father some pretty babies!
My friend Gerry has been raising birds for 30+ years. He aquired most of his birds from an elderly gent who had past. That Gent had original heritage breeds that have been unchanged since the day the boat landed. Gerry's been working on his OEG flock for about 20 years now. We partnerd up last year with our flocks. This spring we will be offering eggs + chicks for sale of many breeds including Manderin ducks.
I raise a male line Crele OE and I will be getting rid of a couple of trios coming up. My birds are all Jake Lail and Ronny Ledford line. My birds came directly from Ronny and I have about 30 trios of creles. PM me if your interested in a show quality male line. My website has more pics or heres a link to some of them on the Old English website. http://www.bantychicken.com/cgi-bin/OEGBCA/index.cgi?action=gallery&op=galview&username=McBantams
I have went through my birds and I have what I'm going to keep for breeding for 2010. I have 3 trios right now to sale. These are awesome SQ birds from some of the best lines around and will raise awesome male line Crele OE. Please PM for the price for BYC members,because I will be going up when I post them on eggbid. I wanted to give the members a chance to buy them first. Please visit my website for more pics of my birds.My birds came directly from Ronny Ledford which was the 2009 president of the Old English Bantam Club.I will be at the shows in GA and SC this month and next so if your there look me up. I can also ship these birds when the weather is right on both ends or pick up at shows.
Jan 23rd Jefferson,GA
Jan 30th Anderson,SC
Feb 20th Newnan,GA
I've been meaning to pm you but was waiting until I had time - I am interested in talking with you about a trio. I must clean the house for visitors now but will try to get online to pm you this evening.