Help Identify Bantam Chicks

[HeatherKellyB]

I need to look up the brassy, br red and silver OEGB. I'm fairly confident they're cockerels, 100% sure on the one you marked sil

 

[HeatherKellyB]

@tn_artist , I would trust your predictions before I'd trust my own. You've had most of these multiple times.

Also, FiFi, the solid white chick, I thought was a white OEGB, but today I'm beginning to notice some very light off white. I believe I may have 2 Easter Egger bantams If so, I really hope they'll lay bluish eggs, as I have 3 pullets that lay green eggs now. You definitely won't find me complaining about any pullets, especially with the luck I have ending up with so many cockerels, but it'd be amazing if they laid blue/bluish eggs

 

[HeatherKellyB]

I am 99.7% sure I have at least 3 cockerels in the flock of bantam chicks. Aren't the straight run odds 50/50? I'll probably have 4 or 5 cockerels. I already have 6 and out of them, only 2 are sweet. Two are horrible and I can't even walk around without a pool noodle and bucket or wagon trailing behind me, if they're out. I don't let them out much anymore because of this. I'm ready for them to go and my daughter is as well, but as soon as it actually comes down to it, my daughter says no. She'll get there.

 

[HeatherKellyB]

Here are the 3 obvious boys so far.

I have a feeling about 1 more, so far. I guess time will tell.

 

[tn_artist]

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1 - Mottled OEGB
2 - White OEGB or EE
3 - White Frizzled Cochin
4 - Silver Duckwing OEGB Pullet (coloring of neck and body match, but in all honesty, I'm not 100% sure, just very hopeful. I'll try to get a close up soon)
5 - Mille Fleur D’Uccle
6 - Pyncheon
7 - Self Blue OEGB
8 - ? OEGB Cockerel (Brown & Black)
9 - ? OEGB Cockerel (Has white speckles, but mostly black, gray, and a little bit of brown throughout)
10 - ??? EE (although I'd be absolutely over the moon with delight if she's a porcelain OEGB, but if I'm being realistic, I doubt it, as we've spoken before, that isn't something typically found in the TSC Bantam bin)

Thoughts?

I found a list of the OEGB colors. Took four screen shots to get the whole list.

 

[tn_artist]

I was just looking at my daughters birds , Yin and Yang. Yin is similar to your little Fifi. She is silvery white with a bit of cream. I just noticed her comb. Her comb looks exactly like a sebright comb! I think we may have lucked up with another buff laced sebright! (Pardon her feathers, I think they had a poop party in the brooder, she's filthy)

Here is Yang. I don't know what he is. He is much blacker than any OEGB we have had, but I don't think he can be anything else.

 

[hilltopchicks77]

I was just looking at my daughters birds , Yin and Yang. Yin is similar to your little Fifi. She is silvery white with a bit of cream. I just noticed her comb. Her comb looks exactly like a sebright comb! I think we may have locked up with another buff laced sebright! (Pardon her feathers, I think they had a poop party in the brooder, she's filthy)View attachment 2071754
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Here is Yang. I don't know what he is. He is much blacker than any OEGB we have had, but I don't think he can be anything else.
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He looks similar to my Bonnie (who is totally a roo lol) Bonnie is also bigger I was wondering if he was an astralorp (I cant spell tonight) or something

 

[tn_artist]

He looks similar to my Bonnie (who is totally a roo lol) Bonnie is also bigger I was wondering if he was an astralorp (I cant spell tonight) or something

Totally understand! My very favorite hen was named Edward.
Yang is definitely bantam, they both are about the same size.
We have only bought bantams this time around, but there is a suspicious character in our brooder. Body size he isn't much bigger than the bantam EE in the brooder, but he stands taller and is heavy. I'm worried that some meat bird got lost in the bantam bin. It's legs are huge too. I'll see if a can get a picture tomorrow.

 

[hilltopchicks77]

Totally understand! My very favorite hen was named Edward.
Yang is definitely bantam, they both are about the same size.
We have only bought bantams this time around, but there is a suspicious character in our brooder. Body size he isn't much bigger than the bantam EE in the brooder, but he stands taller and is heavy. I'm worried that some meat bird got lost in the bantam bin. It's legs are huge too. I'll see if a can get a picture tomorrow.

From what I read most of the breeds including astralorp come in bantam size as well

 

[HeatherKellyB]

Hi friends! I just wanted to update this thread. I believe I got new pictures of everyone to share and I've got them all, but 2 identified.
First is the Self Blue OEGB, a pullet named Willow. I was worried about her feathers being scruffy, but they seem to be getting more and more nice as she grows. She has the most beautiful face I've ever seen on a pullet. Of course I am biased, but really, her face is absolutely darling! She's beginning to act more confident and not absolutely terrified of EVERYTHING. This morning she actually jumped into my open hand and stayed there while I moved her closer to me. After several minutes, her extremely loud cries started, but this is certainly progress for this cutie! View attachment 2106148
Next up is Archie, a Booted Bantam Cockerel in Mille Fleur. He is a vocal little guy, but hasn't even tried to crow yet, at least not in front of me. Archie suffered from pasty butt very often when he was very young and his entire back end was bald and although the skin never seemed irritated, it was dry and peeling. I believe all of the butt cleaning made him associate humans with negativity. I have been working with him a lot and he is finally showing more gentlemanly behavior. He got to where he would bite and peck any time he would see my hand. I'm hoping things will continue to improve View attachment 2106150
I reached out to a member on here that is notorious for identifying breeds, even with birds that make identifying them nearly impossible, and we had most of them right on, but I did get help in identifying the Booted Bantam (above) and the Red Pyle OEGB (below) FiFi, plus a couple others. @tn_artist is amazing at identifying too!!! I'm so jealous and hope to be this knowledgeable and good at identifying someday.
FiFi was tricky but now, I can see Red Pyle OEGB. She is getting more and more red around her face and neck. She is such a shy and nervous girl, but still super sweet, as long as I make her feel safe. She is a loner though so I worry the bottom of the pecking order will belong to her and Willow. View attachment 2106158
@tn_artist got all of my OEGB colors right on, so I'll just share updated pictures of them. Ramona is my BBR (blue breasted red, I believe?) OEGB pullet and tends to be at the top of the pecking order. She's so confident and I just love watching her and interacting with her. View attachment 2106187
Finley is a Silver Duckwing OEGB cockerel. He has taken the top of the pecking order over ALL the boys (my goodness I ended up with a lot of boys!!!). He is very curious about everything. He isn't overly affectionate with humans, but he isn't aggressive, at all. Here's hoping he will stay like this, but I know that he can go either way. He practices crowing throughout the day, every day, and is getting better and better. View attachment 2106189
I will post the others in another thread. I've been trying to get this update done and something comes up every single time I get in it, so I'll post what I have so far