Mysterious bantams... help please!

[MysteryChicken]

I have a white jungle fowl, one silver jungle fowl, one silver Phoenix all from tractor supply. I didn't take a picture of the silver jungle fowl.

 

[Ladybird CA]

I have a white jungle fowl, one silver jungle fowl, one silver Phoenix all from tractor supply.View attachment 1506809 View attachment 1506810 View attachment 1506812I didn't take a picture of the silver jungle fowl.

they were labeled jungle fowl?

 

[MysteryChicken]

I had to search my chicken breeds, they just had them labeled bantams. I got some Silkies too.

 

[Ladybird CA]

they're Old English Game bantams. The first two I'm not sure of the color I think because of the lighting but the middle one might be a Red Pyle. The last one is Silver Duckwing.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Old English game bantams are jungle fowl brought to the country by Romans.

 

[Ladybird CA]

oh, right .. I don't know if we have them in the states but they're asian

 

[MysteryChicken]

I know they're an Asian breed. The Romans had vast trading routes everywhere, and even worked together with the Chinese in battle, ect.

 

[Ladybird CA]

well heck we may as well not have this forum since all chickens are jungle fowl. This webpage says they came from dutch, spanish and polynesian peoples. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristi...ow-chickens-got-to-the-americas/#1a298b7c56db

 

[Ladybird CA]

now your silkies yeah those came from China, and Marco Polo discovered them. He was Italian but he was born in Venice. He very likely had Roman ancestors though. Actually almost everyone does. I have them in my family tree too- I found this out a couple years ago.

 

[Ladybird CA]

Actually I don't want to say Marco Polo discovered them since the Chinese probably knew they existed but he documented their existence.