oeg bantams agresive/noisy?

[Dust Bunny]

i wana order some bantams and they only come st run so il be getting some roos, do the oe game bantams fight like the oe game standards?

 

[DTchickens]

OEGB bantams, and the standards now being bred for show- are gentle towards other birds as long as they have been raised around them. Other than that they will fight until it is settled (even hens, my silver hen will even attack roosters sometimes). As for noisy, they do "talk" a good bit and have high pitched crows, but the noise doesn't carry far and i can barely hear my silver cock crowing just outside (not far) unless it is early in the morning with no other noise. Their crows are short too, so that helps for the annoyance levels.

-Daniel.

 

[embkm]

My first chickens were a flock of OEGB. I had 3 roos and 4 hens. The hens were sweet, one even went broody and hatched out a few really cute standard BR chicks. I loved the hens. The roos on the other hand were horrible. They didnt fight among themselves and were good to their banty hens, but they ganged up on everything else... My young standard BR roo, all the standard hens, my lab mix, but especially people. They were like a pack of little velociraptor dinos... one would distract you by charging you in the front, and as soon as you were focused on that one, the others would jump you from behind. After the second time I had a roo stuck clawing my head and flogging me, they were rehomed with their hens to a farm with an experienced OEG breeder.

If you are going to keep more than one roo, I would suggest finding a breeder that can tell you if his lines are gentle or not. Or someone willing to sell you adult chickens so that you can know what their temperment is like.

 

[TennesseeTruly]

My 8 year old grandson raises OEGB's and we've had no fighting with his. Right now all the roosters are together and none fight. We adore them especially their little crows!

Laurie