OEG bantams, right?

bantamofopera

In the Brooder
7 Years
Jul 6, 2012
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Southern Vermont
I have some banties we adopted from our neighbors when their kids got too old to be interested. I think they are OEG bantams from what I've researched, and I'd say black for the girls and silver duckwing for the roo. They hatched out 6 babies, 3 of each color, 2 girls and 1 boy per color (symmetry, right?). I just want to confirm that I have the coloring and breed terminology so we can find homes for the baby roos, which I assume we'll need to do (papa is pretty aggressive, as per the breed, and we don't want any murders in our pen if we can help it!). Here are pics, and thanks for any info. I don't know much about the breed/breeding but am a 'crazy chicken lady' these days between these and my 26 laying hen babies.

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The babies are so cute, especially now that they are too big to escape from the fence
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I don't know at what age we should try and adopt out the two boys. They are all still sleeping under mamas' wing (3 of the girls went broody, only one was smart enough to hide her eggs and hatch them out, but all 3 have been mothering the babies) so I guess it's too early, but we are worried about relations with their proud papa.
 

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