OEGB Colors

[redchevy808]

Lol and if you cross bantam And regular they'll come out all funny, big bantams small regulars haha

 

[DuckiesGarden]

thanks for the help! They definitely fit into the 1-2 pound range. The hens are about the same size as a pigeon. I'm excited to hear the female offspring tend to have the fathers coloring! LOL, I wouldn't mind if the standard chicks ended up banty size! Some of them are EE's and I'd love some banty size EE's!

 

[NYREDS]

Usually I get roosters that look more like their mothers and hens that have their fathers color. The lighter hen looks like the color matched to your rooster and the darker looks like a bbred, if you're not sure about them being oegb then weigh them, they sure look the part but they should weigh from 1-2 pounds

Cocks should weigh 24 ox, hens 22 oz, cockerels 22 oz & pullets 20 oz. A 2 pound OEGB would be disqualified.

 

[redchevy808]

I wasn't

Cocks should weigh 24 ox, hens 22 oz, cockerels 22 oz & pullets 20 oz. A 2 pound OEGB would be disqualified.

I wasn't talking about show birds, I said between 1-2, 24 and 22 ounces ARE between 1 and 2 pounds. I've had birds who weighed 24 oz then got over fed and just got rounder. Doesn't mean they aren't oegbs

 

[redchevy808]

thanks for the help! They definitely fit into the 1-2 pound range. The hens are about the same size as a pigeon. I'm excited to hear the female offspring tend to have the fathers coloring! LOL, I wouldn't mind if the standard chicks ended up banty size! Some of them are EE's and I'd love some banty size EE's!

Lol if you want them to cross then go for it, it's a great hobby and as long as you're not trying to show your birds you'll be happy with them because you raised them! Good luck!

 

[redchevy808]

Cocks should weigh 24 ox, hens 22 oz, cockerels 22 oz & pullets 20 oz. A 2 pound OEGB would be disqualified.

wow I was reading my other reply and I looked really rude lol, sorry about that! I was just saying how this persons talking about crossing bantams and regular size birds so I don't think show standards matter to em

 

[DuckiesGarden]

I don't show my birds so I'm not worried about that part. Like I mentioned before, they aren't show standard anyway. The guy I got them from didn't even know what breed they were when he gave them to me. I posted some pics of them in the what breed are they forum and that's how I got the suggestion that they were OEG bantams. I don't have any way to weigh them but they are smaller than my 4 month old standard chickens so I'm sure they are closer to the 1 pound or less size. Is there anything besides size to confirm that they're OEGB's?
I keep chickens for the eggs and the enjoyment of them. My little banties are so small- and their eggs too- that they are pets more than anything else. The roo is the only one I have that's of breeding age(I have a buff laced polish roo but he's still a chick) and so I'm limited on my choices for breeding. These are my first banty chickens and I've really enjoyed them so if they want to breed and make more I'm more than happy with that! I was just curious about what traits pass on to the offspring so maybe I can be more selective of which eggs I leave to incubate. I've been raising chickens for almost 6 years now but in all that time I've never had any go broody and now I've got 3 doing it and it's got me excited thinking of the possibilities! Thanks again for the feedback!

 

[redchevy808]

Glad your doing good! Oegbs should look like regular old English game chickens, google old English game, they are the same in stance and tail angle, bantams are just way smaller

 

[Jillian12]

Hey Chris09, I was reading through this forum and wanted to thank you for all the color breeding info. I have silver and fawn-silver duckwings. I was wondering what "dun" means though. Is it another color grouping like the duckwing and blue, black, splash? Thanks

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

I'm not Chris (I actually haven't seen him post in awhile), but dun is a dilution of black. With OEGB, it is most common in fawn silver duckwing. Dun is the name of the gene that gives fawn, chocolate and khaki colouring.