Old English batams

[buff goose guy]

I'm thinking about getting some


I raise ducks and geese and wanted a breed of chicken that could fly well enough to free range and get away if a predator was to attack it


Anybody think that this is a good free range ing chicken and what do I need to know for the breed .

 

[countrygirl345]

Only one rooster, because they fight eachother a lot.

 

[buff goose guy]

Ohh yeah I'm only getting a hen to brood my duck and goose eggs when my incubator is full

 

[buff goose guy]

Bump

 

[scratch'n'peck]

Ohh yeah I'm only getting a hen to brood my duck and goose eggs when my incubator is full

You mean a few hens right

? After all one hen would get lonely and a bantam may only be big enough to brood one goose egg. Besides they are such a fun breed, would want several. There are standard size Old English Game chickens, and they fly well, too. My game chickens are not really pure bred so they are standard and bantam sizes. They are smart and good foragers. They do tend to go broody. If they are free ranging a lot, be careful they don't sneak off and start a nest of their own eggs to brood. Here is a link to a thread with a lot of photos of OEGB: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/311466/show-off-your-old-english-game-bantams/920#post_13489742

 

[buff goose guy]

No I really am only getting one but it would be with a batch of ducklings .

 

[scratch'n'peck]

I would be reluctant to raise a single bantam chick with a batch of ducklings. It would be so much smaller and might be constantly nibbled by the ducklings. It sounds like another incubator might serve your purposes better.

 

[buff goose guy]

I know but my little sister has specifically asked for an old English game bantam and I'm trying to get her started in the poultry world .


I might be able to talk her into the American game bantam but idk , I'm also trying to find a breed that can fly very we'll for a chicken and do far this was the only breed I could find .

 

[scratch'n'peck]

Old English Game standard or bantam sized is a great breed, but I think you should get at least 2 or 3 and raise them in a different brooder from the ducklings. After a few weeks they might be able to go to a larger space where both the ducks and chicks can stay as long as the chicks have the room to get away from the ducklings. I think it is kind of mean to raise a chicken, duck or goose all alone if it can be avoided.

Get a color that has good camouflage (for instance Wheaten not pure white). By the way, most of my Old English Game Roosters have been well behaved with people, if you happen to end up with one rooster.

Here is a link to a hatchery that shows all the different colors they have: http://www.cacklehatchery.com/page 267.htm

 

[buff goose guy]

Thanks

We've decided aginst a chicken until we can get a big place for all diffrent. Birds


We'll be getting these with some more of these birds and peafowl years and years later