Old English Game Bantam Thread!

[HuffleClaw]

Yep lavender is a whole separate gene. But I agree, the sun can cause it to fade and look like leakage.

I’m in Wood Co, almost over to the Ohio River. But my hubby comes to Berkeley Springs and Keyser regularly for business



Girls look good! Great color. If you breed them and get any black, you’ll know the male isn’t pure for lavender. I figure he is, just saying if you did happen to get black chicks, that would explain it. Lol



July 14th here!
(Many many years before you though)

I’m also seeing that my cockerel has white, rather than slate colored legs.

So I might have to breed/hatch several chicks to get a nice roo, and if that doesn’t work, I might resort to buying one

 

[GrannyHeeney]

I see Crunchberries in there... :-D I swore up and down my girls weren't going to get anything other than Cheerios. That lasted about a week. I sneaked them some Corn Pops and they acted like it was Christmas. LOL Don't tell the squares...I also occasionally give them hot dogs/corn dogs or bologna and and the entire coop turns into a mosh pit

 

[NNYchick]

Does anyone have a good way to tell the difference between OEGB, Japanese Batam and serama. I’m not really all that familiar with any of them and in pictures they look very similar especially hens/pullets.

 

[Alexandra33]

Half-deaf Hubby---I said out loud, "Teeny, Tiny and Snickerdoodle," and he took personal offense. ROFL "I am neither Teeny, nor Tiny, and I'm not even going to address 'Snickerdoodle'."

Goodness, hope I didn't start anything!

Gave them some cereal for a treat...
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You just made their day!

~Alex

 

[HuffleClaw]

Does anyone have a good way to tell the difference between OEGB, Japanese Batam and serama. I’m not really all that familiar with any of them and in pictures they look very similar especially hens/pullets.

I don’t have a “good” way, somehow I just see them and I automatically know. The body-shape I guess for me.

 

[Alexandra33]

Does anyone have a good way to tell the difference between OEGB, Japanese Batam and serama. I’m not really all that familiar with any of them and in pictures they look very similar especially hens/pullets.

Japanese bantams have short, squatty, yellow legs, whereas OEGBs either sport normal-length pink or slate. I believe Seramas are smaller than OEGBs and Japanese. Thinking they don't come in specified color varieties, either, but don't take my word for it.

Body type also plays a role in differentiating the breeds.

~Alex

 

[HuffleClaw]

You just made their day!

~Alex

They loved it, that’s for sure! One day, I’d love to free-range them fulltime, but I can only do it supervised for a few hours a day.

 

[HuffleClaw]

Japanese bantams have short, squatty, yellow legs, whereas OEGBs either sport normal-length pink or slate. I believe Seramas are smaller than OEGBs and Japanese. Thinking they don't come in specified color varieties, either, but don't take my word for it.

Body type also plays a role in differentiating the breeds.

~Alex

So OEGBs can have pink-y legs? Okay, that’s great to know, thank you!

 

[MissChick@dee]

Daisy!
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Daisy......Hum....

 

[Miss Lydia]

Poor guy with the name Daisy