Old English Game Bantam

[cuckoo4chickenz]

Does anyone know SOP for BB Red OEGB? I just recently purchased the cutiest little guy and I may be interesting in showing but I have no idea what to look for. Right now he is around 2 months old so he is still maturing. He should be ready be fall of the year IF he fits the mold. Even though the local fair may not be a Large Show with high quality I still think thats a good place to start. But even there Im not taking a bird that doesnt meet SOP.

Thanks guys

 

[Shanty]

Did you check out the OEGBCA site? They have over 100 photos of good BBRs. Go here:

http://oegclub.com/photographs/black-breasted-red

Years ago when I bred Black OEGBs, I also had a couple pairs of BBRs and saved this info. Don't know if this is current, and can't offer attribution, but it should be of some help, along with the photos at the OEGBCA site. When you get serious about exhibiting, then buy the standard listed at the top of this forum section.

BBR Standard

General Features
COMB, FACE, WATTLES & EAR LOBES: Bright red.
BEAK: Light horn.
EYES: Fiery red.
SHANKS & TOES: White, tinged with pink.

Color of Male
HEAD: Brilliant, deep orange red.
NECK: Hackle -- brilliant, orange red, free from dark striping and lighter shading at lower extremities of hackle feathers. Front of Neck -- black.
BACK: Brilliant, deep red.
SADDLE: Brilliant, orange red, free from dark striping and lighter shading at lower extremities of saddle feathers.
TAIL: Main Tail -- black, with greenish sheen, shafts black. Sickles, Lesser Sickles & Coverts -- brilliant, greenish black, shafts black.
WINGS: Shoulders & Fronts -- black. Bows -- brilliant, deep red. Coverts -- bluish black, forming distinct bar across wings. Primaries -- black, lower edge of lower web, edged with bay, shafts black. Secondaries -- black, exposed portion of outer web forming wing bay, bay.
BREAST: Lustrous black.
BODY & STERN: Black.
LOWER THIGHS: Black.
UNDERCOLOR: Slate in all sections.

Color of Female
HEAD: Golden red.
NECK: Hackle -- golden orange, striped with black. Front of Neck -- rich salmon.
BACK & CUSHION: Surface color, dull black, entire web evenly and finely stippled with golden brown, the golden brown predominating, free from shafting, unexposed portion of feather dull black, shading to slate at fluff.
TAIL: Main Tail -- black, two top feathers evenly stippled with golden brown, shafts black. Coverts -- same as back.
WINGS: Shoulders, Fronts, Bows, & Coverts -- same as back. Primaries -- dull black, lower edge of lower web finely stippled with golden brown, shafts black. Secondaries -- dull black, exposed portion of outer web forming wing bay, finely stippled with golden brown, shafts black. Secondaries -- dull black, exposed portion of outer web forming wing bay, finely stippled with golden brown.
BREAST: Salmon, shading lighter at body and blending into body color.
BODY & STERN: Ashy gray, except where surface color blend into wings and back.
LOWER THIGHS: Slaty brown.
UNDERCOLOR: Slate in all sections.

Disqualifications
White plumage in any section of the female.

Defects
Black or dark striping in hackle or saddle of male -- Excessive white fluff at base of male tail -- Frosty or mooney lacing in breast feather of male or female -- Lemon, light orange or golden extremities in hackle of saddle of male -- Light salmon in breast of female -- Penciling and/or vermiculation in female back, body, shoulders, fronts, bows, and covert feathers. These feathers should be evenly and finely stippled over their entire surface, right out to the end of the feather -- Red lacing or ticking in breast, sickles, body or thighs of male -- Shafting other than black in main tail and primaries of female -- Sooty appearance in breast of female -- White in ear lobes in varieties where red is required.

 

[cuckoo4chickenz]

Thanks for the information!! Silkies were my favorite bc of their fluff and cuteness but I have really become so intridged by the OEGB. They are stunning little birds and fiery!!!

 

[AppleJackAcres]

Hello everyone! Poultry Show next month if anyone is in the area.

District Meets:
American Bantam Club
American Brahma Club
State Meets:
American Poultry Association
American Langshan Club
American Silkie Bantam Club
Nankin Club of America
Sebright Club of America
Special Meets:
Ameraucana Breeders Club
Belgian D’Anver Club
National Call Breeders of America
Cochins International
International Waterfowl Fanciers Association
Old English Game Bantam Club
Plymouth Rock Fanciers Club of America
Wyandotte Breeders Club


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[cuckoo4chickenz]

Wished I was closer