old english game bantams

[MoodyChicken]

Aw. Well, they're the most popular breed of chicken in the US, so I'm sure you won't have trouble finding more.

 

[ameraucanacrazy]

i might order some from mcmurry hatchury

 

[MoodyChicken]

Make sure to handle them often! Hatchery OEs generall tend to be mean because the hatchery doesn't breed for temperament. You'd be better off finding a 4H or junior breeder who handles his birds often.

 

[ameraucanacrazy]

thanks iswhite an good show color

 

[ameraucanacrazy]

and dose anyoneknow of a breeder in ga

 

[MoodyChicken]

White is one of the "Big Three" varieties (White, Black, and BBRed). They dominate the OE class and competition is stiff. You're lucky to place in a class of White Old English. White is the hardest variety to raise because it's difficult to keep in condition. That's why I like em... they're a challenge. If you're new to showing chickens, I wouldn't start with white, unless you're willing to accept loss and you're willing to put a lot of time into them.

 

[MoodyChicken]

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Google search "Old English Game Bantam Club of America." There should be a breeder's list on that page. If not, you can contact the club president and he'll find you a breeder.

 

[ameraucanacrazy]

is cele and red pyle good show colors

 

[ameraucanacrazy]

have u ever seen a Golden Neck Old English Bantam

 

[cgmccary]

A few years ago, a neighbor and surgeon who lives a couple of doors down from me told me that at his surgical center's parking lot and common area where the employees eat their lunch, there was a wild chicken who had been living in the bushes there for the past year. The employees would feed her bread scraps and fries. The Dr. was worried about a car hitting her the parking lot and asked me if I would come & rescue her. I did rescue her (and she was hard to catch; I found her nest with about 17 eggs in the office's large central air unit. I still have her. She was wild at first but in a few weeks, she tamed down and will come up to me and even sit on my hand. I have had her 3 years. It turns out she is a Brown Red OEG. She is a great broody & hatches anything I set under her (and goes broody about 4 times a year). She is an excellent mother; I don't have to do anything as she cares completely for her chicks and protects them well.

She hatches and raises Standard Buckeyes for me; her chicks are always very savvy & smart to the world. I've went out and had her flogging a opossum in the dark to protect her chicks. She still roosts in a bush by the house instead of in the coop. When she has chicks, she takes them to the nest box to sleep. Here she is last year with 3 or her chicks. As the eggs are quite large, she can only cover 3-4 eggs: