Old English Game Bantams

[RAREROO]

OK The hens do look like true Red Duckwing bases Spangles so if you breed them like I said in my first post, that is what you should get, if you are just wanting to produce more of those colors, since both are OEGBS you wouldnt get cross breeds, and since both colors are Red Duckwing based, then they really wouldnt even be random mixed colors, you should always get BBReds and/or Spangleds depending on how you breed them.

 

[Chris09]

As both BB Reds (Black Breasted Reds) and Spangle are of the BB Red Family you shouldnt have any problems crossing the two varieties. (Spangled is for the most part a BB Red with Mottling added)

Chris

 

[isaacsmommy104]

Thank you so much everyone! You have all been very helpful. I love the genetic chart! That is really helpful! I feel comfortable enough to hatch some eggs out now. Thanks again!

 

[isaacsmommy104]

May I ask where the chart came from?

 

[GotGame]

I have heard each color called a breed? I dont understand that, guess monkey see, monkey do... I guess the proper term would be cross-variety....Yes, I was remembering wrong, you can cross BBs and Spangles and get more of the same, but then BLOOD wise, they wouldnt really be either, it would take three generations of further selective breeding to have either color pure after making that kind of cross....I know that a lot of people that breed spangles will after so many generations have too much white spangling in their birds, and they go back on the BBs to fix it...but then they selectively breed for several more generations to get your birds pure spangle and/or BB....some people cross colors all the time, thats how you get the Golden Duckwings, but then those birds will not breed true....some do it all the time, and some wont breed different color varieties through a desire to keep their birds pure...or they breed different colors in as seldom as possible...

 

[Chris09]

Quote:
I'm sorry I thought I put it in my post. I got it from the book Old English Game bantams as Bred and Shown in the United States

1995
I have two others posted in my sticky. I have Black Breasted Red Family, Brown Red Family, and Wheaten Family posted in it along with a ton of other stuff.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=343605

Chris

 

[isaacsmommy104]

Thank you!