Show off your Old English Game Bantams!!

[WVduckchick]

Cute little thing jophus! Will be interesting to watch that one grow out.

I finally got a couple good comparison pics of the "white" girls. And I thought sure the boy in the middle was SDW, but he's getting some brown/red coloring on his back and wings. :/

 

[littlechick2000]

My early hatcher on his first day!

The first picture you can barely see his head under momma. So far this little ones the only one to hatch

 

[WVduckchick]

My early hatcher on his first day!


The first picture you can barely see his head under momma. So far this little ones the only one to hatch

So sweet. You should enter some in the Broody contest.

Or at least add them to this Broody momma and baby thread!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1120730/broodies-and-their-babies/20#post_17290730

 

[littlechick2000]

So sweet.  You should enter some in the Broody contest. 

Or at least add them to this Broody momma and baby thread!    https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1120730/broodies-and-their-babies/20#post_17290730

Thanks! I will try both. I didn't know the broody contest was still going

 

[WVduckchick]

Thanks! I will try both. I didn't know the broody contest was still going

Great! I think the contest one closes soon, but everyone has so many adorable pics, we started the other one as non-contest, just a place to post lots of pretty pics. They have been very popular. Who can resist a broody and her babies?

 

[Old-English]

Hello Everybody , I Was Just Wondering If Old English Game Bantam Hens Go Broody ? I'm Really Wanting To Hatch Out Chicks . Thanks Everyone !

 

[BabyandCotton]

I've heard they are as broody or better as Silkies or Cochins but I don't have any yet
-Liv

 

[WVduckchick]

Hello Everybody , I Was Just Wondering If Old English Game Bantam Hens Go Broody ? I'm Really Wanting To Hatch Out Chicks . Thanks Everyone !

Definitely!

Well, I'll clarify and say 4 of my 5 hens did this year. The youngest has not, and she's right about a year old, the other 4 are a bit older. But I've always read that they are wonderful broodies, and mine sure have been.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

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I totally second that. One of my older girls was broody this spring and is broody again.
She was a wonderful mom. Very good with me but fierce with anything else...lol.
I took everyone's chicks to put them together after a few weeks and she was got really depressed, so I won't do that again.
The rest of the OEGB females are younger, no broodiness from them yet.

 

[jophus]

I've heard they are as broody or better as Silkies or Cochins but I don't have any yet
-Liv

My hens are extremely broody. They will set as long as they have something to set on. My pullets will go broody before a year of age, if I let them.

Problem is, my girls are tiny. 3 eggs are about all they can cover alone, although I've had 4 set the same nest, at the same time, and rear the chicks together.