Thürigian Bearded Bantam (Critically Endangered Breed)

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

Okay so I'm definitely getting the mottled hen, and I'll be going to look at what else she has available to pick out a second hen! Baby Bee's about to have his own little flock!

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

I GOT HIM HENS!!! One of them I'm really hoping can help create a new line of the Thüringer breed since she has a beard and a lot of potential for future generations! I'm excited to see what her offspring will look like! The only thing is that she has a rose or maybe pea comb I'm not fully sure. I love her lil beard lol, but she is MEAN. Like I had to put her in her own quarantine pen because she kept beating the living daylights out of the other hen and the pair of Phoenix I got

Then there's the second hen! She's got super black skin so at first I thought she was some for of silkie cross with sebright because of her body shape and the black skin. However she doesn't have a beard, crest, feather feet, and she has a single comb... So idk. She's also VERY good at flying and exploded into the wall of the quarantine coop and cut up her face a little bit. I have to say she's very gorgeous and a lot more friendly than the other bearded one!

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

The hen with black skin has feet that have the same white waxy stuff as silkies though so idk

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

I'm going to quarantine them until right around the end of December so they'll have a little under a month to settle in and I can make sure they all have a clean bill of health!

 

[Amer]

I love her lil beard lol, but she is MEAN. Like I had to put her in her own quarantine pen because she kept beating the living daylights out of the other hen and the pair of Phoenix I got

She definitely has d'Anver blood then.

Then there's the second hen! She's got super black skin so at first I thought she was some for of silkie cross with sebright because of her body shape and the black skin.

If she has white skin under the feathers then the dark comb and legs is a result of plumage melanizing genes in addition to wild type shank color. It's not fibro, it's pretty common.

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

Baby Bee has matured a ton since I last showed a photo of him!!! He has all his fancy feathers and just finished a molt! He's also been able to tame down the hens so they don't have a panic attack every time they see me

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

She definitely has d'Anver blood then.

Awesome! I thought that might've been the case

If she has white skin under the feathers then the dark comb and legs is a result of plumage melanizing genes in addition to wild type shank color. It's not fibro, it's pretty common.

Her skin is black on the result of her body but there's small matches long the membrane of the wing where it gets a bit brighter

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

I also moved them into their own somewhat smaller coop with better wind protection