The Bantam Club

[gamebirdsonly]

Just joined the club.

I have a few Bantams
Bantam welsummers: 20+ and they lay the biggest egg out all Bantams That I have owned.
Modern Game: 8
Old English: 14
olive eggers: 5
D'anvers: 5
Wyandotte: 1
mixes: 7 to 10
and most of these numbers will go up in next few weeks because of all my broody hens are sitting on eggs.

 

[SunHwaKwon]

Just joined the club.

I have a few Bantams
Bantam welsummers: 20+ and they lay the biggest egg out all Bantams That I have owned.
Modern Game: 8
Old English: 14
olive eggers: 5
D'anvers: 5
Wyandotte: 1
mixes: 7 to 10
and most of these numbers will go up in next few weeks because of all my broody hens are sitting on eggs.

How dark are the bantam Welsummer eggs?

ETA What varieties of moderns and old english do you have?

 

[gamebirdsonly]

How dark are the bantam Welsummer eggs?

ETA What varieties of moderns and old english do you have?

I will try to find a pic of the eggs the eggs have gotten lighter in the laying cycle but the are darker then any bantam egg you can get except Bantam Marans which I did have but ended up having all those die.
Modern game I have Brown red and Birchen
Old English I have Ginger reds, BB reds, splash, Blue and self blue

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have Bantams
Cochin bantams /1 frizzle
3 Orpingtons
1 lav 2 chocolate
4 OEGB

 

[gamebirdsonly]

I will try to find a pic of the eggs the eggs have gotten lighter in the laying cycle but the are darker then any bantam egg you can get except Bantam Marans which I did have but ended up having all those die.
Modern game I have Brown red and Birchen
Old English I have Ginger reds, BB reds, splash, Blue and self blue

Not all the eggs look like this but these are the darker ones.

 

[SunHwaKwon]

I will try to find a pic of the eggs the eggs have gotten lighter in the laying cycle but the are darker then any bantam egg you can get except Bantam Marans which I did have but ended up having all those die.
Modern game I have Brown red and Birchen
Old English I have Ginger reds, BB reds, splash, Blue and self blue

What a great assortment!

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Not all the eggs look like this but these are the darker ones.View attachment 1048919

Ohhhh those are really nice! My bantam brahma and bantam rock lay brown but not nearly as brown as that, more of a dark tan. Maybe one day I will add one of those and another bantam EE to mix up my bantam eggs a bit!

 

[microchick]

Okay bantam peeps, I need your help.

A little background. I have about 25 OEGB bantams that I have hatched from eggs that I got from an Amish neighbor. After the babies hatched and grew I started looking at them. Hmmm. OEGBs don't have feathered legs. Okay talked to the farmer. He had a Cochin rooster at one point. Mystery solved. I also suspect that there is some Sumatra in the mix also but I love these little birds dearly.

My first OEGB pullet went broody last month and hatched out 4 babies, all bantam eggs. Her sister who is an escape artist, broke into her brooding pen (actually tore down hardware wire)and managed to kill three of the babies. I brought mom and baby inside to keep an eye on them an the next day, saw momma grab baby by the back of the neck and toss her across the cage I had put them in. That was enough. I pulled baby from momma and returned momma to the flock. Now I had a lone baby crying it's heart out. So I beat a trail to the local Orscheln's in search of chicks. They had two bantams left. I told them what had happened and I didn't care what breed of bantam they were I wanted them. I bought these two little darlings home and put them in with my little lucky survivor chick and they immediately adopted her. I was amazed. Lucky was 24 hours old and these little girls looked like they were maybe 3 weeks. Now they are nearly 7 weeks old and they are still very small. I was thinking they may be Dutch Bantams at first but as they passed 5 weeks and their legs stayed yellow. They are beautiful little ladies and while flighty, friendly once I can get my hands on them. But now I'm wondering what I have and what color they are. I'm thinking OEGB but these girls are small. You can see in the picture, Lucky, is 3.5 weeks old now and is catching up with them size wise.

Any Ideas?

Oh, and can I be a member of the Bantam Club? Please?

Faith, Hope and little Lucky

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

The other two bantams look like OEGBs.

 

[microchick]

The other two bantams look like OEGBs.

Thanks!
Any idea of color? I'm thinking something like Brown Reds.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

They look like they might be silver duckwings.