Unknown Bantie

[six_eclectic_chickens]

she is about 2 1/2 years old. And she does look like the old English game bantams on the internet, so you may be right about that. Thanks!

 

[mother o' chicks72]

don't know what blacky is but your BR looks like it might be a cuckoo marans, it's legs are white instead of yellow.

 

[six_eclectic_chickens]

Interesting... you could be right. Her eggs are on the dark side of brown, but not as dark as some pictures on the web of cukcoo marans eggs.

 

[mother o' chicks72]

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my BR (supposed to be a cuckoo maran) lays pretty pale eggs.

one of the slightly darker ones is hers, not very dark at all. could be your girl is just a hatchery quality Cuckoo marans. she's nice looking though.

 

[Illia]

That's a Barred Rock, not Cuckoo Marans.


Cuckoo Marans have different barring and WHITE legs, no gray or any other sooty color on them. Hatchery Barred Rocks commonly have pale legs w/gray on the front.



The bantam is SO tiny and so cute! Wow she's tiny!

I'm guessing OEGB.

 

[six_eclectic_chickens]

Ya the barred rock originaly came from a hatchery. The bantam is about the size of a robbin. Her eggs are white and pointed on one side. They are mostly yolk.

 

[DAFNVA]

with the little guys/gals it hard to say , if crossed with something else,, she is not dutch (no white ear lobes), I SAY OEGB AS WELL. she's a pretty bird, that'S for sure......
i say OEGB, do not see the posturing as in Nankins,sermas, not a Jap, .........

Dale

 

[Lothiriel]

I agree with the general concensus that she's an OEGB. I found this on Google... http://www.bantychicken.com/cgi-bin/OEGBCA/mods/usergallery/index.cgi?action=showpicture&album=34&id=89&albumname=Black

I must admit... She's so tiny I almost completely missed her in the photo! I saw it and said, "Umm... That's a Barred Rock..." and then I saw her. man, she's TINY!!

 

[Blue]

I agree with all the others who said OEGB. Looks just like my 2 OEGB hens in the body and head.

 

[six_eclectic_chickens]

Ya she is small

Sometimes when we are doing a head count or putting the chickens away it takes awhile to find her. It's not that she hides, her size and color make her blend in very well.