What age and how close to laying are the hens?

[Chick-N-Fun]

Welcome to our FUNomenal Flock!
Enjoy those adorable bantams!!!

 

[Ahonahome1018]

@Brahma Chicken5000 I know. I'm hoping its Sebright/OEB but either way I love em too much to care lol. Could you by chance be able to tell me what age?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

@Brahma Chicken5000 I know. I'm hoping its Sebright/OEB but either way I love em too much to care lol. Could you by chance be able to tell me what age?

I’m thinking maybe 2-3 months old.
This is my Old English Game Bantam x Golden Sebright that I rescued, her name is Charlotte.

 

[Ahonahome1018]

@Brahma Chicken5000 Charlotte is BEAUTIFUL and thank you, that makes more sense to me than 6 months, as they're about the same size as the little ones in front of the car lol. Tiny and they fit right in my hand like my svarthöna used to haha. I've never owned bantams so I'm very inexperienced. What age should they be switched to adult feed?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

@Brahma Chicken5000 Charlotte is BEAUTIFUL and thank you, that makes more sense to me than 6 months, as they're about the same size as the little ones in front of the car lol. Tiny and they fit right in my hand like my svarthöna used to haha. I've never owned bantams so I'm very inexperienced. What age should they be switched to adult feed?

Thank you. She did a great job raising the chicks she hatched. Unfortunately 4 out of the 6 were cockerels and were rehomed, but I kept the 2 pullets.
I switched them onto a flock raiser feed when they were 8 weeks old. If you want to put them on layer feed wait until a 4-6 weeks from now.

 

[Ahonahome1018]

@Brahma Chicken5000 Thank you!!! You're very helpful and I'm very appreciative! I'm super happy to hear Charlotte's a great mom, I'm very excited about watching them continue to grow and the rooster is so sweet lol. I gotta start thinking of names! And I'll do exactly that, and I won't expect eggs til next year in the spring. They seem to be drawn to my other flock but I still have them in "quarantine" because they're new and funny how that works out, I thought at first with the Svarthöna that I would only have 2 roosters but out of 6 it was 3 and 3.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

OEGB crosses.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

What's odd is, I would say them to be hatchery quality, but purebred, because their body type is so like a purebred bird. Usually crosses show some of the other breeds body type.

 

[Ahonahome1018]

@Crazy for Chickens! Very true, I looked on Facebook, rooster and hen 2 are normal coloring for the OEB, he's a blue brassy back and she's a blue red. I read somewhere on backyard chickens from another discussion that if they don't have a single comb then they aren't purebred so I was confused and thought Sebright because of their size and his comb type. Never know I guess haha.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

@Crazy for Chickens! Very true, I looked on Facebook, rooster and hen 2 are normal coloring for the OEB, he's a blue brassy back and she's a blue red. I read somewhere on backyard chickens from another discussion that if they don't have a single comb then they aren't purebred so I was confused and thought Sebright because of their size. Never know I guess haha.

They could be mixed many generations back, and that is why they look so much like OEGB.