What am I? Bantam tank surprise

[DaddyBird]

Nooooooo! If it crows, it goes. =(

We are in a neighborhood that doesn’t technically allow chickens, but the HOA has been inactive for some time and has not been enforcing anything for years. Where we are, nobody will even know we have them, unless i stick a roo out there.

 

[sylviethecochin]

Definitely a lovely OEGB.

I had no idea! Both my Silver Duckwing pullet and cockerel looked exactly the same as chicks....this must not apply to their specific color type?

~Alex

I raise them--the profile picture's my boy. They're definitely autosexing. The females have darker eyestripes. Though it is a little more difficult to tell with the silver than with BB red. It doesn't work with pyles, blues, barreds, etc.

 

[sylviethecochin]

Nooooooo! If it crows, it goes. =(

We are in a neighborhood that doesn’t technically allow chickens, but the HOA has been inactive for some time and has not been enforcing anything for years. Where we are, nobody will even know we have them, unless i stick a roo out there.

Oh. Hope he's not an OEG, then.

Sorry about that. A good rooster is one of the best things about owning chickens.

 

[drumstick diva]

agree with Crazyforchickens

 

[Alexandra33]

I raise them--the profile picture's my boy. They're definitely autosexing. The females have darker eyestripes. Though it is a little more difficult to tell with the silver than with BB red. It doesn't work with pyles, blues, barreds, etc.

Very interesting. I wonder, then, why hatcheries that sell auto-sexed OEGBs don't offer you options on these two color varieties. Perhaps it's not as noticeably reliable as Crele and Barred?

~Alex

 

[sylviethecochin]

Very interesting. I wonder, then, why hatcheries that sell auto-sexed OEGBs don't offer you options on these two color varieties. Perhaps it's not as noticeably reliable as Crele and Barred?

~Alex

Honestly, I think it's because they're bantams.

I believe it's a lot more accurate than headspots—my personal experience is that I sex them at hatch, and the gender ratio when they're half grown is always exactly what I expected.

 

[sylviethecochin]

Here's a better image. (Not mine, but what mine look like)

Male on the left, female on the right.

 

[Alexandra33]

What do you know, I just learned something new today! I'd spotted some lighter BB Reds in bantam bins locally, and never realized exactly WHY they looked slightly different. Thank you for the info!

~Alex