What breed please? They are bantam and roosters

[MayBerg]

Privett hatchery's website is messed up right now, but I was able to get to a .pdf of their price sheet. They list both Buff Sebrights and White Faced Black Spanish bantams, so that is one hatchery that offers both.

If Ideal's site is correct about the body weight of Minorcas, they are just as heavy as Barred Rocks, so not exactly a light breed. They have the slender light-breed shape, but not the small size.

Ideal does have Black Old English Game Bantams, but the ones in their photos have red earlobes (rather than the obvious white earlobes of the bird in the first post), so probably not the right breed.

My TSC get their chickens from Privett. Ahahhh!!!!

 

[MayBerg]

Yes, all chickens lay eggs, as long as they are female. Bantams do not just appear out of nowhere, all chickens are hatched from eggs. Since bantam is a size class and not a breed, the egg color of bantams is extremely varied. Is Cupcake one of the Cochins? If so, Cupcake will lay brown eggs if she has the correct gene.

Yes cupcake is a cochin girl. Very girly. Always following Popcorn around. She's very mellow. So I am keeping this pair and my BCMs, my gypsy BCM too of course

 

[NatJ]

My TSC get their chickens from Privett. Ahahhh!!!!

On Privett's website https://www.privetthatchery.com/home

Most of it is not working right, but I can click on "Product Information" and then "Price Sheet" to get a .pdf with a list of breeds and prices.

Looking at that list, I notice Blue Breasted Red Old English Bantam, which may be the breed of your little pullet Bitsy.

They also have Barred Rock Bantams and White Cochin Bantams.

 

[MayBerg]

On Privett's website https://www.privetthatchery.com/home

Most of it is not working right, but I can click on "Product Information" and then "Price Sheet" to get a .pdf with a list of breeds and prices.

Looking at that list, I notice Blue Breasted Red Old English Bantam, which may be the breed of your little pullet Bitsy.

They also have Barred Rock Bantams and White Cochin Bantams.

Oh I see it. I will try again tomorrow to look at the chicks

 

[MayBerg]

On Privett's website https://www.privetthatchery.com/home

Most of it is not working right, but I can click on "Product Information" and then "Price Sheet" to get a .pdf with a list of breeds and prices.

Looking at that list, I notice Blue Breasted Red Old English Bantam, which may be the breed of your little pullet Bitsy.

They also have Barred Rock Bantams and White Cochin Bantams.

Thank you so much. Now I can have an idea on how to advertise them.

 

[MayBerg]

TSC gets the last pick?

 

[NatJ]

TSC gets the last pick?

Maybe, maybe not.

For TSC, the assortment is better than ordering single breeds, not just because it is a bit cheaper, but also because many people like to get multiple kinds (like you did) rather than getting that many of just one kind of bantam. Individual customer sometimes order assortments too, because they know they want a variety, but don't want to try to pick each individual breed.

For the hatchery, they have to count their chickens before they hatch and pre-sell them, so they can ship them immediately. But they don't know exactly how many eggs will hatch. So they make a conservative estimate, take orders for a certain number of each kind, and pack the rest as assortments (assorted bantams, assorted brown egg layers, assorted white egg layers, etc.) Overall, I think it works pretty well.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

Yes cupcake is a cochin girl. Very girly. Always following Popcorn around. She's very mellow. So I am keeping this pair and my BCMs, my gypsy BCM too of course

You are so lucky. I have been searching for White Cochin Bantams and I finally found what I thought were Lavender Cochin Bantams (they looked exactly like them as chicks) but now that they are more grown, two of them are cockerels that look like poor-quality Cochins and the pullet looks like a poor-quality d'Uccle. Your chickens are so cute and I wish I had them!

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

Do I have to worry about popcorn getting too big and die since he was sold as meatbird?

my grandma was once sold three "meat birds" that were 100% silkie. I saw someone who was worried about their "white leghorn" (actually a Cornish Cross) getting unusually fat. just because it says it's a meat rooster, that doesn't mean it is.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

my grandma was once sold three "meat birds" that were 100% silkie. I saw someone who was worried about their "white leghorn" (actually a Cornish Cross) getting unusually fat. just because it says it's a meat rooster, that doesn't mean it is.

I second this. If it is obviously not a Cornish Cross, do not worry about it. Only Cornish Cross have the size-related health issues.