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can you please help ID this bantam trio? |
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Posts: 1 03/10/09 04:09 PM |
  
now there from the same batch of bantam eggs ,and given to me as 2week olds just odds that i got roo and 2 hen ,but i dont know the breed of them help please =/ both hen and roo have purp/white on face not sure if u can see in the pics. many thanks for any answers
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Posts: 124 03/10/09 09:16 PM Greatest Gorgeous Garden Guru! |
It could be the grass, but it seems that this rooster has short legs; which might indicate that he is a Japanese Bantam. The hens though have an OEGB shape to
them. Could just be the angles. They do look like they are from the same brood. What will be interesting is if the color rings true when you cross them and
produce chicks. The two hens seem to be leaning one towards the momma hen, and one towards the poppaRoo, because they are marked differently. Ideally you
should cross fatherXdaughter or grandfatherXgranddaughter instead of brotherXsister.
Did you not get to see the parents from this brood? Ron |
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Posts: 2 03/11/09 04:59 AM |
the parents looked much the same ,and the parents of there parents also if that helps at all, they where given to me because the owner is trying to bring in
new blood to the line she doesn't know the breeding either .
we have a yellow jap hen and roo of different breeding from another flock ,at the moment brotherXsister is the only way i can go these are the only 3 bantams i own myself. they just started laying (march) id have to say they stand taller than the jap i hope these pics help a little i have looked at OEGB but i cant find anything in the mix of colours that comes close i can keep looking tho .thanks for your input =) jo  
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Posts: 316 03/13/09 06:23 AM |
When I was a kid (100 years ago) my grandmother had a group of Buff colored bantams that she kept
as broody's for her big, egg-laying chickens. They all looked alike.She got her start from a friend that got some from a friend...They were"the
kind to have" if you wanted to hatch eggs. Thinking back on it, they were probably a cochin/brahma/silkie mix (and very inbred lol)
You may very well have tapped into a similar line of bantams?
To me they look like they could have some Sebrite,oegb mixed in.
Just curious, what "new blood" is the original owner going to use?
Have to checked the Ideal web site? They have a lot of new oegb colors,some of which may not be perfected yet.
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Posts: 3 03/13/09 09:30 AM |
the original didn't say what new blood she was going to get in shes someone who only keeps them as pets so id guess any close breed ,dutch maybe they come
pretty close in shape
tho id have to ask about it here is another thing tho there eggs are small smaller than our japs eggs just about see pic>> 
you are right tho the roo holds his wings just like a oegb i think you could be right there and the colours are close to Sebrite ...on other hand thay also come close to dutch perhaps i need some one with more knowledge than i ,i don't know where to turn. tapped into a similar line of bantams you say ..i know this is an old line perhaps you are right as nice as they are ..what on earth do i call them ......if i breed with the jap we have what cross do i call it . do i just make up a name ? tho we have had chickens/bantams for some time on our land this is my first owned and yet i don't know what to call them they are beautiful and i know the line is old shame they have no name to put to them as yet. Ideal web site?ill have a gander at it thanks
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Posts: 726 03/13/09 09:05 PM |
The picture of the father looks like he has silver spangle hamburg in him and the light hen looks to have muffs...I know i haven't helped much, but thought
I would add my two cents..
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Posts: 4 03/16/09 04:28 AM |
i done some digging and found the original,original owner
found out these are light sussex crossed with a black hen so id gess id call them light sussex cross thanks for all the help guys |
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