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According to John DeSaavedra, who was involved in their development, the beard was brought in using bearded white old English Game Bantams.
huh interesting! Thanks!
Just an off handed question. Was at the Ohio nationals over the weekend - and was seeing the Bearded Whites. Just curious what - if anyone knows - was used to bring the bearded factor in? D'anvers or sometihng ?
My nine day olds - i call them the "Lollipop Kids"
One has some tall legs BUT i think they ar ecute lil guys - two black tailed whites and one looks to be a full white !
Hello all - i have the three little Lollipop kids - as i cal lthem - Japanese chicks at home -they are almost a week old and i have them in their brooder on paper towels and shelf liner. Was just curious as to if anyone that broods these - puts them in pine shavings? Bought that as well but they...
I as a matter of fact just hatched 3 out of 6 eggs - they are my friends - he got his stock from a breeder at the Ohio nationals a few years ago and another hen at a show this year- the hens are extremely short legged and the Roo is somewhere in the middle. Whenever his hens go broody they all...
Just sort of out of the blue - i would love to see some pics of good examples of Mottled and the Black tailed buff - if any one has any?
BTW - candled my eggs last night - all the little Japanese Bantams are crusiing right along! For now
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Thank you - my friend who gave me these eggs to hatch - has some extra roosters from a hatch last summer and said if i wanted to maybe get started i could have one of the two. I personally was going to go with the more "typey " roo with the longer legs as he is very typey - well in my...
WEll i set some Japanese bantam eggs on Valentines day - candled and they ALL are going strong!
Had an off question here - if you had two roosters - one had the more appropriate short legs but a longer back - and the other had longer legs but the correct shorter back and outline - which would...
Hello all - i am setting some eggs this week and am incubating some Japanese batam eggs. Any tips on incubating them specifically would be appreciated - tips - temp - humidity - etc. Above and beyond the basics of incubating ...Thanks!
I have to say my friend has a small flock of Japanese bantams - and i dont find them flighty at all - tho he hand raises the chicks alot - they do go broody easily - they are very curious and sweet - his love his dogs and when let out will tottle around after his cocker spaniels . They are...
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OK, don't get mad at my questions, because I don't know you and I don't know what you know. How long has this hen been away from other roosters? A hen can store sperm up to a month. Once She has been bred a time or two by another rooster, it is unlikely it will be used, but it is...
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I had a quick question - my friend has BTW fantails and when we visited the show at nationals we spent quite a bit of time looking atthe ones shown there. My question was - there seemed to be a bit of variance on size on the roosters and most visible was the backs and tail set. Some...