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Yes it does. It bothers them for a little while then they forget about it. Kind of like getting an ear pierced.

Nope, not weird at all, thats how all MOTTLED chicks start.

Mine go broody at the drop of a hat and make excellent mothers. I let two set together one time and all went well untill about a day after they hatched and they about killed each other fighting over the chicks!

I have to agree with Chris. If you want to show, start with stock from show birds. It took me almost 2 years to find my first show quality Japanese bantams, but there is no way I could have gotten that quality in even 5 years of breeding from inferior chickens. HOWEVER if you just want some...

Wolftracks, I should have some BTW eggs available in a month or so. You'll have to pester me though, because I' m forgetful. I won't get mad! lol.

Beautiful whites, Decoyman,and btb and great photography too

If you want show quality Japanese the best way is to make it to some good shows, see the entries and talk to the exhibitors. Not only will you learn a lot, but you will make some contacts and possibly find a lead to some nice birds. Don't expect to get these for a song and dance, there is a...

bantamboy15, That is a buckeye cockerel that I hatched and since I am a body piercer, I photoshopped some body jewelry in. I think I did a pretty good job! lol. Garrisonkidsduo2, lets see those pictures! moomoodiddy, so are yours black? If they've been throwing different colors, it means...

When you start mixing colors/patterns together, especially unknowns like the gold hackled cock, there are all kinds of combinations you can get, not all of them have names.

Sorry about your shipment Moni. Where in Louisiana are you?

I second this. WESTGUY, nice lacing on a nice tall tail.

OK you guys are getting me stirred up, I've been trying to get it together to get stuff in the incubator, I am way behind schedule! Gonna have to get going.

grayjap74, Welcome to BYC and welcome to the Japanese Bantam thread! I assume from your post that you show. We would love to see some pictures of your birds, but you have to have something like 10 posts before you can post pictures.

Mille fleur japanese somewhere: http://www.chabozucht.de/ follow menu chabos, gold - porzellanfarbig, then hens and roosters. Beautiful. And an excellent article with a snippet on mille fleur midway down the page. By the way this is an excellent read, anyone interested in Japanese Bantams...

yep, 50-50 it is.

The reading I have done says you need a columbian (maybe your BTW), mottled, and wheaten

I've got some in from my mottleds, but I think they're all duds. I'll be checking them probably today again, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

First of all, I'm no expert. Secondly, I don't pretend to understand all of the genetics. However, a few things I have learned in my study of what's going on. Without lots of hatches, your numbers can be far off from your punnet square, it takes lots of numbers to get the percentages right...

Grey parents won't give you mottled chicks. At that size a mottled chick is fairly well colored up.

The main thing I see is the posture is very upright for Japs. I know we don't always catch them at their best. I love the very tight u at the back/tail junction.