Hello. I have several old English bantam chicks that are 6 weeks old. They are fully off of heat. They are pretty much fully feathered except for a bit of down on their heads. I heard they are more fragile than other chicks but I’d like to put them out. My average temps right now are 70 with...
Old English Game Bantams As Bred & Shown in the US by Fred Jeffrey & William Richardson
Second Edition - Excellent condition.
126 pp, Must-have book covers breeding & showing OE. Inf. on color varieties. Good color photos of many varieties bred by top breeders and their comments on...
Hello all,
New here, long time bantam chicken owner from Northern California. Just joined today and following the recommendation to introduce myself. Hope I put this in the right spot.
I free range the majority of my birds, that flock can vary between 20-24 birds. I also breed Silver Sebrights...
Hello to all! 🙋 so I got this chicken here a a little over two weeks ago. She should be about 10 weeks now. I got her as a Blue Plumouth Rock but when I posted a picture of her on facebook two people were adamant she was a Blue old English. 🤷 what are your thoughts? The last picture where she...
I have purchased 12 straight run crele oegb.
Reseults: 10 females & 2 males.
Does anyone have show quality photos of crele oegb?
I really need to understand whats desired in females, but advice for males is welcome. I only have 2 males to choose from so I'm not too concerned with them atm...
Hi there I’m thinking of buying some OEGB birds from a breeder off Facebook who has lemon blue and lemon blue sport OEGB birds for sale. I have been trying to find a list of all of the recognized varieties so that I know if I would be able to show them but can’t find a definitive answer, could...
November isn’t the best time to be hatching but this mama is broody hahaha
This is my third attempt
Our first attempt at this little incubator was with some eggs collected after a frost. They could have been polish eggs, Orpington eggs or sexlinks. Although it’s not freezing in our barn or...
Lots of questions!
A.
Do the normal rules for making sex links found here apply to bantams?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/sex-linked-information.261208/
And, if anyone feels like reading this huge list,
B.
does anyone know if any of these would make sex link or even feather link...
We found Uncle Sam on the 4th of July just down the road from our house. Someone was obviously not concerned about his well-being and was OK with any fate he got. So we gave him a home with our small flock of only girls (full size!) and he was so happy! Anyway, he was nabbed by a opossum a few...