Guess the Breed! Bantam Edition

RossAcres

Breeding to the APA and ABA Standard
Feb 22, 2024
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So since it's raining here, I'm stuck at my office desk pretty much all day. I was thinking about studying my ABA standard and was wondering how I could make studying more fun. Then I thought I would start this thread!
Basically, I will post a description of one bird from the ABA standard and you guys can guess which breed it is! Once someone has guessed it, I will post another bird's description.

So here's the first description! No cheating please!
  • Origin: United States
  • 8th most popular breed in America
  • Weight: 26 ounces for cock, 22 oz for pullet
  • Single comb and rose comb
  • Disqualifications: "More than one quarter of red in surface of ear lobes in cockerels and pullets, or more than one third in cocks and hens."
  • Varities accepted in the ABA standard: Barred, Black, Black Tailed Red, Blue, Buff, Buff Columbian, Columbian, Dark Brown, Dominique, Exchequer, Golden, Light Brown, Mille Fleur, Red, Silver, and White.
 
So since it's raining here, I'm stuck at my office desk pretty much all day. I was thinking about studying my ABA standard and was wondering how I could make studying more fun. Then I thought I would start this thread!
Basically, I will post a description of one bird from the ABA standard and you guys can guess which breed it is! Once someone has guessed it, I will post another bird's description.

So here's the first description! No cheating please!
  • Origin: United States
  • 8th most popular breed in America
  • Weight: 26 ounces for cock, 22 oz for pullet
  • Single comb and rose comb
  • Disqualifications: "More than one quarter of red in surface of ear lobes in cockerels and pullets, or more than one third in cocks and hens."
  • Varities accepted in the ABA standard: Barred, Black, Black Tailed Red, Blue, Buff, Buff Columbian, Columbian, Dark Brown, Dominique, Exchequer, Golden, Light Brown, Mille Fleur, Red, Silver, and White.
Oh, fun!
 
Bantam Wyandotte or old english game bantam? The barred and Mille fleur multiple comb parts are what are getting me.
Wyandottes are strictly rose comb. They sometimes spit out single combs due to being bred to cochins earlier on. Old english is a good guess, as they come in a ton of varieties. But with old english, they are strictly single comb. You also don't want ANY white in the earlobes of a OEGB. The mystery breed has white earlobes, see disqualifications. You want minimal red in the earlobes of this breed.
 
So since it's raining here, I'm stuck at my office desk pretty much all day. I was thinking about studying my ABA standard and was wondering how I could make studying more fun. Then I thought I would start this thread!
Basically, I will post a description of one bird from the ABA standard and you guys can guess which breed it is! Once someone has guessed it, I will post another bird's description.

So here's the first description! No cheating please!
  • Origin: United States
  • 8th most popular breed in America
  • Weight: 26 ounces for cock, 22 oz for pullet
  • Single comb and rose comb
  • Disqualifications: "More than one quarter of red in surface of ear lobes in cockerels and pullets, or more than one third in cocks and hens."
  • Varities accepted in the ABA standard: Barred, Black, Black Tailed Red, Blue, Buff, Buff Columbian, Columbian, Dark Brown, Dominique, Exchequer, Golden, Light Brown, Mille Fleur, Red, Silver, and White.
Bantam Plymouth Rock? (is that even a thing? I keep standard Plymouth Barred Rock.)
 

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