Old English Game Bantams
- Happy
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Old English Game Bantams
Wondering if anybody can confirm colours of these guys. Or if I’m just making up colours that don’t exist which is quite possible!
#1- Grace
I’ve been calling her Blue/Red #2- Honey
I have no clue what to call her other than partridge but that’s not even a colour in OEGB. Her feathers are pencilled and her head is mahogany. #3- Stewart
His hackles glow they are so orange. His markings are like Black breasted red (which is what I’d call his brother) but his colour is much different.
#1- Grace
I’ve been calling her Blue/Red #2- Honey
I have no clue what to call her other than partridge but that’s not even a colour in OEGB. Her feathers are pencilled and her head is mahogany. #3- Stewart
His hackles glow they are so orange. His markings are like Black breasted red (which is what I’d call his brother) but his colour is much different.
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Re: Old English Game Bantams
I have researched oegb colours and confirmed that pullet #1 is a blue/red...pullet #2 is a Black breasted red and the cockerel is Wheaton.
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Re: Old English Game Bantams
They are all lovely. How would you describe their temperaments?
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Re: Old English Game Bantams
They are a little flightier than my larger chickens but not to the extent of leghorns that I've seen elsewhere. The girls bicker amongst themselves and are always sparring but I think that will stop once they start laying. The two boys so far get along. They fought more as 6 week olds. It's quite something to see the girls fly as a flock across the backyard.
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Re: Old English Game Bantams
Boy, no shortcuts here, ask a question and then have to answer it yourself.Happy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:57 pmI have researched oegb colours and confirmed that pullet #1 is a blue/red...pullet #2 is a Black breasted red and the cockerel is Wheaton.D1ED659B-DE9B-4075-967B-0E7048712227.jpeg251DA2B1-48CA-4255-AAC7-D7A24EB7C7FC.jpegBB2F47C9-A8DB-4342-8AA6-517434C77475.jpeg
The cockerels colours are stunning.
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Re: Old English Game Bantams
Some updated pictures from today. I was off today and on winter prep duty. I had some little helpers.
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Re: Old English Game Bantams
I know nothing about english game bantams; not what their shape is supposed to be, what their colours are, how big they're supposed to be, nothing. But I do know that your batch is pretty darned cute! You can practically see the "big chicken" attitude in their eyes. I particularly love the speckled one, I'd add her to my motley bantam crew in a heartbeat I also adore the gratuitous Cochin pic...she looks (as all Cochins do,) braced for an onslaught of high winds or feisty OEGBs
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That spangled one is the most independent chicken I've ever seen. And yes they are big brahmas in small packages. Terriers of the chicken world.
That Cochin is actually a Cochin/rock cross. The only rock she has is a more streamlined body and that tail carriage lol. She was the clumsy chick with the leg problems from this spring. She fully believes she's a tiny bantam and she sleeps in the rafters with these guys.
That Cochin is actually a Cochin/rock cross. The only rock she has is a more streamlined body and that tail carriage lol. She was the clumsy chick with the leg problems from this spring. She fully believes she's a tiny bantam and she sleeps in the rafters with these guys.
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