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Ginger red Old English game bantam. Thread starter Wanex Start date Jan 18, Sort by date Sort by reaction score. Wanex Songster 5 Years. May 20, 24 Anybody else with Ginger reds?
Well here is mine, his name is Chepa, he is going to be 3 years this may but he look still young cx, hopefully you all share pictures and stories of your Ginger reds. Twistedfeather Songster 5 Years.
Feb 23, 2, 57 Oregon. I don't have a ginger red myself but my friend had one for the longest time at the 4-H shows. Kids love them especially, due to their size. Sometimes you can get very fairly placid roosters that can live amongst other males quite happily. The males are great though within a flock, helping to keep bullying from occurring amongst the hens.
The hens will mix well with the same breed, and with other breeds, making them very versatile. Well they are naturally fairly wild, loving to forage and free range but they will tame up to enjoy a cuddle! Start as chicks by just handling them times a day, then as adults they will be well socialized with you.
If you purchase an Old English Bantam as an adult, try the cupboard love method. Treats work well with everyone — bantams are no different! Start by throwing some treats near to them and then gradually they will build up to be eating from your hands. Bantams require sqft per bird as a minimum within the coop. They need free range conditions, but will tolerate some semi confinement depending on the size of it.
Typically most bantams need a minimum run space of 4sqft per bird. They will need slightly more in the summer as they space apart to allow air to flow between them to cool themselves down. They do the opposite in the winter, bunching up to keep warm! People find it odd that a small bird would like to roost so high. They are often the highest roosting bird in peoples flock! You will need a coop then that can accommodate this roost height. Yes roosters will work well in flocks, protecting the hens and sometimes even helping raise up the chicks, which is very uncommon and quite special.
The hens will mix well with other bantams and not being a docile breed like a Silkie, they can be around active, alert birds. I have introduced them into a standard size chicken flock i. Introducing any new birds to a flock can unbalance the natural pecking order. Old English are still a fiery breed so allowing an extra of each, feeder and waterer, will ensure there is minimal disruption, and help create some harmony.
They have a small 5 pointed single comb. Their small and smooth wattles and earlobes are all bright red, unless noted otherwise below in the specific varieties. The earlobes are dubbed removed in males when being shown in a competition.
Of the 40 varieties that are accept by the American Bantam Association [A. A] , the most popular varieties are the 4 below:.
Absolutely stunning looking with a standard all white plumage and light horn beak. The shanks and toes are white tinged with pink and the eyes should be red.
Standard silver duckwing plumage, the eyes should be red and the beak horn shanks and toes are white tinged with pink. The males have white heads, giving way to silvery white hackles and back. Jun 15, 1, 2, Harrisville, NY. ChickenLeg I am wondering how long after you placed your order did you get your chicks?
NNYchick said:. Click to expand MichelleBelle Songster. Jan 10, Texas. I've had my silkie chicks from Cackle for a few weeks now. Of the 18 I bought, 4 have died despite excellent care. On a side note, I'm raising easter egger chicks I hatched out at home and haven't lost a single chick from my batch.
In addition, several of my Cackle silkie chicks are developing smooth feathering all over, not silkie feathers. I suspect that whoever supplied the silkie hatching eggs has a smooth feathered rooster that got in with the hens and has resulted in mixed silkie chicks. I'm interested to hear whether your silkie chicks also turn out to be mixed or not. TxToxDoc said:. Now you have me worried. Do you have pictures of the chicks. I just looked at their website, and it says they guarantee the chicks to be the breed represented.
I guess I need to contact them and see if I can get some replacement chicks for the ones that have the smooth feathering. The staff were courteous and helpful when I went to pick up my chicks- I don't feel negatively about the hatchery; I just think I got some accidentally mixed chicks. In the pictures below, you can see this deceased chick has the black skin and beak, and 5 toes, feathered legs like a silkie, but the wing feathers are coming in smooth.
Both my champagne colored silkies and several of my white silkies are developing this way, while the others have the silky-typical feathers. View attachment View attachment View attachment Had 1 dominique bantam not make it but rest are super healthy!
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