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Could she be a bantam?

post #1 of 5
8/8/12 at 3:22pm
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We have two chicks that are about 6 months old. One has not started laying yet but the other has been laying little eggs for about two weeks. Could she be a bantam? Or is she still getting used to egg laying?
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post #2 of 5
8/8/12 at 7:41pm

  If she is a small bodied bird she is a bantam.  The eggs will get get larger too, but never reach the size of a large fowl.

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post #3 of 5
8/8/12 at 7:56pm
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Here is a pic
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67876534@N00/7744047610
Pretty Girl (Golden Sexlink, Tweet Tweet (RIR), Oreo (Barred Rock), Green Feather (Americana), Frosty (White Leghorn), Shadow (Black Australorp), Goldie Locks (Buff Orp), Penny (Blue Copper Maran)
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Pretty Girl (Golden Sexlink, Tweet Tweet (RIR), Oreo (Barred Rock), Green Feather (Americana), Frosty (White Leghorn), Shadow (Black Australorp), Goldie Locks (Buff Orp), Penny (Blue Copper Maran)
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post #4 of 5
8/8/12 at 8:14pm

Sorry with nothing in the picture to compare her with I can't tell.

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post #5 of 5
8/8/12 at 8:34pm

If she is laying she is near full size, if she is as big as your Large Fowl (LF) she is not a bantum.  Bantams are smaller bodied than their LF cousins.

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