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Rhode Island Red Bantam

Rhode Island Red Bantams are very small, sweet, flighty, tame birds. They love to sit on...
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Breed Purpose
Ornamental
Comb
Single
Climate Tolerance
All Climates
Egg Productivity
Medium
Egg Size
Medium
Egg Color
Brown
Breed Temperament
Sweet, can be mean when broody
Breed Colors/Varieties
Red
Breed Size
Bantam
Rhode Island Red Bantams are very small, sweet, flighty, tame birds. They love to sit on shoulders and eat treats from your hands! They don't need a super big run, but work better with other bantams. I reccomend these birds for a good little pet!
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SwampPrincessChick
The sweetest breed ever!
Pros: Sweet, friendly, calm, curious and adventurous, adorable voice, great egg layer.
Cons: Absolutely nothing!
I have only purchased one Rhode Island Red Bantam and they would probably be my top favorite breed that I have ever owned. In the Spring of 2023, I bought four bantams from Tractor Supply: an Old English Game Bantam mix, a Golden Sebright, a Silver Sebright and a Rhode Island Red Bantam. I named the fourth one Ruby, and she quickly became my favorite flock member of all time. She is the sweetest and friendliest chicken with the cutest appearance, and she also has an adorable voice－she does not make normal clucking noises, and instead makes squeaks and cries. Egg production is not an important factor for me, but Ruby seems to produce an egg almost every day, whether there is a thunderstorm or a predator that showed up during the night. Ruby is currently being trained to ride in the car, and she enjoys it very much. When she gets her harness and diaper in, she will be riding places with me.
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SwampPrincessChick
Ruby enjoys her rides very much and she is super calm. I love this breed, they are the best.
BDutch
Going to buy fertilised eggs
Pros: Small, good layers in winter, friendly
Cons: Going to find out
I can’t say much. But I will add more info as soon as know more.

I found this info about the RIR bantams on the dite of the Dutch RIR club:
The bantam form originated in England in the 1920s. The laying power of the bantams is even better than their big brothers and sisters. With proper care, she will continue to lay throughout the winter.

Here too there is a variety in comb shape.
Unlike the large Red, the bantams can be kept just about anywhere as they require relatively little space.
Purchase Price
10 $ for 10 eggs
Purchase Date
This spring
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BDutch
The eggs were hatched by a broody and the youngsters didn’t turn out to be tame at all. I have 2 pullets and one cockerel 3 months old now. They do great in my flock and love to free range.
BDutch
BDutch
Another update. The cockerel turned out into a very friendly boy. But I couldn’t keep him bc the neighbours complained about the crowing in the morning. Luckily I could rehome him.

The 2 pullets started to lay after winter (February). And they make a strange deep noise. Quit a different sound then the shrieking (birdlike) sounds of my other chickens.
They are great bantam layers now. About 5 eggs a week.
specks321
Pros: They are sweet, friendly, tame, pretty, hardy iin the winter and sweet-hearted.
Cons: Don't lay brilliantly.
If youre considering purchasing one of these birds, do. They make great first-time chickens and are great with kids. :thumbsup :cd
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cgoodloe
My RIR bantams are more friendly than my EEer bantams. The reds come out of the pen in the morning and follow me around. I handled the EEers more as babies than the reds and yet as nearly grown birds the EEers are very stand offish compared to the RIRs. The reds should start laying within the next couple weeks.
 
specks321
I have to disagree completely. It is not in their nature to be mean, they are lovely birds and are very kind and gentle.
 
Rickba
In January I received a shipment of Goslings and Ducklings from Ideal Poultry. They included 5 free chicks for warmth. I Identified the chicks as Rhode Island Reds. Here it is 6 weeks later and they are fully feathered and only about the size of a youth football. My wife and I Were wondering why? We never heard of RIR Bantams. Well, BackYardChickens comes to the rescue again, here they are.
Y'all are right about these birds. They are so tame. We can pick them up and they will roost of out shoulders. The only other chickens we have that are like that are our Silkies and our Isa Browns.
These would be wonderful birds to introduce children to chicken keeping.
 

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