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I have to miss the first one up here in March, but the April Pacific Northwest Poultry Association double show is just around the corner, will be showing some "Heritage" standard bred bantams. Langshan bantams and Old English Game Bantams. Likely a large fowl or two as well.

Bob Anderson in Oregon has some very nice RC Light Brown Leghorns. You can look him up on Facebook under Blue Hour Poultry. I think Mark Dooms has RC Dark Browns but not entirely sure

The measurements and capacity you're referring to are good indicators of future production. But won't really be the most accurate as far as currently laying. A bird that is currently in lay will have a moist pliable vent. A bird that isn't won't.

Were any of you at the ABA National in Knoxville this weekend? Any wins to brag about? Any photos of winners to share?

Thank you! Hopefully many more and bigger awards to come. I really enjoy the Spangled and got a great start from Steve Suchy.

He has some very nice Leghorn bantams. Maybe Mr. Leonard could share some photos of them with the thread. Just looking to spark some more interest in standard bred bantams. I think so many get wrapped up in large fowl and never consider the bantam. They're quite a joy to raise and can be...

Anyone out there with some good standard "heritage" bred Mediterranean bantams? Leghorn bantams, Spanish bantams, Andalusian bantams, etc?

I certainly hope Old English Game qualify as heritage bantams. Sharing a picture of my Spangled pullet from this past weekend show, she was Reserve of Variety in a class of ~15-16

Type and egg production are usually linked but not always. I mean look at hatchery birds, they shouldn't be able to produce as many eggs as they do (which is why they often have internal problems and drastically shortened life spans). But you could easily just keep your matings small and only...

Much as in LF, Bantams even within a breed can vary with individual birds or lines. I have found bantam Cochins to be fairly aggressive, but that could have just been the lines that I had at the time. When I had Brahmas in both LF and bantam they were very similar personality wise, I have had...

The bantam Mediterranean birds are a lot of fun, I love the look of bantam White Faced Black Spanish to the point that I'm probably more tempted by them then the large fowl. Had Buttercups years ago, and then this is my first year back with them....I'm not super happy with the start that I have...

Adding to this would be the Nankin (a true bantam, used to help develop many of the other bantam breeds), the Silkie (I hear the groans, but they are one of the oldest of the bantam breeds, and their dark meat has been considered a delicacy at various points in history), Old English Game bantams...

This thread is a good idea. Bantams are very useful and a great alternative for people without a lot of space. I feel like people overlook them for their production potential often too. Bantam Leghorns or Bantam Buttercups, or Dutch bantams (talk about your "Heritage" bantam breeds, Dutch...