Bantam chickens.. a friendly discussion about all pure and mixed breeds.

[Arbutus Peregrine]

Looking for homes for my Bantam cockerels. A local feed store helped me find homes for my Sebright boys and one Dutch boy so far but now I'm trying to do the work of finding homes! Here are my beauties in case you know anyone interested! I'll drive them very far to get them a new home and am open to all sorts of adoption or boarding ideas. Here's a link to my Craigslist ad:
https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/grd/d/portland-young-bantam-boys-looking-for/7004946922.html

Thanks!

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

Very cute. I have around 6 little boys that I will move out of my bantam coop and integrate into my standard flock when they get a little bit older. I like the little stinkers. They go good with standard hens generally.

Very cute. I have around 6 little boys that I will move out of my bantam coop and integrate into my standard flock when they get a little bit older. I like the little stinkers. They go good with standard hens generally.

I really love my boys so much. I built them a coop. But they are soooo loud. Can't keep them in the city My neighbors are fantastic and supportive...but ten roosters is too many. Two I can squeak by with! Or crow by with!

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

That does look like a bantam cochin to me. If it’s a mix, it’s mainly cochin.

Along with my call ducks, I have about 40 bantam cochins, and probably 50 seramas. New for this year, I hatched a trio of d’Uccle (porcelain pair plus a golden neck pullet). Bantams are my favorite. They help with my chicken math, since they don’t take up as much room.
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I'm in love with the Golden neck D'Uccles!!!

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

Hiya! You have some lovely hens. At a glance I even thought you had a fantail on the second picture !
I have two pekin bantams. Both were rescued from a 'friend'. She doesn't have much time for her chickens and in all honesty probably shouldn't have any. I saw one last year and it was limping around her run so I went in to check her over. She had a baseball sized solid mud covering her complete foot. I immediately broke the mud all off. I needed to carefully use a pair of pliers to break it off. It was absolutely solid and had been there some time. Her skin on her leg had started to rot and her toes were curled under. She still couldn't walk properly. I couldn't leave her so I stole/kidnapped RESCUED her. Long story short, turns out her leg had been broken and not healed straight. She has tendon damage and can't open her claws. With alot of tlc and a several months as an indoor hen she is doing well. She now outside. She has about 60% mobility in that leg but can get around pretty quick! She loves being broody! She is the sweetest hen. This is speckle.
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And this is her story.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/necrotic-tissue-on-leg.1284355/
Speckle also has a sister. I went back about a week later and took her too!
This is millie.
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They're both the sweetest.

wow! so pretty!!

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

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I could look at pics of chickens all day...oh wait, I am! They're having so much fun, though! I love chickens!

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

Bantam ducks are a thing??
I must have some! I am now on a mission!! All the eggs, all the awesome duckiness and smaller feed bill? (No pun intended). Am I understanding this correctly?? My hubby will not be happy I have been let in to the world of MORE BIRD excitement

that said, here are my only two banties...Nugget (the duckwing) and Boots

ooh fantastic birds!

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

Here's Squeakers, my Mille Fluer D'Uccle/Silver Duckwing OEGB cross.View attachment 1933526 View attachment 1933529 View attachment 1933530 View attachment 1933532 His father is Split to mottled.View attachment 1933534 View attachment 1933538View attachment 1933539

Wow! What a fancy mix! Love him!

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

My Porcelain D'Uccle Rooster with OCD. He can't stand others having dirt on their feathers.View attachment 1933676 View attachment 1933677 He just noticed the dirt on SnuggleBug's head.
These are old pictures from a year ago.

These two make a great odd couple! Soooo cute!

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

Here's Spunky, my 4yr old Mille Fleur D'Uccle hen.View attachment 1936477

Here's Spunky, my 4yr old Mille Fleur D'Uccle hen.View attachment 1936477

Goodness these are my favorites!! Here's one I'm really in love with named Catherine. She has a HUGE personality and seems smarter than all the others! Sooo gentle, too, with everyone!

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

Silkie the silver Mille fleur/Mille fleur
D’Uccle Cockerel
Hatched on March 20 which was the spring equinox and national poultry day
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Frizzle the silver Mille fleur/Mille fleur D’Uccle pullet also hatched on March 20 and is silkies sister
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Betty the mille fleur D’Uccle hen also the ma of silkie and frizzle
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Dottie (behind the white pullet) hatched September 17th and is the chick of speckles and silkie she is a Mille fleur/silver Mille fleur D’Uccle
(Sadly one day she disappeared and we think a hawk took her)
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Peggy a Colombian Plymouth Rock pullet
She was broody for 6 months on and on after we got her!!!!
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Will post more of my bantams later

Wow! All so beautiful! Tell us about the ribbons and trophy! Details please!