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

[CCUK]

Hello Peeps.
Let's share all our Bantams without any meanness...Any bad comments will be quickly removed..
All Bantam chickens are allowed. Even Ducks if you breed Bantam Ducks..
Must remain a fun place....
Please enjoy and let's see some Bantams....

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.

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.

They're both the sweetest.

 

[WVduckchick]

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Yours and mine. What colour are they?

I’m not good with “brown” shades. I don’t see any lavender color, which is included in Porcelain, but they could be just lighter shade.
They also have rose combs like sebrights, so they kinda look like a sebright project color. Very cute though!

 

[chickens really]

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.

Jeepers....
I bet they are happy Hens ...
No two Rosecomb Pullets that are pure or so I was told...

 

[WVduckchick]

I always had standard chickens and definitely stressed me right out..
I've had Bantam chickens for a year and have enjoyed them tremendously...ZERO stress..

So true. Granted, their eggs are smaller, but I get so many eggs, we can’t eat them all anyway. I despise having to watch my back around a big rooster, or stressing over them not having enough room, etc etc. Bantams fit my lifestyle and goals much better.

 

[WVduckchick]

Jeepers....
I bet they are happy Hens ...
No two Rosecomb Pullets that are pure or so I was told...

Oh! I always forget about that breed. I know nothing about them. But the one on the ground is definitely a cockerel.

 

[chickens really]

I’m not good with “brown” shades. I don’t see any lavender color, which is included in Porcelain, but they could be just lighter shade.
They also have rose combs like sebrights, so they kinda look like a sebright project color. Very cute though!

Mine are Rosecomb/ Old English game Bantams crosses. Just the both have that colour. Almost lavender/lilac with orange neck feathers...

 

[chickens really]

Oh! I always forget about that breed. I know nothing about them. But the one on the ground is definitely a cockerel.

Bahahaha...
Yes that Forest Hump my Cockerel that bred my Hens all summer and he won't be a year till December..

 

[chickens really]

So true. Granted, their eggs are smaller, but I get so many eggs, we can’t eat them all anyway. I despise having to watch my back around a big rooster, or stressing over them not having enough room, etc etc. Bantams fit my lifestyle and goals much better.

Heck yes your 100% correct. I enjoy the Bantams and they fit me and my life..

 

[WVduckchick]

Bahahaha...
Yes that Forest Hump my Cockerel that bred my Hens all summer and he won't be a year till December..

I was confused!

I was gonna say not to expect any eggs from the “pullet” on the ground.

 

[chickens really]

@WVduckchick of course the picture of your Calls is great too.....Quack!
How many do you gave now?