Okay--so I order 12 Sultan eggs from IDEAL last year. I got two to hatch & survive to adulthood, however I lost my roo already I ordered standards & I was convinvced I was sent Bantams because of how small the birds ended up as adults... However, I was talking to the "Crazy Turkey Lady" this weekend (she lives up the road & buys eggs from me for eating) and she thinks my Sultan is a standard, not a bantam?? Maybe my perception of a bantam was off because I only have MASSIVE Light Brahmas & big Cochins & the little Sultan looks really little in there...so I assumed she was a Bantam.... So how I do know if it's a standard or a bantam? I looked online & only found weights of the birds (like 4lbs for a Sultan hen, standard). This bird in no way is that much...so now I'm thinking she IS a bantam. Is there a height requirement? LOL I'm not sure I could weigh her...but I KNOW she's not more than a pound or two, at the most... I'm asking all of this because I love that little bird & I want to order some more like her--but I want bantams or standards (whatever she is) so they can go in together & I can breed them... Hope I made SOME sense? Thanks! ~Heather
If I remember right.... bantam sultans are bred to have the huge vulture hocks while standard is more or less close to regular feather booting.
I have a bantam and she is alot smaller that yours. so I am not sure she look standard. you cannot see light under my chicken she is so low to the ground..