I am thinking about getting some day old chicks from Ideal, and may get a few bantams. Should I? I was thinking on def. getting a silkie. Are there any other breeds of bantams that anybody recommends? Thanks!
I found my japs very very hardy to everything but subzero temps. Wonderful little bantams. Very easy to tame, not bad layers, don't go broody real often but good moms when they do, and I've yet to hear of a truly agressive jap roo. If you don't live in a really cold climate or have a draft free coop you can put a heat lamp up in they are a good choice. From ideal I also wanted some of their bantam araucanas for mini blue eggs and dutch bantams which are much more cold hardy than japs but around the same size and still an easy going temperament. Dutch bantams can be hard to find which is actually the reason I was considering putting together an order.
I refuse to raise anything other than Old English and Modern Game Bantams. They're definitely different... maybe a little more work too... but I loooove their personalities. They're smart too. Males can be a bit of a handful sometimes, but they're so charming it's worth it.
Quote:Me Too They are my favorite! I just got my first bantams this monday - blue cochins and they have STOLEN my heart!!!! They are so adorable and already have such fun personalities already!! I can't wait until they are big beautiful blue fluffballs.
Cochin's & Silkie's are very calm and Docile and make excellent pets. The Wyandotte's are very friendly and are good egg layers. Japs are also make very good as pets. Old English can be high strung and Dutch can be also.
