Does this look right for a Bantam chick?

[crystal98110]

I adopted 5 chicks, the lady told me they where bantams. They are supposed to be 5 weeks old. Some say they look too big to be bantams.
Any thoughts?

 

[Goose and Fig]

Now that I see it to scale- my 5 week old RIR is about that size. Unless you have really tiny hands!

 

[crystal98110]

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Still learning the abbreviations. RIR = Road Island Red? So this can not be a bantam right? (lol, no I don't have tiny hands)
Thanks!

 

[becky3086]

Humm, I would just wait and see, could be a bantam.

 

[mcdaid36]

Not sure, but I doubt it. I have some bantam hens that are that size, and they are 16 weeks. My rooster is only a bit bigger than that.

 

[embkm]

Do they have feathered legs? Maybe she meant "Brahma" instead of bantam. It looks about the size of my bantams that are almost 17 weeks now.

 

[crystal98110]

She could have been wrong. Or simply just guessed they where bantams. This white one has no feathering on the legs. It looks kind of like a Delaware, anyone else think so?

 

[ethingtonart]

I wondered with mine too, (they are 7 weeks old now) after about 5 weeks it seems like their growth slowed way down. My 3 week old easter eggers are almost as big as my bantys now, so I'm quite sure the gentleman who sold them to me was right and they are bantys. If it helps I weighed mine at 5 weeks and they were all right around a half a pound (8 ounces). (I used a kitchen scale to weigh them.

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[chixrus]

my bantam rir's are about half the size and they're 10 weeks

 

[chickenpearl]

My Bantams are 5 weeks old and are much smaller! Here's pic of a partridge Cochin banty for comparison.