General question

[ptapat]

What is a bantam, I thought it was a female chicken.

 

[snow5164]

It’s a smaller chicken

 

[Kiki]

A hen is a female chicken.
A rooster is a male.


Pullet is a young female.

 

[ptapat]

thanks, I new a female chicken was a hen and a male a rooster but pullet and bantam threw me.

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

Cockerel is a young male.

So you can have a Bantam hen or Bantam pullet.

Chickens also come in standard and large fowl.

Kinda like dogs—tea cup, toy, standard, great

 

[ptapat]

It’s a smaller chicken View attachment 1452906

Thanks for definition. It helped.
also I am trying to navigate how to post on this site.

 

[ptapat]

Cockerel is a young male.

So you can have a Bantam hen or Bantam pullet.

Chickens also come in standard and large fowl.

Kinda like dogs—tea cup, toy, standard, great

thanks, so a pullet is a female, a cockerel is a male, bantam is small breed (that is aggressive?) or can be. then you have standard and large birds. Did I get this right?

 

[Kiki]

Welcome to BYC!
We are glad you joined our flock!
Bantam means small/er.
Not aggressive.
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[FlyingNunFarm]

thanks, so a pullet is a female, a cockerel is a male, bantam is small breed (that is aggressive?) or can be. then you have standard and large birds. Did I get this right?

Pullet is female before she starts to lay eggs. Then she becomes a hen. A cockerel is a male before he matures to a rooster.
Bantam is small breed. The roosters have a reputation for being rather feisty. They aren’t necessarily aggressive but generally fearless and unaware of the fact that they are rather small. Then yes, other chickens come in standard size and large.

 

[Spartan22]

Pullet is female before she starts to lay eggs. Then she becomes a hen. A cockerel is a male before he matures to a rooster.
Bantam is small breed. The roosters have a reputation for being rather feisty. They aren’t necessarily aggressive but generally fearless and unaware of the fact that they are rather small. Then yes, other chickens come in standard size and large.

Ha ha, the bantam cockerels have Napoleon Syndrome, no wonder my two month old Amerecauna Bantam is always on my face, he crows funny and is way to out there like my daughters toy poodle. What will I do to him? Anyone wants him?