Stupid questions ...

[jennyg]

I'm new to chicken owning .. So bantam means small breeds? Where is the point in it? Do they lay tiny eggs?

 

[subhanalah]

They do lay tiny eggs! Bantam (affectionately called banties) are also many times very broody, and very sweet.

 

[LoveThemBirds]

Bantam means "not stantard".

 

[rainbowrooster]

Bantam means "not stantard".

No, Bantam is a word that defines standard fowl that are 1/4 to 1/5 the size of large fowl. All accepted breeds and their varieties have breed standards and are "standard" fowl. Many incorrectly think that standard means large fowl. Standard bred chickens are made up of large fowl and bantams.

 

[LoveThemBirds]

I have saw really small bantams...