true bantam breeds

[DTchickens]

Dutch bantams. (true bantam breed) was kept by pheasants for small eggs because all large eggs went to the king/duke person Feathersite.com

 

[tiki244]

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Thats cool info

WELCOME to BYC

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

i think sultans are bantam

 

[tiki244]

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They are but I think they havew a large fowl counterpart

 

[ninny]

what are Pyncheon, Burmese? booteds i forgot, and grubbes.

 

[ninny]

so so far their is.

silkies
booted
dutch
Burmese
Pyncheon
MALAYSIAN SERAMA
d'uccles
d'avnders,
seabrights,
nankings,
rosecomb,
japanese,
amercain game bantam
grubbes

any others

 

[hinkjc]

There is some info on Pyncheon bantams on feathersite. http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Pyn/BRKPynch.html

The tournaisis is another Belgian bantam, but is not in the US standard and very rare. http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Tournaisis/BRKTournai.html

Jody

 

[fancyfowl4ever]

In North America I don't think they have real bantam silkies, all Silkies I have seen so far that were advertised bantams are like twice the size of a european bantam silkie.

I did however optain some imported stock of Partridge standard silkies 7 yrs ago. Man those things were huge. If they had longers legs they would have matched my barred rocks height wise.
Sadly I had no clue what they were and out of the 40 silkies I got 15 were standards and all were roosters so I just butchered them........
Stupid thing to do, I know, I knew what a silkie was but I did not know they come in dif. sizes and that large fowl are a rarity here.

 

[ninny]

wow... bout the Pyncheon bantams im going to have to find some of those.

 

[DTchickens]

I dont believe american game bantams are true bantams. Their the minature version of Gamefowl (which are large fowl) but if you count them as bantams as well. you could add Modern game bantams to the list as well.