what are the Top bantams breeds??

[Pampered chicken girl]

My favorites are silkies, cochins, and d'uccles....you already have silkies and d'uccles though, right?

 

[Aunt Angus]

I've always thought OEGB and Cochin would be great. I have Silkies and a Sebright.

 

[miss heny]

Top show wise or pet wise? Seramas are probably the one bantams that are going to over take oegb as the number one show breed. Pet wise Sebrights to me are the devil's "I got bored" project, silkies I love the fluff balls but they have always beem dumb as rocks. Never had a cochin, Rosecomb I had but apparently never left a impact because I forgot about em until I found a old photo.... OEGBs are like cats and too smart for their own good.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I didn't even know bantam WFBS were a thing!

I had my trio for almost 10 years. Still have one of the gals. The male's aren't quite as saggy as standard males are, but still look the part

 

[casportpony]

Hmm, what about sebrights!

I like those. If I were to get them again, I would get them vaccinated for Marek's because, allegedly, they are more susceptible to Marek's. Silkies, too

 

[Aunt Angus]

I like those. If I were to get them again, I would get them vaccinated for Marek's because, allegedly, they are more susceptible to Marek's. Silkies, too

I didn't know that. I bought a trio of bantams from a feed store: 2 Silkies and a Sebright. Up until that point, all my birds had been vaccinated. Feed store chicks aren't usually vaccinated, so I stopped getting my chicks vaccinated then. Every bird I've added since hasn't been vaccinated. I'm lucky they've done great! They are almost 4 now.

 

[Rurumo]

I love the BB OEGBs, the roosters are such perfect little guys.

 

[casportpony]

Good to know they are good brooders.

They are the best I've had. Wish they were bigger, then I could stuff a bunch of pea eggs under them. The OEGB hatched the one pea egg, but I had to make a special nest for her to keep the egg under her.

I fully intend to have my Silkies help incubate goose eggs if my geese need help - lol!

I've heard they are great broodies. In hindsight, I probably should have bought some last year for this year's pea eggs.

 

[miss heny]

This! Game breeds are the best! And you should definitely get them kikirikis @miss heny

Oh I am, but want to A figure out the paperwork for shipping from Puerto rico and B they are extreme tropical birds which means I'll have to have pens for our cold winters.

 

[Chicks in VA]

I Think I will probably get an OEGB at this point seems to be a common theme of yall liking them