Whats a good Bantam breed to start with show wise?

[86121]

There are two places to get standards. The Bantam standard, as mentioned above.

Also the American Poultry Association sells The American Standard of Perfection. It's available on their website and includes bantams, large fowl, ducks, geese, guineas, turkeys.

Someone who shows bantams will have to tell you if the two associations have differing standards for the bantams.

Hu, alright thank you very much! Ill go over and get there standard, and talk to a few other bantam people I know to see if the bantam one is the same or different.
Thank you very much!!

 

[juliechick]

There are two places to get standards. The Bantam standard, as mentioned above.

Also the American Poultry Association sells The American Standard of Perfection. It's available on their website and includes bantams, large fowl, ducks, geese, guineas, turkeys.

Someone who shows bantams will have to tell you if the two associations have differing standards for the bantams.

No, they should be the same. There may be a tiny difference here or there (I mean, I haven't read both and compared. lol).

 

[NYREDS]

There aree a few minor differences with some breeds/varieties but few & minor are the opeerative words. Generally a bird that places well with an APA judge will also place well with an ABA judge.
One other difference is that the ABA Standard includes quite a few more varieties than the APA Standard as well as some additional breeds.
As to the origional question no breed is better to show than another. The best bird at a show should always win regardless of the breed. However, in some of the more popular breeds quality stock to start with is easier to find. Examples being Cochin Bantamn & Old English Game Bantams. They're very popular with a number of good breeders all over the country. The flip side of that coin is of course, due to their popularity, classes are quite competitive.
I'd advise you attend a couple of shows & look at birds before you make a decision. Aesthetics are a personal thing & what appeals to one person may not appeal to another. It would be best to choose something you'll enjoy looking at every day.
One other note, I believe you mentioned Showgirls in your first post. They are recognized by neither sanctioning body so they can do no better than best of Breed in a show anyway. Besides they're hideous-my aesthetic opinion. Don't care for Silkies either.

 

[86121]

There aree a few minor differences with some breeds/varieties but few & minor are the opeerative words. Generally a bird that places well with an APA judge will also place well with an ABA judge.
One other difference is that the ABA Standard includes quite a few more varieties than the APA Standard as well as some additional breeds.
As to the origional question no breed is better to show than another. The best bird at a show should always win regardless of the breed. However, in some of the more popular breeds quality stock to start with is easier to find. Examples being Cochin Bantamn & Old English Game Bantams. They're very popular with a number of good breeders all over the country. The flip side of that coin is of course, due to their popularity, classes are quite competitive.
I'd advise you attend a couple of shows & look at birds before you make a decision. Aesthetics are a personal thing & what appeals to one person may not appeal to another. It would be best to choose something you'll enjoy looking at every day.
One other note, I believe you mentioned Showgirls in your first post. They are recognized by neither sanctioning body so they can do no better than best of Breed in a show anyway. Besides they're hideous-my aesthetic opinion. Don't care for Silkies either.

Haha thank you for the input, my fiancee will be pleased to hear someone else finds the show girls ugly as well.
Someone else mentioned cochins as well off of BYC, hmm...deciding on a bird breed is harder then I thought it would be.

 

[86121]

What about Bantam Faverolle's? Does anyone know anything about them?

 

[juliechick]

Very sweet, pretty little chickens. They are one of the larger bantams and you don't see too many at shows.

 

[86121]

Very sweet, pretty little chickens. They are one of the larger bantams and you don't see too many at shows.

Larger? By how much exactly?
I keep trying to google them, and read about them, but there very hard to find a ton of info on :/

 

[juliechick]

Larger? By how much exactly?
I keep trying to google them, and read about them, but there very hard to find a ton of info on :/

Standard weights are Cock - 34 oz and Hen - 32 oz. My Moderns weigh in at around 22 oz. So you see the difference. Here's a link to a thread about them. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/100/salmon-faverolle-bantams I only raised them for one season and I did love their personality and their beauty. I just decided to keep another breed.

 

[86121]

Standard weights are Cock - 34 oz and Hen - 32 oz. My Moderns weigh in at around 22 oz. So you see the difference. Here's a link to a thread about them. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/100/salmon-faverolle-bantams I only raised them for one season and I did love their personality and their beauty. I just decided to keep another breed.

Oh thank you for that thread! I was typing it in wrong, with bantam first, thats why I went no where
Thank you!!