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The Wyandotte is an American breed of chicken developed in the 1870s. It was named for the indigenous Wyandot people of North America. [6] The Wyandotte is a dual-purpose breed, kept for its brown eggs and its yellow-skinned meat. [6] It is a popular show bird, and has many color variants. [4] It was originally known as the American Sebright. [1]
'Natural History Review' 1863 April page 277.) who raised a large number of hybrids from a bantam-hen by Gallus sonneratii, states that 'all were exceedingly wild.' [...] utterly sterile male hybrids from the pheasant and the fowl act in the same manner, "their delight being to watch when the hens leave their nests, and to take on themselves ...
The wings have a large surface area and the bird's legs are and short. They have four toes ending in long, curved nails that need to be trimmed often. The bird has a very even muscle distribution and has been described as being 'an excellent table bird'. A quarter-sized bantam exists. [4] [5] This bantam breed is the smallest bantam that exists ...
Breed Classification Notes Image Abacot Ranger: light: Aylesbury Duck: heavy: Bali Duck: light: Black East Indian Duck: bantam and call ducks: Blue Swedish: heavy
The "Bantams" nickname is thought to have become popular during the First World War, when the club's stadium Valley Parade was used as a recruiting station for the West Yorkshire Regiment which was raising Pals Battalions, with some of them called "Bantams Battalions" due to the short height of many of the recruits being, between 5ft (1.5m ...
The Sussex originates in the historic county of Sussex, in south-east England.It is among the oldest of British chicken breeds: [2]: 289 birds described as "Old Sussex or Kent Fowl" were shown at the first poultry show at London Zoo in 1845. [7]
Developed in the late 1940s by Reginald Appleyard in Suffolk with the name "Miniature Silver Appleyard", it was intended to be very attractive and docile ducks. The breed is known to be a crossing of Khaki Campbells and White calls, the duck received very little interest until its standardization in the United Kingdom year 1997 where it received the new name of "Silver Bantam". [2]
Rosecombs are bantam chickens, and are among those known as true bantams, meaning they are not a miniaturised version of a large fowl. Rosecombs are one of the oldest and most popular bantam breeds in showing, and thus have numerous variations within the breed. An ornamental chicken, they are poor egg layers and not suited for meat production.