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Bantam cock Bantam hen. The Welsummer or Welsumer is a Dutch breed of domestic chicken.It originates in the small village of Welsum, in the eastern Netherlands.It was bred at the beginning of the twentieth century from local fowls of mixed origin: Rhode Island Reds, Barnevelders, Partridge Leghorns, Cochins, and Wyandottes.
The Dutch Bantam (Dutch: Hollandse Kriel) is a breed of bantam chicken originating in the Netherlands. [6] [7] It is a true bantam, a naturally small bird with no related large fowl from which it was miniaturized. [8]: 136 It is kept mainly for exhibition, and has been bred in many color varieties; it is a good layer of small eggs. [9]: 45
The Booted Bantam is kept for show. Hens may lay about 120 eggs per year, with an average weight of some 30 g; [15]: 35 the colour varies from tinted to white. [16]: 135 The bearded and feather-footed Barbu d'Uccle was created in the early years of the twentieth century by cross-breeding birds of this breed with Barbu d'Anvers stock. [15]: 86
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]
The American Bantam Association is a poultry fancy association for breeders of bantam poultry. It publishes the Bantam Standard , with detailed descriptions of all the bantam breeds and varieties that it recognizes; [ 2 ] : 6 in most – but not all – cases, these are the same as those recognised by the American Poultry Association .
A commercial chicken house with open sides raising broiler pullets for meat. Chickens farmed primarily for eggs are called layer hens. The UK alone consumes more than 34 million eggs per day. [84] Hens of some breeds can produce over 300 eggs per year; the highest authenticated rate of egg laying is 371 eggs in 364 days. [85]
The Sebright (IPA: / ˈ s iː b r aɪ t /) is a British breed of bantam chicken. It is a true bantam – a miniature bird with no corresponding large version – and is one of the oldest recorded British bantam breeds. [8] It is named after Sir John Saunders Sebright, who created it as an ornamental breed by selective breeding in the early ...
The Nankin Bantam or Nankin is a British bantam breed of chicken. [6] It is a true bantam, a naturally small breed with no large counterpart from which it was miniaturised. It is of South-east Asian origin, and is among the oldest bantam breeds.