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The Pekin is a true bantam, that is, a breed of miniature chicken which has no large fowl counterpart. They are rather round-shaped, and their carriage tilts forward, with the head slightly closer to the ground than their elaborate tail feathers. This 'tilt' is a key characteristic of the Pekin.
A red pyle Dutch Bantam cock. This class contains all the bantam breeds with a single comb, excluding the game bantams: [1] [3] Ancona (single comb) Andalusian; Australorp; Campine; Catalana; Delaware; Dorking (single comb) Dutch; Holland; Japanese; Java; Jersey Giant; Lakenvelder; Lamona; Leghorn (single comb) Minorca (single comb) Naked-neck ...
The Barbu de Watermael is one of the smallest of all bantams: males weigh 600–700 g and hens 450–550 g. [2] It has a narrow backswept crest, a three-part beard and a unique spined rose comb. It is raised almost exclusively as an ornamental fowl. More than thirty colour varieties are recognised in Belgium. Those usually seen are black, brown ...
This is a list of the true bantam breeds of chicken, breeds which are naturally small and do not have a corresponding "full-size" version. Barbu d'Anvers (Antwerpse Baardkriel) [1] Barbu d'Everberg (Everbergse Baardkriel) [1] Barbu d'Uccle (Ukkelse Baardkriel) [1] Barbu de Boitsfort (Bosvoordse Baardkriel) [1] Barbu de Grubbe (Grubbe Baardkriel ...
Illustration of thirty-nine varieties of chicken (and one Guinea Fowl) . There are hundreds of chicken breeds in existence. [1] Domesticated for thousands of years, distinguishable breeds of chicken have been present since the combined factors of geographical isolation and selection for desired characteristics created regional types with distinct physical and behavioral traits passed on to ...
Pekin bantam: true bantam softfeather heavy breed: Phoenix: light breed softfeather: Plymouth Rock: heavy breed softfeather: Polish: light breed softfeather: Rhode Island (both Red & White) heavy breed softfeather: Rosecomb: true bantam softfeather light breed: Sebright: true bantam softfeather light breed: Shamo: heavy breed hardfeather ...
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The Sebright is a true bantam chicken breed Japanese bantam chick (left) compared to an Orpington chick. A bantam is any small variety of fowl, usually of chicken or duck.Most large chicken breeds and several breeds of duck have a bantam counterpart, which is much smaller than the standard-sized fowl, but otherwise similar in most or all respects.