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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.
The original colour of the Sumatra was the black – often with a rich beetle-green sheen – which was added to the American Standard of Perfection in 1883, and was standardised in Britain in 1906.
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.
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 ...
Serama rooster in the United States. The Serama is promoted by several organizations in the US; one such organization is the Serama Council of North America. [1] This council helped to introduce the Serama to North America in various National Poultry shows.
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 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 ...
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