What is Bantam?

bantams are chickens that are known for their unusually small size, often about one fifth of the size of a common chicken. In some cases, bantams are selected from standard chicken breeds, so they can be considered miniature versions of larger breeds. In other cases, the Bantamas have no counterpart to a large sheet, so they are considered "true bantamas". Real bantams are very diverse and are valued as pets, ornamental chickens and of course for their eggs and meat.

Bantam comes from small, gloomy chickens raised in Southeast Asia. When the sailors started traveling in the region, they often lifted local chickens to have a live hen on board for fresh eggs, and enjoyed these chickens that they called "bantams" around the city in Indonesia. Even today, Bantam chickens are known for their balance and the ability to deal with a wide range of circumstances, which would be useful on the boat and chicken also very expressive, intelligent and curious creatures,which would undoubtedly give some fun on long sea cruises.

In addition to being generally small, bantam is known for being very bold and assertive. Bantam Roosters especially tend to dissolve around because he thought they were full, which may be quite a comical view, and in many areas of the world, it is used as a slang term as a slang term to describe someone with an inflated and aggressive ego. Bantamas are also excellent chicks; In fact, the bantam hens are so determined to sit on the eggs that they are well used to organize eggs from the endangered Takahe in New Zealand when the eggs were made from the distant valley backpackers.

These chickens are often very clearly colored and festive, while the cocks have great, arched tails. Bantams can be black, brown, gold, greenish, white and anhythimesis, with many Bantam breeds, mThey and the brightly colored contrast feather. Bantam feathers may vary significantly, from a bizarre -looking bantama frizzleda cochin, which looks as if it has passed through a wind tunnel, to a distinctive sea bantam, with white or gold feathers lined in black. Many bantams have feathered legs, such as the stunning Dutch booted bantam and breeds Cochin Bantam are known to have very fluffy feathers, causing them look bigger than them.

Several Bantam breeds have some very unique properties. Silkies, for example, derived from a larger Asian breed, have feathers that are at the bottom are very soft and fluffy. Silkies are also remarkable for having black skin, regardless of the color of their feathers. The Japanese Bantam has clearly oblique wings, while the Dutch bantam is the smallest of Bantam breeds, making it the smallest chicken breed of all.